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The Weary Blues
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Van Vechten, Carl, American, 1880 - 1964
- Illustrated by
- Covarrubias, Miguel, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
- Owned by
- Greenstein, Barry, American
- Date
- 1926; published 1945
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard , plastic (cover)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 7/8 in. (19.1 × 13.7 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 1/2 × 10 13/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 27.5 × 1.7 cm)
- Description
- The Weary Blues hardcover book written by Langston Hughes. The front cover features a drawing of a man sitting with his head raised upward. His body faces a piano and his arms are raised above the keys. The background of the book is orange and yellow, the man and piano are in in black. Black type at the top reads: [THE WEARY BLUES]. Yellow type at the bottom reads: [By / Langston Hughes]. The interior has 109 pages of black type on off-white paper. The back cover has a stylistic image of piano keys and two boxes.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Library Collections
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Art
- Blues (Music)
- Caricature and cartoons
- Identity
- Jazz (Music)
- Literature
- Men
- Poetry
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barry Greenstein
- Object number
- 2014.304.90
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Alfred A. Knopf, Inc division of Random House. Permission required for use.
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Delegate
- Published by
- MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
- Created by
- Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
- Subject of
- Attucks, Crispus, American, 1723 - 1770
- Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Roberts, Sarah C., American, born 1844
- McKinney Steward, Susan, American, 1847 - 1918
- Scott, Dred, American, ca 1800 - 1858
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915
- Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Joplin, Scott, American, 1867 - 1917
- Garvey, Marcus, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940
- Johnson, James Weldon, American, 1871 - 1938
- Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965
- Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
- Powell, Adam Clayton Jr., American, 1908 - 1972
- Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
- Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, American, 1875 - 1955
- National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
- Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
- Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
- National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
- Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
- Shriners International, American, founded 1870
- National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
- National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
- Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Republican Party, American, founded 1854
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
- National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
- Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
- National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- 369th Veterans Association, American
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Robeson, Paul, American, 1898 - 1976
- Charles, Ezzard Mack, American, 1921 - 1975
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1 cm)
- Description
- A 1976 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a collage of cropped black and white photographic portraits. In the center is an angled blue square with text that reads [DELEGATE] in white text and [76] in striped red and white text, with a circle of stars in the center of the six [6]. Black text on the white spine reads [BI-CENNTENNIAL EDITION - DELEGATE 1976].
- The magazine’s content opens on the first page with an editorial note titled “The Long Journey from the back of the bus,” about how this issue of the Delegate will focus on “200 years of Contributions Blacks gave this nation as part of our Bicentennial Celebration.” There is also a masthead reading [DELEGATE, 1976] and a table of contents.
- The majority of this issue consists of a 137 page article titled “The Negro in America, 1550-1976.” The content then continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Association of Black Social Workers, The National Caucus of Black School Board Members, Prince Hall Masons, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Empire State Medical Association, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Links, Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, NAACP, Navy, Elks of the World, Democratic Party, Chi Eta Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Common Cause Ladies, National Association of Business and Professional Negro Womens Club, National United Church Ushers Association, Eta Phi Beta Sorority, National Bar Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Urban League, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, NBC, National Medical Association, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, National Association of Negro Women, CBS, Shriners, Daughters of Isis, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Republican National Convention, Museum of Art, Whitney M. Young Classic, Black Caucus, 369th Veterans Association, Phi Beta Sigma, Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, Edges,
- The issue concludes with a “Lest We Forget” page with a list of individuals who had passed away, including Ezzard Charles and Paul Robeson. There are approximately 348 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
- Place made
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Caricature and cartoons
- Communities
- Fraternal organizations
- Fraternities
- Government
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Labor
- Mass media
- Men
- Political organizations
- Politics (Practical)
- Professional organizations
- Religious groups
- Social life and customs
- Sororities
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775
- United States History
- Urban life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
- Object number
- 2012.167.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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The American Negro Writer and His Roots: Selected Papers from the First Conference of Negro Writers, March, 1959
- Published by
- American Society of African Culture, American, 1956 - 1969
- Edited by
- Davis, John Aubrey Sr., American, 1912 - 2002
- Written by
- Redding, Jay Saunders, American, 1906 - 1988
- Allen, Samuel, American, 1917 - 2015
- Clarke, John Henrik, American, 1915 - 1998
- Mayfield, Julian Hudson, American, 1928 - 1984
- Davis, Arthur P., American, 1904 - 1996
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Branch, William Blackwell, American, 1927 - 2019
- Bontemps, Arnaud Wendell, American, 1902 - 1973
- Mitchell, Loften, American, 1919 - 2001
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Killens, John Oliver, American, 1916 - 1987
- Subject of
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Owned by
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Date
- 1960
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A 72-page pamphlet entitled The American Negro Writer and His Roots. The cover is brown with black print and the lower left quadrant includes a yellow horizontal line motif. The title [THE AMERICAN / NEGRO WRITER / AND HIS ROOTS] is written in large text in the lower left corner. Below this, small italic left-justified text reads [Selected Papers from / the First Conference of Negro Writers / March, 1959]. The lower edge has centered black text reads [American Society of African Culture]. The pamphlet contains eleven essays by Saunders Redding, Samuel W. Allen, John Henrik Clarke, Julian Mayfield, Arthur Davis, Langston Hughes, William Branch, Arna Bontemps, Loften Mitchell, Sarah E. Wright, and John Oliver Killens. These essays are divided into five sections and it features photographs of selected authors.
