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What the Graduates of Lincoln Institute are Doing
- Created by
- Moten, James S. A.M., LL.B.
- Subject of
- Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- cardboard , ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 5 1/2 in. (20.3 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A reference book of people who graduated from Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Missouri. The book consists of black print on yellowed pages. The cover is green with black print. The book has one hundred and twenty pages and includes some photographs.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Education
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.54.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Robert L. Carter Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Carter, Robert L., American, 1917 - 2012
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Sullivan, Patricia A., born 1950
- Subject of
- Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
- Howard University School of Law, American, founded 1869
- Columbia University, American, founded 1754
- Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Board of Education of Topeka, American
- Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961
- Date
- October 22, 2010
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 03:05:50
- Description
- The oral history consists of three digital files 2011.174.1.1a, 2011.174.1.1b, 2011.174.1.1c. There is also a transcript of the interview 2011.174.1.2.
- A digital oral history interview with Robert L. Carter that recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the Brown v. Board of Education case and other legal cases that ended segregation.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0001
- 178848.05 MB
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Justice
- Law
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.1.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Scrapbook compiled by Louise Alexander Gunn
- Created by
- Gunn, Louise Alexander, American
- Subject of
- Gunn, Bill, American, 1934 - 1989
- Leon Sullivan, American, 1922 - 2001
- Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
- Waters, Ethel, American, 1896 - 1977
- Baker, Josephine, American, 1906 - 1975
- Waymon, Sam, American, born 1944
- Date
- 1950s - 1970s
- Medium
- newsprint , ink on photographic paper , cardboard , metal and synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- 11 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (27.9 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm)
- Description
- Cloth bound purple and green floral print spiral bound scrapbook containing black-and-white and color photographs along with newspaper clippings and other ephemera dating from the late 1950s to the late 1970s documenting the life of Louise Jackson Gunn in the Philadelphia area. Louise Gunn was an actress, beauty queen, and community activist. The contents of the scrapbook include newspaper clippings and photographs related to Gunn's church groups and activities, including the Zion Drama Workshop; her friendships with other women in the community and from her vaudeville past; and her travels to the Bahamas and Paris, France.
- A large portion of the scrapbook is devoted to Gunn’s community work, including scholarship fundraising for Lincoln University, adult education programs, and volunteering at Philadelphia General Hospital. Gunn also documents work with Rev. Leon H. Sullivan and the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), including efforts to provide school children with free breakfast and to fight housing discrimination.
- There are several clippings, photographs, and programs related to her son, the actor and playwright Bill Gunn, including a performance with Ethel Waters and collaborations with musician Sam Waymon. There are also clippings related to performances by Alberta Hunter and Josephine Baker.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- Activism
- Actors
- Blues (Music)
- Civil rights
- Communities
- Education
- Entertainers
- Families
- Film
- Health
- Housing
- Jazz (Music)
- Motherhood
- Musicians
- Religious groups
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- Theatre
- Travel
- Vaudeville
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.65.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible