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  • Sepia Cinderella

    Directed by
    Leonard, Arthur H., American, 1904 - 1956
    Written by
    Valentini, Vincent Andrew, American, 1895 - 1948
    Edited by
    Kemp, Jack
    Subject of
    Guyse, Sheila, American, 1925 - 2013
    Daniels, Billy, American, 1915 - 1988
    Tondaleyo, American, 1912 - 1998
    Offley, Hilda, American, 1894 - 1968
    Blakey, Ruble, American, 1911 - 1992
    Richardson, Emory, American, 1894 - 1965
    Carter, Jack, American, 1902 - 1967
    Verwayne, Percy, American, 1895 - 1968
    Freeman, Dusty
    Williams, George
    Gordon, Fred
    Young, Al
    Norton, Harold, American, 1912 - 1985
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Date
    1947
    Medium
    acetate film
    Dimensions
    Duration: 70 Minutes
    Length (Film Reel 1): 1130 Feet
    Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet
    Caption
    A struggling songwriter finds a muse in his girlfriend, who inspires him write his next hit. After finding success, he falls under the sway of a beautiful club owner.
    Description
    A 16mm release print of the feature film Sepia Cinderella. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
    The first scene opens with a band performing for Barbara (Sheila Guyse), the film’s protagonist, and her adoptive mother Mama Keyes (Hilda Offley). At the end of the performance, the band exits the room while Mama Keyes and Barbara remain behind, engaging in a conversation about their relationship and the death of Barbara’s parents. Later in the film, Barbara inspires her love interest, Bob (Billy Daniels), to write a song. After finding success in this latest song, Bob falls under the sway of a club owner named Vivian (Tondaleyo).
    Place filmed
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    sound films
    black-and-white films (visual works)
    release prints (motion pictures)
    feature films
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Actors
    Business
    Musicians
    Race films
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
    Object number
    2015.167.17.1ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52cf6bdf3-5d8a-4e60-9790-33e2c16fa81f
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Drew, Charles Richard, American, 1904 - 1950
    President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
    Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
    National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
    Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Dr. Mays, Benjamin Elijah, American, 1894 - 1984
    Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
    Tydings, Joseph Davies, American, 1928 - 2018
    Pierce, Lawrence Warren, American, born 1924
    Baker, Bertram L., American, 1898 - 1985
    Morse, Wayne L., American, 1900 - 1974
    Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
    King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
    Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
    Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009
    Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987
    Eugene Nickerson, American, 1918 - 2002
    Farbstein, Leonard, American, 1902 - 1993
    Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
    The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
    McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
    Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    Perry, Harold Robert, American, 1916 - 1991
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, Inc. and Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1950
    Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
    New York Jets, American, founded 1960
    Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    Murray, Joan
    Schuyler, Philippa, American, 1931 - 1967
    Gordy, Berry Jr., American, born 1929
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    Kaiser, Inez Yeargan, American, 1918 - 2016
    Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
    Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
    National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
    National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
    Mangum, Robert J., American, 1920 - 2014
    369th Veterans Association, American
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    A 1968 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white and a yellow ribbon, blue ribbon and a pink ribbon at center. Each of the ribbons has the word [DELEGATE] at center. The inside of the magazine contains black and white photographs, articles and advertisements as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community.
    The magazines content begins with a memorial editorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy. It continues with an article titled [Black Power Marketing to Negro Consumers]. The article includes images of President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and members of the presidential commission to investigate city riots. The publication continues with several pages of photographs Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. People identified in captions for the photographs are Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Joseph Tydings, Lawrence Pierce, Wayne Morse, Bertram Baker, Senator Edward Brooke, Harry Belafonte Jr., Gordon Parks, Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Percy Ellis Sutton, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Wright, Eugene Nickerson and Leonard Farbstein. Following this is a double page image of Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.
    Throughout the magazine are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, the National Association of Market Developers, National Association of Negro Musicians and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Omega Psi Phi, Kapa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Lamda Kappa Mu, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
    There are also profiles on musicians performing at the Lincoln Center, Morehouse College, the Democratic Party, debutant balls, the New York Giants, 369th Veterans Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States but primarily in New York City.
    There are approximately 154 pages. The magazine contains both black and white and color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Johnnie Walker Red scotch.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Football
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Funeral customs and rites
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Sororities
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    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
    2012.167.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f7b7586d-84ee-4f44-b24e-aa264dcdee1f
  • Flyer soliciting pledges to stand against South African Apartheid

    Created by
    American Committee on Africa, American, 1953 - 2001
    Subject of
    Booth, William H., American, 1922 - 2006
    Davis, Sammy Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
    Gregory, Dick, American, 1932 - 2017
    Carroll, Diahann, American, 1935 - 2019
    Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
    Chamberlain, Wilt, American, 1936 - 1999
    Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937
    Davis, Ossie, American, 1917 - 2005
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993
    Lichtenstein, Roy, American, 1923 - 1997
    Seeger, Pete, American, 1919 - 2014
    Peters, Brock, American, 1927 - 2005
    Roundtree, Richard, American, born 1942
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993
    Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
    A. Philip Randolph Institute, American, founded 1965
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Johnson, Rafer Lewis, American, 1934 - 2020
    Date
    1970s
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
    Description
    This flyer solicits pledges to stand against South African apartheid. The top of the flyer reads: [we say no / to apartheid / We take this pledge: in solemn resolve to refuse any encouragement of, or indeed, any / professional association with the present Republic of South Africa, this until the day / when all its people shall equally enjoy the educational and cultural advantages of that / rich and beautiful land.] After listing celebrities that have taken the pledge [SAMMY DAVIS, JR. DIAHANN CARROLL WILT CHAMBERLAIN ...] large bolded text reads: [will you say no / to apartheid?]. The back of the flyer details the American Committee on Africa's activities and members. The top of the page reads: [AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON AFRICA].
    Place used
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    South Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    Pan Africanism
    Anti-apartheid movements
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    Topic
    Activism
    Actors
    Africa
    Black power
    International affairs
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.97.27.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51acaddc6-ae3c-43f9-a931-74a6bb9c9082
  • Color slide of Poitier and Belafonte at a fundraiser at Boston Garden

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Date
    October 27, 1967
    Medium
    reversal film and plastic
    Dimensions
    H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
    Caption
    This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
    Description
    This color slide depicts Harry Belafonte embracing Sidney Poitier on stage. Harry Belafonte wears a dark shirt and pants. He shakes the hand and embraces another individual wearing a dark suit. A microphone on a stand is visible behind them.
    Place depicted
    Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    color slides
    Topic
    Activism
    Actors
    Civil rights
    Entertainers
    Photography
    Singers (Musicians)
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.245.248
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55baf5960-4932-46eb-9025-d36643967d4e
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Directed by
    Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier stands to the far left of the frame and looks down at a seated Spencer Tracy while Katharine Hepburn sits to Tracy's right, perched on a bookshelf. Poitier and Tracy wear suit jackets while Hepburn wears a black cap and vest. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place printed
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.108.9.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5781ccd19-6a84-42b7-a938-454781ff2811
  • Film still from To Sir, with Love

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Distributed by
    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
    Description
    A color film still from the film To Sir, With Love, depicting Sidney Poitier and Judy Geeson in a classroom. Gleeson sits upon a student's desk, facing towards Poitier, who stands in front of but perpendicular to Geeson, facing the camera. The teachers desk is front of Poitier, facing towards the student desks, arranged in the classroom in rows. A wall of windows is to the side of the desks, behind Poitier and Geeson. The image is surrounded by a white border, with black text underneath providing copyright information, billing and production information, and a licensing message from National Screen Service Corp.
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    East End, London, England, Europe
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    film stills
    Topic
    Actors
    Education
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
    Object number
    2012.152.211
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd517a18229-90c4-4714-b92d-57fc8899880c
  • Lobby card for Lilies of the Field

    Created by
    United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
    Distributed by
    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Skala, Lilia, 1896 - 1994
    Date
    1963
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
    Exhibition
    Taking the Stage
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    A black and white lobby card for the film Lilies of the Field. The lobby card features a scene from the movie of Sidney Poitier holding a record and being shushed by a table of nuns. Along the bottom is a banner of red with [Sidney Poitier AS THE FANTASTIC HOMER IN RALPH NELSON'S Lilies of the Field] in black and white text. Along the bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice [Copyright 1963-United Artists Corporation.] on the left and a licensing notice by National Screen Service Corp. on the right.
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    Actors
    Film
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
    Object number
    2012.152.1279
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c04e9a53-6bd4-41c8-8001-2bab1737cf46
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
    Directed by
    Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton's torsos face each other while both have their heads turned towards to the right of the frame; their glances are focused on something or someone off camera. Houghton wears a sleeveless, cream-colored blouse while Poitier wears a navy blue suit jacket and a patterned tie with repeated concentric circles. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom right corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place printed
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.108.9.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f50c4ab8-c316-42e3-abad-ec6ccaf50909
  • Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun

    Subject of
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
    Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
    Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
    Rose, Philip, 1921 - 2011
    Cogan, David J., Romanian American, died 2002
    Susskind, David Howard, American, 1920 - 1987
    Petrie, Daniel Mannix, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
    Date
    1961
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
    The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil. The two are pictured in a blue room. McNeil is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking towards Poitier, who is on the right wearing a yellow shirt and leaning towards McNeil. In the bottom right corner is a round orange ring with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race films
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.118.134.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c9460e9-3465-44a2-982a-4febee12d73e
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

    Manufactured by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
    Date
    1967
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on poster board
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy are seated around a table in what appears to be an exterior shot with a lake and trees featured in the background. Tracy, seated to Poitier's right, reaches out to adjust a smiling Poitier's tie. Houghton's back is to the camera; seated to her left is Hepburn, who faces Poitier over r a plate of sandwiches. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.134.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56bc535ef-bc3b-416b-8832-b6c5b52643d7
  • Jet Vol. IX No. 3

    Published by
    Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Simms, Hilda, American, 1918 - 1994
    Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
    Date
    November 24, 1955
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 5 15/16 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)
    Description
    An issue of Jet magazine from November 24, 1955. The cover features a photo of Hilda Simms and Sidney Poitier surrounded by black, white, and orange print. The interior contains an article about the Emmett Till trial.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Actors
    Entertainers
    Film
    Hate crimes
    Mass media
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
    Object number
    2011.17.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1955 Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c69bcd77-0fcd-4c32-a678-b97282218c4f
  • Lobby card for To Sir, with Love

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Distributed by
    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
    Roberts, Christian, English
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
    Description
    A color lobby card from the film To Sir, With Love featuring an image of Sidney Poitier pouring a drink while talking to Judy Geeson and Christian Roberts. A white rectangle at the bottom left of the contains the title, billing and production information for the film in blue and pink text. Beneath the image at the bottom left is a copyright notice [Copyright 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation] and at the bottom right is a licensing notice from National Screen Service Corp.
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    East End, London, England, Europe
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Education
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
    Object number
    2012.152.1247
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd593519a20-338d-417a-a42a-6912367149f9
  • Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
    McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
    Sands, Diana, American, 1934 - 1973
    Perry, Stephen, American, born 1952
    Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
    Date
    1961
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (24.8 × 32.8 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (28 × 35.7 cm)
    Description
    A lobby card for the film A Raisin in the Sun. The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with all of the Younger family characters in the film: Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger, Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger, Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger, Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger and Stephen Perry as Travis Younger. The family is pictured outdoors, gathered around McNeil, who is seated and opening a gift. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ring with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race films
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.118.134.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd524fdb6aa-0be8-4627-83b7-4b06ef60b194
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

    Manufactured by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on poster board
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier stands to the far left of the frame and looks down at a seated Spencer Tracy while Katharine Hepburn sits to Tracy's right, perched on a bookshelf. Poitier and Tracy wear suit jackets while Hepburn wears a black cap and vest. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.134.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dde53c05-d8da-47da-ba22-0b98df9bba44
  • Film poster for Uptown Saturday Night

    Distributed by
    Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Cosby, Bill, American, born 1937
    Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
    Pryor, Richard, American, 1940 - 2005
    Wilson, Flip, American, 1933 - 1998
    Cash, Rosalind, American, 1938 - 1995
    Kelly, Paula, American, born 1943
    Browne, Roscoe Lee, American, 1925 - 2007
    Sekka, Johnny, British, 1934 - 2006
    Lockhart, Calvin, Bahamian, 1934 - 2007
    First Artists, American, 1969 - 1980
    Date
    1974
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 41 × 27 1/16 in. (104.1 × 68.7 cm)
    Description
    A promotional poster for the film Uptown Saturday Night. The poster lists cast members and the characters they play on the right-hand side in black text on a purple background. A black and white image accompanies each name. The tagline and title of the film are in black text at the top right of the poster and reads “They get funny when you / mess with their money. / UPTOWN / SATURDAY / NIGHT.” A caricature of Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, and Harry Belafonte is under the title. Various buildings, a water tower, street signs, and three women wearing short dresses are in the background of the image. Below the caricature written in black text is “A First Artists Production.” The billing block is at the bottom in black text. The NSS number is 74/152 and appears in the bottom right corner.
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    Actors
    Advertising
    Comedy
    Hollywood (Film)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
    Object number
    2014.35.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Warner Bros Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e5f3c002-9bae-4e33-9d7a-780b80dd47e8
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

    Manufactured by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on poster board
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton's torsos face each other while both have their heads turned towards to the right of the frame; their glances are focused on something or someone off camera. Houghton wears a sleeveless, cream-colored blouse while Poitier wears a navy blue suit jacket and a patterned tie with repeated concentric circles. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom right corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.134.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd542cce3ee-db8d-49e9-8ae2-325c1950ba3d
  • Poster for To Sir, with Love

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Distributed by
    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Roberts, Christian, English
    Geeson, Judy, English, founded 1948
    Kendall, Suzy, British, born 1944
    Lulu, Scottish, born 1948
    Clavell, James, American, 1924 - 1994
    Date
    1967
    On View
    Second Floor, 2 050
    Exhibition
    Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 36 x 14 in. (91.4 x 35.6 cm)
    Description
    A poster for the film To Sir, With Love. The poster features a color image of Sidney Poitier against a white background. The tagline is printed at the top in blue ink, reading [A STORY AS FRESH AS THE / GIRLS IN THEIR MINIS… / AND AS COOL AS THEIR / TEACHER HAD TO BE!]. Poitier is wearing a dark suit and images of other actors from the film appearing across the front of his suit. He is leaning over with his hands appearing to rest on top of a blue rectangle with the title and billing information printed inside in white and yellow. A copyright notice is printed at the very bottom left corner: [1967 Columbia Pictures].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    East End, London, England, Europe
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    Actors
    Education
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
    Object number
    2012.152.26
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fed2da67-0489-471d-aaa6-173257680af0
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
    Directed by
    Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
    Date
    1967
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
    Exhibition
    Taking the Stage
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The image depicts Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton seated at a table looking up at Spencer Tracy to the right of the frame. Sidney Poitier is shown standing next to the table, facing Tracy. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in BL corner of lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place printed
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.108.9.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd584224c13-8298-435e-982d-f97b7028bb02
  • Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

    Created by
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Tracy, Spencer, American, 1900 - 1967
    Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003
    Houghton, Katharine, American, born 1945
    Directed by
    Kramer, Stanley, 1913 - 2001
    Date
    1967
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card features a color still from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy are seated around a table in what appears to be an exterior shot with a lake and trees featured in the background. Tracy, seated to Poitier's right, reaches out to adjust a smiling Poitier's tie. Houghton's back is to the camera; seated to her left is Hepburn, who faces Poitier over r a plate of sandwiches. A white box with blue and red text in the bottom left corner reads, [Columbia Pictures presents a / Stanley Kramer / production / Spencer / Tracy / Sidney / Poitier / Katharine / Hepburn / guess who's / coming to dinner / and introducing / Katharine Houghton / Music by DeVol · Written by William Rose / Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer · Technicolor®]. Black type in the bottom left corner of the lobby card reads, [Copyright ©1967 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved].
    Place printed
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.108.9.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5550809d6-eee5-4d2f-b964-a696c2f8db4e
  • Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun with autograph of Sidney Poitier

    Subject of
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
    Signed by
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    Subject of
    Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, born 1927
    McNeil, Claudia, American, 1917 - 1993
    Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
    Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
    Rose, Philip, 1921 - 2011
    Cogan, David J., Romanian American, died 2002
    Susskind, David Howard, American, 1920 - 1987
    Petrie, Daniel Mannix, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
    Date
    1961
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)
    Description
    Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
    The card consists of a large tinted image of a scene from the film of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier. The two are pictured in a blue kitchen with yellow and green accents. Dee is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking up towards Poitier, who stands on the right wearing a light blue shirt and darker blue pants. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ball with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Poitier's signature appears in black ink just above the orange circle. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    lobby cards
    Topic
    Actors
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race films
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.118.134.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ce35c2c7-c3d5-4ca5-b659-20d2b223c538

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