- The pamphlet has no signatures or inscriptions.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Activism
- African diaspora
- Caricature and cartoons
- Identity
- Literature
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- Societies
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
- Object number
- 2010.61.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Copyright 1960 by American Society of African Culture. Permission required for use.
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Master of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti
- Written by
- Roumain, Jacques, Haitian, 1907 - 1944
- Translated by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Cook, Will Mercer, American, 1903 - 1987
- Published by
- Reynal & Hitchcock, American, 1933 - 1948
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- cardboard, paper (fiber product) and ink
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. (21 x 14 x 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A hard cover string bound 182 page book (a) written by Jacques Roumain is a novel set in Haiti. A label on the inside cover signifies that it was a part of [THE ARTHUR B. SPINGARN / COLLECTION / OF NEGRO LITERATURE]. The paper wrap around jacket (b) is printed on the cover with a pink background with white text [JACQUES ROUMAIN / MASTERS / of the DEW / A Novel of Haiti / Translated by / LANGSTON HUGHES / & MERCER COOK]. The spine, wings and verso feature a white background with pink text.
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Politics (Practical)
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.158.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Cover: No Known Copyright Restrictions Content: © Jacques Roumain 1947 . Permission required for use.
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Simple Speaks His Mind
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Published by
- Simon & Schuster, Inc., founded 1924
- Owned by
- Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) and cardboard with plastic
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 7/8 in. (20.6 x 14.9 x 2.2 cm)
- Title
- Book inscribed from Langston Hughes to Lena Horne
- Description
- Book has a tan cover with green writing. On the first page of the book is an inscription that reads, "Bon Voyage to Lena / Horne - all my / good wishes - / and continued / admiration - / Sincerely, / Langston Hughes / New York, / May 14, / 1950".
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Actors
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.27.3.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- ©1950 by Langston Hughes, renewed 1978 George Houston Bass. Permission required for use.
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Fields of Wonder: A book of lyric poems
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Owned by
- Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- paper (fiber product) and cardboard with plastic
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 3/4 in. (21.9 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm)
- Title
- Book inscribed from Langston Hughes to Lena Horne
- Description
- This is a First Edition. Book has a dark green cover with red and white writing. On the first page of the book is an inscription that reads, "For Lena Horne - / Loved your songs tonight - and since / the M.C. says its your birthday - / a Happy One to you! / Sincerely, Langston Hughes / New York, June 30, 1947".
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Actors
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.27.3.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- ©1947 Langston Hughes, renewed 1974 George Houston Bass. Permission required for use.
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Masters of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti
- Written by
- Roumain, Jacques, Haitian, 1907 - 1944
- Published by
- Reynal & Hitchcock, American, 1933 - 1948
- Translated by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Cook, Will Mercer, American, 1903 - 1987
- Owned by
- Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- paper (fiber product) and cardboard with plastic
- Dimensions
- 8 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14 x 1.9 cm)
- Title
- Book inscribed from Langston Hughes to Lena Horne
- Description
- Book has a dark red cover with blue and white reading. On the first page of the book is an inscription that reads, "To Lena Horne - / In admiration, / Sincerely, / Langston Hughes / New York, June 30, / 1947".
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Actors
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.27.3.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1947 Reynal & Hitchcock . Permission required for use.
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The Backlash Blues
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Published by
- Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Subject of
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Date
- July 1967
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Poem printed in black ink on light-blue paper titled Backlash Blues by Langston Hughes. Surrounding the text on the page is a narrow black border. Under the poem is the copyright and publisher address. The poem was published by Broadside press as Broadside No. 13.
- Place printed
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- poems
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.124.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1967 by Langston Hughes. Permission required for use.
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The Black Perspective, Vol 1, No. 4
- Issued by
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Afro-American Studies, American, founded 1976
- Edited by
- Duff, Roberta
- Subject of
- Dr. Roddey, Bertha Maxwell, American
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- January 1980
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Description
- Departmental newsletter for the Department of Afro-American & African Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The newsletter is titled "The Black Perspective" and the front page features a photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a poem by Langston Hughes.
- Place depicted
- Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- newsletters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
- Object number
- 2012.22.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Portrait of Langston Hughes
- Photograph by
- Draper, Louis H., American, 1935 - 2002
- Subject of
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A gelatin silver print of Langston Hughes sitting at a desk in front of a typewriter. Hughes is wearing a short sleeve button-up shirt with vertical stripes and holds a pencil in his right hand. Handwritten on reverse side of photograph is [11 x 14 -Outer/350.00/49/32/6/DR 0040/Portrait of Langston Hughes].
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Literature
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.43.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © The Louis Draper Archive