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Farm Scene
- Created by
- M.C. "5 Cent" Jones, American, 1918 - 2003
- Date
- 1970s - 1980s
- Medium
- tempera and ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting in frame): 8 9/16 × 10 1/4 in. (21.8 × 26 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 13 7/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (35.2 × 38.7 × 3.5 cm)
- Description
- A Tempera and ink painting that depicts a farm scene by 5 Cent Jones. Outlines of human figures, farm animals, tools, and plant life are made in ink and painted over in tempera. The center of the painting has a blue-roof farm house and barn. In the foreground right corner, a man, woman and horse are doing farm work in the field. In the background are four trees with exposed branches. In the top left corner is the painter's signature, [MC JONES / 5¢].
- Place made
- Gilliam, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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The Rev. Dr. Harry Blake Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Reverend Doctor Blake, Harry, American, born 1934
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Bishop College, American, 1881 - 1988
- Mount Canaan Baptist Church, American, founded 1894
- Date
- October 3, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:10:22
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.107.1a, 2011.174.107.1b, 2011.174.107.1c, and 2011.174.107.1d.
- The Reverend Doctor Harry Blake discusses his childhood on a plantation in Louisiana in the 1930s and 1940s and how he became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Shreveport, Louisiana. Blake joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1960 after he heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., give a speech at Bishop College in Texas, where he was a student. Blake discusses his pastorate at Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Shreveport, how he came to develop a good relationship with local politicians, and the work he continues to do within the context of the civil rights struggle.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0107
- Place collected
- Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Politics (Practical)
- Religion
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.107.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress