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Courtland Cox Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Cox, Courtland, American, born 1941
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Howard University, American, founded 1867; Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964; Sixth Pan-African Congress, African, founded 1974; Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:43:40

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Trinidad and Tobago, South America; New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date: July 8, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.30.1a, 2011.174.30.1b, 2011.174.30.1c, 2011.174.30.1d, 2011.174.30.1e, 2011.174.30.1f, 2011.174.30.1g, 2011.174.30.1h, and 2011.174.30.1i.; Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth Pan-African Congress.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0030

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

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: 2011.174.30.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Amos C. Brown Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Rev. Dr. Brown, Amos C., American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936; The Plain Dealer, American, founded 1842; Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961; Operation Crossroads Africa, American, founded 1958; Third Baptist Church, American, founded 1852

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:58:48

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America; Africa

Date: March 2, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h.; Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jackson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr. Evers across the country to attend a national conference. He was asked to leave his high school for making comments to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about unequal schools for blacks, and remembers his participation in a 1961 Freedom Ride, his travel to Africa as part of Operation Crossroads Africa, and his work at Third Baptist Church on various social causes.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0060

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; International affairs; Religion; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; Youth

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: 2011.174.60.1a-h

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Ethiopia Black Journal segment

16mm motion picture film of Ethiopia [Black Journal segment]

Directed by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941
Produced by: Garrett, Kent, American, born 1941; Greaves, William, American, 1926 - 2014; National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
Photograph by: Lucas, Leroy, American
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Length (Film): 860 Feet; Duration: 24 Minutes

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa
Place depicted: Ethiopia, Africa
Place filmed: Adis Abeba, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, Africa; Lalibela, Amara, Ethiopia, Africa

Date: 1969

Caption: This 16mm film is a special half-hour-long documentary produced for the National Educational Television program Black Journal. It examines the cultural and historical life of African nation of Ethiopia.
Description: This 16mm film was a special half-hour-long documentary produced by Kent Garrett for the National Educational Television program Black Journal. This documentary examines the cultural and historical life of Ethiopia.; Consists of: 16mm Film (a).; 2012.79.1.49.1a: This 16mm film was a special half-hour-long documentary produced for the National Educational Television program Black Journal. This documentary examines the cultural and historical life of Ethiopia. The entire documentary is voiced-over by a male narrator who describes Ethiopia's intersecting political, religious, and social history. The first half of the documentary is spent telling the history of Christianity in Ethiopia, and its ties to and influence on ancient Ethiopia. There are shots of the Obelisk of Aksum in Ethiopia's Tirgay; a 1,700-year-old granite stele that stands 24 meters tall and weighs 160 metric tons. The narrator then describes the historical architecture and founding of the Church of St. George in the city of Lalibela, located in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. One of eleven monolithic churches in the city of Lalibela, the narrator explains the importance of this group of rock-hewn churches that were built in the late 12th to early 13th century and serves as a pilgrimage for some. Next, there are scenes of the festival of Timket Holiday in Adis Abeba and footage of various Ethiopian tribes singing and dancing. Ethiopians are described as an African people, diverse in tribal association while sharing common African ancestry. The narrator states that it is a common mistake to racially identify Ethiopians as Middle Eastern.

Topic: African American; Africa; Architecture; Film; Religion

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number: 2012.79.1.49.1a

Restrictions & Rights: © National Educational Television

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Imperialism Destroys the People of Africa

Published by: Harlem Section of the Communist Party, American
Written by: Ford, James W., American, 1893 - 1957

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in. (14.8 x 10.9 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place depicted: Africa

Date: ca. 1931

Description: A pamphlet written by James W. Ford on imperialism in Africa. The cover features black print on yellowed paper. At center, a black and white photograph of James W. Ford. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text. The back cover features other pamphlet in the "Series on Negro Problems."

Topic: African American; Children; International affairs; Mass media; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.32

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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The Negro Worker Vol. 4 No. 5

Published by: The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937
Edited by: Woodson, Charles
Subject of: Communist International

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.2 x 15 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place depicted: Africa; Japan, Asia

Date: 1934

Description: A pamphlet of The Negro Worker, No. 5, Vol. 4. The front cover features black print on blue paper. At center, there is a black and white photograph of two hands shaking. The interior consists of thirty-two pages of text and photographs. The back cover has an image of a man breaking a chain.

Topic: African American; International affairs; Mass media; Photography; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.34

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Carter Administration's African Policy

Published by: International Publishers Company, Inc., American
Written by: Winston, Henry, American, 1911 - 1986
Subject of: President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924; Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Africa

Date: ca. 1978

Description: A pamphlet of red and black print on yellowed paper. The cover features a political cartoon where Jimmy Carter is portrayed as the Statue of Liberty. The smoke from his torch, labeled [THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN], is creating a smokescreen for US mercenaries in southern Africa. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text and political cartoons. The back of the pamphlet has advertisements for the journal Political Affairs and International Publishers.

Topic: African American; International affairs; Mass media; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.46

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Kanga with portraits of Barack Obama and American flags

Manufactured by: African Pride Textile Mills Ltd., Tanzanian, founded 2003
Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Medium: cotton
Dimensions: H x W: 43 5/16 × 70 1/16 in. (110 × 178 cm)

Type: textiles; portraits

Place made: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date: 2008

Description: Kanga by African Pride Textile Mills Ltd. in red, white, and blue featuring portraits of Barack Obama and American flags. The cloth has a wide red border and a dark blue interior ground. At the center are four (4) American flags arranged diagonally to create an empty diamond space in the middle. Inside this space are three (3) of the same portrait of Obama, placed in a diagonal and slightly overlapping, with Obama looking upward to the left. They are printed with the middle of the three in red and the outer two in blue. In each corner of the interior section the "O" rising sun logo of the Obama campaign is printed in red, white, and blue, arranged so that the red and white striped portion is facing into the point of the corner. A white rectangle with blue text reading "YES WE CAN - OBAMA" is printed at the bottom center interior section. A thin border surrounds the interior with thick white lines around it and a row of closely spaced five-pointed stars in white inside the lines. In the wide red outer border the year "2008" is printed in white repeatedly and closely spaced. The "O" rising sun logo is again printed in each corner of the outer border, also arranged with the red and white striped section pointing toward the point of the corner. Manufacturer's information is printed vertically along the right side edge that reads "SOMO MOTO, HISTORI-KALI AFRICAN PRIDE TEXTILE MILLS LTD. [star] LESSO [star] PRINTED TANZANIA KHANGA DES NO. 9116".

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Design; Identity; Politics (Practical); Textile design; United States--History--2001-

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley

Object number: 2017.16.15

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Textiles

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Kanga with portrait of Barack Obama and African continent

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Medium: cotton
Dimensions: H x W: 41 3/4 × 59 1/4 in. (106 × 150.5 cm)

Type: textiles; portraits

Place made: Tanzania, Africa

Date: 2008

Description: Kanga with portrait of Barack Obama and the African continent made in Tanzania. The cloth is a pale purplish-grayu with a wide border in tones of medium and midnight blue. The background of the border is a small scale grid design. A row of stylized flowers made from four (4) heart-shaped petals and a circular center are printed in the middle around the border. A thin border featuring a row of dark blue dots surround the inner and outer sides of the main border section. At the center of the interior section is a large oval photographic portrait of Barack Obama printed in black. He is wearing a suit and tie and is pictured from the chest up and smiling while looking directly at the viewer. Text above him just inside the oval border reads "HONGERA [Congratulations] BARACK OBAMA". Black text printed inside a rectangle outlined in black at the center bottom interior reads in Swahili "UPENDO NA AMANI AMETUJALIA MUNGU" [God Has Blessed Us with Peace and Love]. Printed on either side of Obama is a black outline of the African continent with the island Madagascar, including interior country borders outlined in black with some filled in with red or green. Large black letters reading "AFRICA" are printed along the widest upper part of the continent, with the names of individual countries printed in smaller black text next to or inside their respective borders. The two Africa prints are identical, including the colors of the countries filled in. Manufacturer's information is printed in the lower bottom left corner that reads "NIDA NZITO KHANGA PAMBA YA TANZANIA GIGA:7274".

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Design; Identity; Politics (Practical); Textile design; United States--History--2001-

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley

Object number: 2017.16.16

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Textiles

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Alex Haley Tells the Story of His Search for Roots

Published by: Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958
Recorded by: Haley, Alex, American, 1921 - 1992

Medium: vinyl, cardboard, paper, ink
Dimensions: Diameter (disc): 12 in. (30.5 cm); H x W (cardboard sleeve): 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (31.4 x 31.4 cm); Diameter (disc): 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Type: long-playing records

Place depicted: Africa
Place made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1977

Description: A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album titled "Alex Haley Tells the Story of His Search for Roots" by Alex Haley. The cover of the album features a photograph of Alex Haley and text in the upper left that reads: [Alex Haley / Tells the Story Of His Search For ROOTS].

Topic: African American; Africa; Families; Slavery

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.88.1abc

Restrictions & Rights: © 1977 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings

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Flyer advertising the September 1977 issue of The People's Herald

Created by: The People's Herald, American, 1977 - 1979
Subject of: Young, Andrew Jackson, American, born 1932

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: advertisements

Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa

Date: September 1977

Description: This flyer advertises the September 1977 issue of the People's Herald. The flyer is blue with black text that reads: [PEOPLE'S HERALD / This Month / RHODESIA/ / ZIMBABWE / Liberation in the Making / STATE OF BLACK AMERICA / What the Blackout brought to light / ON SALE HERE]. The other side of the flyer reads [LEGALIZED GAMBLING? / ANDREW / YOUNG: / A Trojan Horse for Africa / This Month in / People's Herald].

Topic: African American; Activism; Advertising; Africa; Black power; International affairs; Mass media

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

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Flyer announcing "free the Saso 9" protest

Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977; Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961
Subject of: SASO 9, South Africa, 1974; South African Student Organisation

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Namibia, Africa; South Africa, Africa

Date: 1976

Description: This flyer announces a demonstration in support of freeing the Saso 9 and the Namibia 3. The title reads: ['Free the Saso 9' / these women face death!! / FREE THE NAMIBIA THREE]. Below the title is an illustration of the Namibia Three. Information regarding the protest is at the bottom left corner of the flyer and reads: [DEMONSTRATE! / SAT MAR 20th, 1976. / Assemble at British Mission, 845 3 Av./ 52 St. 1P.M. / Assemble at South Africa Airways, 65 5th Ave. / 3 P.M. / VICTORY TO THE AFRICAN MASSES / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list)]. The back of the flyer is blank.

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; International affairs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Letter from the African National Council-Zimbabwe

Created by: Mapondera, Christopher
Subject of: African National Council-Zimbabwe

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: letters (correspondence)

Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa

Date: April 7,1976

Description: This letter from the African National Council- Zimbabwe states its support for making May 1st Anti-Apartheid Day in New York City. The header and title read: [African National Council-Zimbabwe / NORTH AMERICAN BRANCH / 159 WEST 33rd STREET SUITE 805 / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 / PHONE (212) 379 3720 / April 7th 1976 / Message in Support of Anti-Apartheid Day]. The letter is signed by Christopher Mapondera. The back of the letter is blank.

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; Correspondence; International affairs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.36

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Pamphlet for the 1977 March on the White House for African Liberation

Created by: African Liberation Day Coalition
Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987; Pan Africanist Congress

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (28.6 × 21.9 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Africa

Date: 1977

Description: This pamphlet announces a march on the White House for African liberation. The flyer is white but has browned with age, has black text and features a photograph of people protesting. The text on the cover reads: [Victory to the People / of Southern Africa!] [MARCH ON / THE WHITE HOUSE / AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY / SAT., MAY 28 / There will be speakers from ZANU Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union / and PAC Pan Africanist Congress / AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY COALITION]. The interior pages, two in total, contain information about different political and activist movements in Africa and has the title [FIGHT IMPERIALISM AND NATIONAL OPRRESION / FROM THE USA TO THE USA!]. The back of the pamphlet has additional information about the sponsors of the march and where to meet to start on the day of the march.

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; International affairs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.5

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Flyer advertising a fundraising event for Zimbabwean refugees

Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
Created by: NYU Black Students Association, American; NYU African Students Association, American

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America; Zimbabwe, Africa; Mozambique, Africa

Date: 1976

Description: This flyer advertises a fundraising party for the Zimbabwe African National Union. The flyer is white paper with black text and has a black boarder around the text. [ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION / ZANU / A Fund Raising / Party / FOR THE SHIPMENT OF CLOTHING / AND MEDICINE TO ZIMBABWEAN / REFUGEES IN MOZAMBIQUE / Sat. Evening May 8th 1976 / from 9 P.M. until 3 A.M. / AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY / WEINSTEIN CENTER / (AT WASHINGTON SQUARE COLLEGE) / 5 UNIVERSITY PLACE, N.Y.C / NO PACKAGES-EVERYTHING SOLD AT POPULAR PRICES / DONATION $3.00 PER PERSON / CO-SPONSORED BY / N.Y.U BLACK STUDENTS ASSOCIATION / AND N.Y.U. AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written at the bottom that reads: [MAY 1976 / 8 / 1976].

