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"Answer Peekskill" campaign pin for Ben Davis
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- plastic on paper on metal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
- Description
- Small round Ben Davis political button with a pin back. Red lettering on an off-white background reads "Answer Peekskill/ Re-Elect/ Ben Davis/ Vote A.L.P." emblem of the Allied Printing Trades Council (labor union) appears between the last two lines. The back is a simple metal stickpin; there is no catch for the pin. There are several small rust spots.
- Place purchased
- Gardner, Worchester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.207.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Ben Davis: Crusader for Negro Freedom & Socialism
- Published by
- New Outlook Publishers, American
- Written by
- Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
- Subject of
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 13.9 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet about Ben Davis. The front cover has a brown and white image of Ben Davis' face on a red and pink background with white text. The interior of the pamphlet consists of forty-eight pages of text and images about Ben Davis. The back of the pamphlet features and advertisement for New Outlook Publishers.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- © New Outlook Publishers. Permission required for use.
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Must Negro-Americans Wait Another Hundred Years for Freedom?: Against Tokenism and Gradualism
- Published by
- New Century Publishers, American
- Written by
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (19.5 x 13.5 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet written by Benjamin Davis. The front cover has black print and a series of vertical black bars on a gray background. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for New Era Book & Sub Agency Publishers.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.75
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Negro People in the Struggle for Peace and Freedom
- Published by
- New Century Publishers, American
- Written by
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Subject of
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet written by Benjamin J. Davis. The front cover contains white text on a gray background and a picture of Davis in the bottom left. The interior consists of twenty-three pages of a report to the 15th convention of the communist party. The back cover features an advertisement for New Century Publishers.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Path of Negro Liberation
- Published by
- New Century Publishers, American
- Written by
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Subject of
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet written by Benjamin J. Davis. The front cover consists of white and black text on a black and patterned background. The interior contains twenty-two pages. The back cover features an advertisement for New Century Publishers.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Road to Liberation for the Negro People
- Published by
- Workers Library Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1930
- Subject of
- Berry, A. W.
- Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Haywood, Harry, American, 1898 - 1985
- Winston, Henry, American, 1911 - 1986
- Ford, James W., American, 1893 - 1957
- Burroughs, Williana, American, 1882 - 1945
- Patterson, Louise Thompson, American, 1901 - 1999
- Herndon, Angelo Braxton, American, 1913 - 1997
- Taylor, William
- Careathers, Benjamin, American
- White, Maude
- Johnson, Manning R., American, 1908 - 1959
- Holmes, Timothy
- Moore, Richard B., Barbadian, 1893 - 1978
- Work, Merrill
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. (18.5 x 13 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet titled: [The Road to Liberation for the Negro People]. The front cover consists of black print on yellowed paper. At top, there is a drawing of two men walking a path up a hill towards the sun. The title and a list of communist party leaders fills the rest of the cover. [1¢] is printed in the bottom right corner. The interior has fifteen pages of text and a tear away section to fill out and join the Communist Party. The back cover has a subscription form for the Daily Worker.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
- Houston, William Lepre, American, 1870 - 1953
- Morris, Edward H., American, 1858 - 1943
- Parker, Louis N., American
- Needham, James Fields, American, 1848 - 1936
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Sr., American
- Lawrence, W. W., American
- Johnson, Julius C., American
- Shirley, A. T., American
- Created by
- Woodland, Thomas P., American
- Date
- January 16, 1908
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood, glass and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (in frame): 18 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 15/16 in. (47.6 × 59.7 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W (photograph): 11 × 15 3/4 in. (27.9 × 40 cm)
- Description
- Photograph in mat and frame of [The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)]. The photograph features five man standing in back and five men seated in front with their hands in their laps. From the label on the back of the photograph in printed text, the men are identified as [Seated from left to right: / Edward H. Morris, Counsel, Chicago, Illinois / Louis N. Parker, Deputy Grand Master, Little Rock, Arkansas / William L. Houston, Grand Master, Washington, D.C. / James F. Needham , Grand Secretary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Benjamin J. Davis, Grand Treasurer, Atlanta, Georgia / Standing left to right: / W.W. Lawrence, Grand Director, New Bern, North Carolina / Julius C. Johnson, Grand Director, Jacksonville, Florida / A. T. Shirley, Grand Director, Herndon, Virginia / Thomas P. Woodland, Grand Director, New Orleans, Louisiana]. Houston is seated in the center in a more elaborate chair with scroll work decoration on the chair back and feet. All the men are wearing suit and ties except for the man seated on the left who is wearing a bow tie. The mat is white paper and has an inner border of ivory, brown, ivory, and white closest to the photograph.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain