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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 View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 053A
    Exhibition
    Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
    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
    Topic
    Korean War, 1950-1953
    Military
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5faa0892b-03f6-408a-b319-36e1f01aefce
  • 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
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b82354bb-e7ce-4a02-917d-6204604d571a
  • 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
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51f00a662-51bf-4aee-aec3-fb12b3c803c8
  • 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."
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    laws
    Topic
    Fugitive enslaved
    Law
    Self-liberation
    Slavery
    U.S. History, 1815-1861
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5398a20ab-70ff-4fbb-b4c2-a06d94891c9d
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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
    Type
    bills (legislative records)
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a28aa2c3-f9ee-45f4-b9f4-499214ecaccd
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f5847d83-d1d6-42d2-8217-71d13dd0b952
  • 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 View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 053
    Exhibition
    Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
    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
    Topic
    Military
    Montford Point Marines
    Segregation
    World War II
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.237ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd520e7ed2b-6ca0-4f06-bdc9-19b398a03a8c
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