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; International affairs; Recreation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.37

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, Ghanaian/African, founded 1958
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Africa

Date: 1977

Description: Round pin-back button with black silhouette image of Africa at center. Button has red type set against a yellow background. Type reads, [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY/MAY 28, 1977/"THE CORE OF THE/BLACK REVOLUTION/IS IN AFRICA!"/ALL AFRICAN PEOPLES/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY].

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; Associations and institutions; Freedom; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.201.1.13

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button promoting the Sixth Pan African Congress

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994
Owned by: Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium: metal
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 1 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place depicted: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, Africa

Date: 1974

Description: Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and black outline of Africa depicted with an anthropomorphous face. Green type set against a black border circles the outline. Green type reads, [PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS/SIXTH. Outermost border is yellow. Black type appears at bottom of button and reads, [DAR ES SALAAM].

Topic: African American; Africa; African diaspora; International affairs; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.201.1.27

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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The Negro Worker Vol. 2 No. 6

Published by: The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937
Edited by: Padmore, George, Trinidadian, 1903 - 1959
Subject of: Communist International

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (22.5 x 16 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place depicted: Africa

Date: 1932

Description: A black ink on yellowed paper pamphlet. At center on the front cover there is a black and white photograph of a colonial governor and four chiefs. The interior consists of thirty-one pages of articles and photographs. The back cover has an illustration of a man over a globe breaking chains.

Topic: African American; International affairs; Labor; Mass media; Photography; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.6

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Flyer advertising a silde presentation by Ole Gjerstad

Created by: Liberation Support Movement, American, 1969 - 1981
Subject of: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan, founded 1956; Gjerstad, Ole, Norwegian; South West Africa People's Organization, Namibian, founded 1960

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Namibia, Africa; Angola, Central Africa, Africa

Date: 1976

Description: This flyer advertises a slide presentation by Ole Gjersad program about the MPLA and the Angolan Revolution. The flyer is yellow with red text and features a photograph of a MPLA soldier. The title reads: [LIBERATION SUPPORTMOVEMENT Presents / ANGOLA /PEOPLE'S / POWER]. The program features a presentation by Ole Gjersad. The back of the flyer features an essay in brown text by Gjerstad called [Media Distorts Events in Angola / Liberation]. The date [1976] is handwritten in the bottom right corner.

Topic: African American; Africa; Black power; International affairs; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.65

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Flyer advertising "Women and the African Revolution" program

Created by: Crown Heights Militant Forum
Subject of: Churucheminzwa, Sarudzai; Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa

Date: March 5, 1976

Description: This flyer advertises a program entitled Women and the African Revolution at First Baptist Church of Crown Heights in New York. The flyer is white with blue text and features a drawing of Africa and an image of a person with a gun. The flyer reads: [WOMEN and the / AFRICAN / REVOLUTION / Sarudzai Churucheminzwa / ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION (ZANU) / FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 8:00 / FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CROWN HEIGHTS / 450 Eastern Parkway (near Rogers Ave.) / Take IRT 2 to Nostrand Avenue / Ausp: Crown Heights Militant Forum / For more information, call 596-2849 / Donation: $1.00 (HS and unemployed .50)]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written on the left that reads [3-5-1976].

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; African diaspora; Black power; International affairs; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.41

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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Flyer advertising a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters

Created by: Revolutionary Student Brigade, American, 1974 - 1980
Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987; National United Workers Organization

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa; Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; South Africa, Africa; Namibia, Africa

Date: May 1977

Description: This flyer advertises a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters to students and faculty at Brooklyn College. The flyer is yellow with black text and features an illustration of a figure standing with a book held aloft in his raised proper right hand and a rifle in the other hand. The top of the flyer reads: [SUPPORT AFRICAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS]. Large block letters in the center of the flyer read: [MATERIAL / AID WEEK]. Text inside of a box below the illustration reads: [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY / MAY 28, Washington, D.C. / JOIN THE / SOWETO / CONTINGENT / Join the Soweto Contingent of youth and / students for the African Liberation Day / March on May 28th in Washington, D.C. / BUS TICKETS AVAILABLE - 284-2514]. The back of the flyer discusses union elections of the United Workers Organization.

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; International affairs; Labor; Local and regional; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.42

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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