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Flier demanding open admissions for black and hispanic students
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- The City University of New York, American, founded 1847
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Date
- July 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- A mimeographed flier with a mix of handwritten text and newspaper clippings reproduced in purple ink on white paper, demanding open admissions for black and Hispanic students to the City University of New York (CUNY) four year colleges. The handwritten text reads [ENOUGH MONEY / FOR WHITE / PRIVATE SCHOO/ GRADUATES, WHITE / PUBLIC SCHOOL / GRADUATES, WHITE / FIREMEN, WHITE / POLICEMEN / ENOUGH MONEY / FOR EVERY BODY / BUT THE MAJORITY. / WE DEMAND / DEMAND / 200 MORE BLACKS / + PUERTO RICANS / TO BE / ADDED TO / SEPTEMBERS / FRESHMEN / CLASS. / Committee / for / 200 more. / WE DEMAND OPEN ADMISSION TO THE FOUR YEAR COLLEGES OF THE CITY / UNIVERSITY FOR THE BLACK + HISPANIC / MAJORITY.]. There are three newspaper clippings reproduced on the flier. One with a partially visible headline that reads [Offered Nurses Training by City] at the top left. At top right, from the New York Times, the headline reads [SCHOOL 'MINORITY' / IS NOW MAJORITY / Black and Hispanic Pupils / Here are 55% of Total]. The back of the flier is blank except for a stamp in the bottom right that reads [JUL 1970].
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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In the French Foreign Legion
- Created by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Photograph by
- Modem Photo Service, American
- Created by
- C. A. Slade, American, 1882 - 1961
- Photograph by
- Penabert, Georges, French, 1825 - 1903
- Subject of
- French Foreign Legion, French, founded 1831
- Corporal Peschkoff, A. Z.
- Date
- September 30, 1915
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 3/16 × 11 1/8 in. (41.1 × 28.3 cm)
- Description
- The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial from Thursday, September 30, 1915 is a torn out page from the magazine. The page features three photographs. The top is a photograph of [Some American members serving in the Foreign Legion of the French Army]. It is a photograph of a group of military men, seven standing and three seated, in their Legion uniforms. The image on the bottom left is of a soldier, Corporal A.Z. Peschkoff, and three American women nurses. The third image, on the bottom right, is of men in the Foreign Legion standing by their tents and fire pits in camp. The bottom of the page has the name of the article in larger letters, [In the French Foreign Legion.] The back of the magazine page has half of a painting of a battle. Underneath the painting is the title, [In Pace]. On the bottom right is a decorative image of a rectangle with a scroll on top.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- France, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- articles
- Topic
- Military
- Photography
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
- Object number
- 2017.111.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Five Plays by Ed Bullins
- Written by
- Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935
- Published by
- Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850
- Illustrated by
- Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011
- Photograph by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Date
- 1969
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Communities
- Drama (Theatre)
- Families
- Literature
- Race relations
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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News clipping from the New York Times
- Published by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Written by
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Subject of
- Angelou, Maya, American, 1928 - 2014
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- L x W: 22 1/2 x 6 in. (57.2 x 15.2 cm)
- Description
- A 1970 New York Times news clipping with reviews of Maya Angelou's newly released book, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" by James Baldwin, John O. Killens, "Newsweek," "The New York Times," Julian Mayfield, and "Cleveland Plain Dealer."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- clippings
- Topic
- Communication
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
- Object number
- 2011.99.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Photograph of a man being detained by soldiers during the Newark Riots
- Photograph by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- July 1967
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 9 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (24.3 × 16.7 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a man wearing a pinstriped jacket and dark colored slacks being detained in a street by police. There is a bus passing behind them. The man has his arms partially raised, and the three police officers appear to be forcing him off the street. One of the officers is carrying a rifle.
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Military
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Race riots
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.10.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © The New York Times . Permission required for use.
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Photograph of seven of the Little Rock Nine meeting at the home of Daisy Bates
- Photograph by
- Samuels, Gertrude, British American, 1910 - 2003
- Published by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Subject of
- Patillo Beals, Melba, American, born 1941
- LaNier, Carlotta Walls, American, born 1942
- Thomas, Jefferson, American, 1942 - 2010
- Eckford, Elizabeth, American, born 1941
- Mothershed-Wair, Thelma, American, born 1940
- Roberts, Terrence, American, born 1941
- Ray Karlmark, Gloria Cecelia, American, born 1942
- Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
- Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
- Date
- March 1958
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (21.3 × 25.2 cm)
- Description
- This black-and-white photograph depicts seven of the Little Rock Nine, from left to right, Melba Patillo, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Tomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts and Gloria Ray, meeting at the home of Daisy Bates, a local NAACP leader. The seven are gathered around a table with books.
- Place depicted
- Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
- Object number
- 2011.17.201
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gertrude Samuels