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Medal of Honor bestowed on Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton
- Issued by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Received by
- Sergeant Charlton, Cornelius H., American, 1929 - 1951
- Subject of
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- 1952
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 053A
- Medium
- Medal: metal, brass, gold plating, and enamel;
- Neck and service ribbons: silk;
- Case: plastic, brass, and velvet
- Dimensions
- Medal: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/16 in. (5.7 × 3.8 × 0.2 cm)
- Neck Ribbon: H x W: 1 1/4 × 22 in. (3.2 × 55.9 cm)
- Service Ribbon: H x W x D: 1 7/16 × 3/8 × 1/8 in. (3.7 × 1 × 0.3 cm)
- Case: H x W x D: 6 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 1/16 in. (16.8 × 8.4 × 2.7 cm)
- Description
- The medal (.1a) consists of a gold five pointed star, each point tipped with trefoils, surrounded by a green laurel wreath and suspended from a gold bar inscribed [VALOR], surmounted by an eagle. In the center of the star is Minerva’s head surrounded by the words [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. On each ray of the star is a green oak leaf. On the recto, the bar is engraved with [THE CONGRESS TO] with [SGT/CORNELIUS H./CHARLTON/CO C. 24TH INF REGT/25TH INF DIV.USA] engraved on the star.
- The neck ribbon (.1b) is blue silk with two snaps on either end for the wearer to attach the ribbon around his neck. The center of the ribbon is covered in blue silk with 13 white stars.
- The service ribbon (.2) is a rectangular bar covered in blue silk with five white stars.
- The case (.3) has a clear plastic top with blue velvet and gold bordered insert.
- Collection title
- Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton Collection
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- medals
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray R. and Patricia A.D. Charlton in memory of Cornelius H. Charlton
- Object number
- 2013.165.1.1ab-.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Flyer urging readers to contact their congressional representatives
- Created by
- Committee to Stop the US-South Africa Alliance, American
- Subject of
- African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924
- United Nations, founded 1945
- Date
- February 23, 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- This flyer urges readers to contact their congressional representatives to demand the United States stop trade with South Africa. The flyer is yellow with black text. The top of the flyer reads: [U.S. ARMS SOUTH AFRICAN / BOSSES AGAINST OUR / FELLOW BLACK WORKERS]. Near the bottom of the page the flyer reads: [LET'S AID THE STRUGGLE OF / OUR FELLOW BLACK WORKERS / IN SOUTH AFRICA]. The back of the flyer is blank except for text written in the bottom left that reads: [Feb. 18(?) 1978].
- Place made
- 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
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Black power
- International affairs
- Politics (Practical)
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Flyer urging readers to contact their congressional representatives
- Created by
- Committee to Stop the US-South Africa Alliance, American
- Subject of
- African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924
- United Nations, founded 1945
- Date
- February 23, 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- This flyer urges readers to contact their congressional representatives to demand the United States stop trade with South Africa. The flyer is yellow with black text. The top of the flyer reads: [U.S. ARMS SOUTH AFRICAN / BOSSES AGAINST OUR / FELLOW BLACK WORKERS] in block letters. Near the bottom of the page, the flyer reads: [LET'S AID THE STRUGGLE OF / OUR FELLOW BLACK WORKERS / IN SOUTH AFRICA] in block letters. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom left that reads: [Feb 23 1978].
- Place made
- 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
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Black power
- International affairs
- Politics (Practical)
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- Created by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Printed by
- Ritchie, Thomas, American, 1778 - 1854
- Date
- 1850
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (24.8 x 19.5 cm)
- Description
- Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 consisting of a single leaf folded sheet to form four pages, quarto, on U.S. Government-issued blue stock printed in black ink. There are two annotations handwritten in black ink -correcting "B it enacted" to "Be it enacted," and "courts of United States" to "courts of the United States."
- Type
- laws
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.14.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Fugitive Slave Bill
- Written by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Subject of
- Fillmore, Millard, American, 1800 - 1874
- Burns, Anthony, American, 1834 - 1862
- Sims, Thomas, American, born ca. 1834
- Date
- 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
- Caption
- This printing of the Fugitive Slave Bill was sponsored by anti-slavery groups as a protest against the new law that required local and state authorities to assist slave owners in retrieving slaves.
- Description
- Booklet of yellowed paper and black text. Title reads "THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL ENACTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS." The entire bill is 8 pages, seven of which are printed with bold black mourning borders. The rear cover features a reproduction of an engraving with the caption, "The Boston Police executing the infamous law, in the case of Simms, who was delivered into the hands of the oppressor, between the hours of moon-setting and sun-rising, in 1851." The illustration on the back cover consists of a captured man being carried down the steps of a building by two armed men. The building is surrounded by rows of armed men and two dogs are facing off against each other in the foreground.
- Place printed
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Free communities of color
- Fugitive enslaved
- Law
- Politics (Practical)
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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1980 United States Congressional Olympic Team Medal awarded to Carl Lewis
- Received by
- Lewis, Carl, American, born 1961
- Commissioned by
- United States Olympic Committee, American, founded 1894
- Created by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Manufactured by
- Tiffany & Co., American, founded 1837
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- bronze, ribbon
- Dimensions
- With Ribbon: 17 1/2 x 3 x 3/8 in. (44.5 x 7.6 x 1 cm)
- Description
- A bronze-colored medal with attached ribbon. Medal is concave on both faces and has images in relief on both obverse and reverse. Obverse features a flaming torch in the center, with the five interlocking Olympic rings and a laurel branch at the bottom. Around the upper edge of the medal are the words [UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TEAM], the year [1980] is at the bottom of the medal, above the laurel wreath. On the reverse there are five flying doves on the far right with the words [GAMES / OF THE / XXII / OLYMPIAD] on the right. The medal has red, white, and blue ribbon.
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- medals
- Topic
- Olympics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carl Lewis Estate
- Object number
- 2013.126.21
- Restrictions & Rights
- © International Olympic Committee. Permission required for use.
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Montford Point Marines Congressional Gold Medal
- Commissioned by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Created by
- United States Mint, American, founded 1792
- Subject of
- 51st Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1942
- 52nd Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1943
- Date
- 2011
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 053
- Medium
- Medal: gold;
- Sleeve: velvet;
- Box: cherry wood, velvet
- Dimensions
- Diameter (medal): 3 × 3/16 in. (7.6 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (velvet case for medal): 3 7/8 × 5 × 3/16 in. (9.8 × 12.7 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (wooden case for medal): 3 × 6 1/8 × 5 in. (7.6 × 15.6 × 12.7 cm)
- Description
- Congressional gold medal in honor of Montford Point Marines has a relief on its obverse featuring three Marines on the left and three in the forefront with rifles. Text following apex of the medal's arc reads [MONTFORD POINT MARINES / 1942-1949]. On verso is a relief of a troop in formation with a tower in the background on the right; the text reads: [FOR / OUTSTANDING / PERSEVERANCE / and COURAGE / that INSPIRED / SOCIAL CHANGE / in the/MARINE CORPS / 2011 ACT OF CONGRESS].
- A rectangular velvet sleeve encases the gold medal; a small tab at the top of the sleeve assists the medal's removal from the box.
- The storage container is a cherry wood box with a brass hinged lid and push-release button on the front center which opens it. The lid has the gold embossed logo of the U.S. Treasury encircled with text which reads [Treasury / United States Mint] and [United States Mint] is in calligraphic script beneath the logo.
- Place depicted
- Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- medals
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.237ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions