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Birth certificate for Richard Walters (Slick Rick)
- Issued by
- General Register Office, United Kingdom
- Subject of
- Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Date
- January 19, 1965
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (16.2 × 35.2 cm)
- Description
- A birth certificate for Richard Walters (Slick Rick) dated January 19, 1965. The certificate is oriented horizontally with red ink printed on a white background. The registration fields are filled out with handwritten black ink: "478 / Fourteenth / January / 1965 / Wilson / Hosptial / [illegible] / Ricky / Martin / Lloyd / Boy / Mellton / Lloyd / Walters / Veronica / [illegible] / Walters / formerly / Hyman / of 3 Durnsford / Court / Wimbledon / [illegible] 9 / Metal / trimmer / (foundry). / V. L. Walters / Mother / 3 Durnsford / Court/ [illegible] 9 / Nineteenth / January / 1965 / Moleman / Deputy."
- Place made
- Merton, Greater London, England, Europe
- Type
- birth records
- Topic
- Hip hop (Music)
- Identity
- Immigration
- Musicians
- Rappers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
- Object number
- 2014.203.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Derby hat worn by Slick Rick
- Distributed by
- Capas Headwear, American, founded 1985
- Subject of
- Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Date
- 2003 - 2004
- Medium
- natural fiber, cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 11 × 12 in. (14 × 27.9 × 30.5 cm)
- Description
- Powder blue derby stanton hat worn by Slick Rick. The hat has a purble cloth ribbon around the side band, covering the original powder blue ribbon. The inside of the hat is unlined and has a black sweatband that covers the shoulder joint. Gold letters are printed on the sweatband that read "Capas Design." There is a logo centered in the interior tip of the hat that features a gold top hat, gloves and cane centered on a black background.
- Place collected
- Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- London, England, Europe
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Type
- derbies (hats)
- hats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
- Object number
- 2014.203.6.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Pair of blue Clarks Wallabees shoes worn by Slick Rick
- Manufactured by
- C. and J. Clark International Ltd., British, founded 1825
- Subject of
- Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Date
- 2003 - 2004
- Medium
- rubber , cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 × 4 × 11 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W x D: 5 × 4 × 11 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- Pair of size 8 1/2 blue Clarks Wallabees shoes. The shoes have black, rounded laces and a tan rubbber sole. The insole of the shoes are brown with gold type that reads, [Clarks/Wallabees].
- Place used
- London, Greater London, England, Europe
- Place collected
- Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
- Object number
- 2014.203.6.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Crisis, Vol. 13, No. 5
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Dunbar High School, American, founded 1870
- Photograph by
- Scurlock Studio, American, founded 1904
- Written by
- Grimké, Angelina Weld, American, 1880 - 1958
- Newsome, Effie Lee, American, 1885 - 1979
- Illustrated by
- Johnson, Georgia Douglas, American, 1880 - 1966
- Latimer, Louise R., American
- Date
- March 1917
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (24.8 × 17.5 cm)
- H x W (Open): 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
- Description
- March 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- The cover is printed in red ink. The front features a multi-paneled line drawing of trees, signed [LRLATIMER] in the bottom left. In the center of the panels is a hand-lettered quote [To sin by silence / when we should / protest / makes cowards / out of men. / The human race / has climbed / on / protest. / Wilcox]. Across the top is [THE CRISIS] and across the bottom is [MARCH 1911]. The back cover has a full page advertisement for [THE CRISIS Book Mart].
- The interior contents include [PICTURES], listed as [COVER DESIGN. By Louise Latimer / THE NEW DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D.C. Photograph by Scurlock / MEN OF THE MONTH / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / CARTOON.]; [ARTICLES] listed as [O SEA, THAT KNOWEST THY STRENGTH. A Poem. By Mary Effie Lee / THE NEW DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D.C. By J.C. Wright / TO THE DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL. A Sonnet. By Angelina Weld Grimké / HEROES OF DEATH / THE HEGIRA. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson]; and [DEPARTMENTS], listed as [EDITORIAL / THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE LOOKING GLASS / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial department includes sections titled "Civilization in the South," "Haiti," "England and the Negro," and "The Tuskegee Resolutions," among others. The NAACP news section includes a report on the Anti-Lynching Campaign. Throughout are advertisements, announcements, photographs, and illustrations.
- There are approximately 50 pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- England, Europe
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Topic
- Advertising
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Civil rights
- Education
- International affairs
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass media
- Poetry
- Race relations
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.15.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Terrell, Mary Church, American, 1863 - 1954
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- metal, string
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (14.6 × 15.1 × 15.1 cm)
- Description
- Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. The metal bell has a rectangular handle at top. There is star detailing around the top border. The center front has raised relief text which reads [DIPLOME / L’EXPOSITION / NATIONALE SUISS / ZURICH 1883]. Below this [ROSA] is engraved on the rim. Each side of the bell has a central raised design, including a wheat sheaf on the back. There is a yellow string tied around the base of the clapper.
- Place used
- Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
- Place collected
- Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mary Church Terrell Family Archive
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Ceremonial Tools
- Topic
- Education
- Government
- International affairs
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
- Object number
- A2017.13.1.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
- Written by
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745 - 1797
- Published by
- Knapp, Isaac, American, 1808 - 1858
- Owned by
- West, Mary J., American
- Date
- 1789; republished 1837
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper, leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (17.8 × 11.5 × 2.8 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 × 4 1/2 × 5 in. (17.8 × 11.4 × 12.7 cm)
- Description
- A hardcover book titled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African written by Eqiano Olaudah. The book has a brown leather cover with gold colored lettering. A paper dust jacket with "Gustavus Vassa" on the front surrounds the leather cover. There are inscriptions on the front pastedown endpaper and the front endpaper. The book has 294 pages.
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- West Africa, Africa
- England, Europe
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- West Indies, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Type
- books
- narratives
- Topic
- Africa
- Emancipation
- Literature
- Men
- Middle Passage
- Religious groups
- Slavery
- Spirituality
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William E. West, Sr. and Family
- Object number
- 2014.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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The Crisis, Vol. 2, No. 4
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Illustrated by
- Adams, John Henry Jr., American, 1880 - 1944
- Date
- August 1911
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (24.8 × 17.5 cm)
- H x W (Open): 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
- Description
- August 1911 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- There is a double-lined rectangular border on the cover. The center of the cover features a portrait illustration of a woman. It is signed "John Henry Adams". The title across the top reads [THE CRISIS / A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES] underneath which is printed [Volume Two - AUGUST 1911 - Number Four]. Along the bottom is [ONE DOLLAR A YEAR] and [TEN CENTS A COPY]. There are two (2) staples on the spine. The back cover features advertisements for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and training School in Philadelphia and [Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York] by Mary White Ovington.
- The interior contents include [ALONG THE COLOR LINE / MEN OF THE MONTH / OPINION: / The Bristow Amendment / A Brave Young Man / A Southerner Speaks / The Open Door / Music / THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: / The New York Branch / The Oklahoma Lynching / Dr. DuBois in Europe / Incorporation / THE WORLD IN COUNCIL / EDITORIAL / A SOUTHERN WOMAN'S VIEWS / THE HEART'S DESIRE / THE CONGO EXPRESS / SOME LETTERS / WHAT TO READ / EXCAVATIONS IN ETHIOPIA]. In addition are advertisements, announcements, news stories, a poem, illustrations and letters. There are approximately 42 pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Mali, West Africa, Africa
- Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- Europe
- Okema, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Advertising
- Africa
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Civil rights
- Colonialism
- Education
- French colonialism
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass media
- Poetry
- Race relations
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- Travel
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.14.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Opera glasses and case owned by Mary Church Terrell
- Created by
- Lemaire, French, 1846 - 1955
- Owned by
- Terrell, Mary Church, American, 1863 - 1954
- Date
- late 19th-mid 20th century
- Medium
- glasses:metal, plastic, glass, mother of pearl;
- case: leather, silk, metal, paper, ink
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (case): 2 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 2 in. (7 × 11.7 × 5.1 cm)
- H x W x D (glasses): 2 1/4 × 4 × 1 1/2 in. (5.7 × 10.2 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- Small opera glasses and case owned by Mary Church Terrell. The metal opera glasses (a) have inlaid mother of pearl decoration. Around the rim of each eyecup [LEMAIRE PARIS] is printed. The text on the left side is significantly deteriorated. The lens glass has some deterioration and the metal is tarnished. The green leather case (b) has a blue silk lining. There is a button closure to open the hinged lid. The sides seams are torn and the leather is abraded. The case handle is partially detached. There is a handwritten numerical notation inside the lid.
- Place collected
- Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Collection title
- Mary Church Terrell Family Archive
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Personal use
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
- Object number
- A2017.13.1.16ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Directed by
- Thorsen, Karen, American
- Subject of
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014
- Angelou, Maya, American, 1928 - 2014
- Short, Bobby, American, 1924 - 2005
- Leeming, David Adams, American
- Styron, William, American, 1925 - 2006
- Reed, Ishmael, American, born 1938
- Happersberger, Lucien, Swiss, 1932 - 2010
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- 16mm Film (b): acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 50 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1800 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 24 Minutes
- Length (Film): 850 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Caption
- "James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket" recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- Description
- James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- The film includes footage of interviews and public speeches by Baldwin, scenes from Baldwin's funeral service, and explorations of Baldwin's homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem. Interviews with family and friends include his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger and entertainer Bobby Short.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (ab).
- 2017.55.23.1ab:16mm film.
- Original film can labels read:
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X347 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 1 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, New York City
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X348 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 2 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, N.Y. / 212-582-6050
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- Switzerland, Europe
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Film
- Gender
- LGBTQ
- Literature
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.23.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Karen Thorsen (Nobody Knows Productions). Permission required for use.
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Batouala
- Published by
- Thomas Seltzer Inc., 1919 - 1926
- Written by
- Maran, René, French Guyanese, 1887 - 1960
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 5/8 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (19.4 × 13.3 × 3.5 cm)
- Caption
- Batouala paints a stunning portrait of the lives of an African tribe and the detrimental effects of the French regime on the tribe’s society. When René Maran, a French-Guyanese poet and novelist, published his debut novel, Batouala, in 1921, he did so with the intention of criticizing the French regime and their presence in Africa, but its effects were far more profound than expected. He would become the first novelist of African descent to be awarded the French Prix Goncourt, which at the time was the highest literary honor that a French author could receive. Various French critics expressed outrage about his award. Most expressed frustration with the idea that Maran was a black man challenging the status quo.
- Description
- A first edition of the novel Batouala by René Maran. The green hardcover book has gold lettering [BATOUALA / by / RENÉ / MARAN] in the top right corner. The interior of the book contains 207 pages of text. The back interior page has an inscription, by hand in pencil that reads: [2 /134]. The back of the cover is blank. The novel tells the story of Batoula, the leader, or mokoundji, of a small tribe of Bandas living in Gabon under French colonial rule during World War I. The book provides a study of Banda folklore and daily tribal life under an oppressive regime.
- Place depicted
- Gabon, Central Africa, Africa
- Cultural Place
- France, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Colonialism
- Decolonization
- Folklife
- French colonialism
- Literature
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.65
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Le Code Noir
- Printed by
- Prault, Pierre, French
- Date
- 1767
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink , paper , cardboard , leather
- Dimensions
- closed: 4 7/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (12.4 × 8.4 × 2.9 cm)
- open: 4 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 13.3 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- Bound 446 page volume of 1767 "Le Code Noir" or "Black Code" with a red leather spine. The book covers are wrapped in a blue-green marbled paper and the edges are slightly worn. On the spine is embossed text in gold, above the center [LE / CODE NOIR]. Also on the spine are five sets of embossed lines, at regular intervals, with impressions of stylized foliage between each. Within the front cover are various marks in pencil near the top of the cover and pages [48056 / caribbean slavery / 4750 / ANAXVS / KK]. The interior pages are in tact but slightly water stained.
- Place collected
- New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Saint Lucia, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Grenada, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Colonialism
- French colonialism
- Law
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.67
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral
- Written by
- Wheatley, Phillis, American, 1753 - 1784
- Illustrated by
- Moorhead, Scipio, ca. 1750 - unknown
- Published by
- Bell, Archibald, British
- Date
- 1773
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper with leather and wood
- Dimensions
- 7 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in. (17.8 x 12.1 x 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A first edition of the book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, while she was enslaved to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston. The book has a brown leather cover, the original morocco spine label, and a frontispiece featuring a portrait of Wheatley by Scipio Morehead. Along the top of the portrait are the words [PHILLIS WHEATLEY, NEGRO SERVANT TO MR. JOHN WHEATLEY OF BOSTON]. The book also has the armorial bookplate of Daniel P. Griswold, a small circular ticket from the Library of George W. Brinely, as well as a larger one from Henry Weston Sackett.
- Place printed
- London, England, Europe
- Place depicted
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- poems
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Djuka: The Bush Negros of Dutch Guiana
- Written by
- Kahn, Morton Charles, American, 1896 - 1959
- Published by
- Viking Press, founded 1925
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/16 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (21.4 × 15.2 × 3.3 cm)
- Description
- A 233-page first edition hardcover book entitled Djuka the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana. The front cover has a dark brown imprint of a close-up depiction of an African maroon from Dutch Guiana. The spine of the book has a brown decorative print with a border along the upper and lower edges. The spine reads [DJUKA / THE / BUSH / NEGROES / OF / DUTCH / GUIANA]. Beneath the title the author’s name is imprinted [ MORTON C. / KAHN]. [ VIKING ] is located just above the lower decorative print.
- The interior end leaf of the book includes a map of the continents of South America, Africa, and a small portion of North America. This entire graphic is brick-red and light yellow in color. The light yellow continent of Africa is on the right side of the map. The early twentieth century boundary lines of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana/British Gold Coast, Togoland, Nigeria, and Cameroon are filled in with the brick red color. The Niger River and the Congo River are also noted on the map. The interior of Africa has an illustration of individuals from their necks up. They all have coffles around their necks linking them together and the group is headed towards the western coast of Africa. The left side of the end leaf shows [SOUTH AMERICA], the [WEST INDIES] and the top of Florida labelled [N / A] presumably signifying North America. South America is light yellow, but [GUIANA] is blocked out in the same brick red color as the west African countries. The interior of South America has an illustrated depiction of a group of maroons with a dwelling behind them. The [SLAVE ROUTES] between these continents are depicted with bulleted arrows. The arrow starts at western Africa and branches to Guiana, the West Indies, and North America. The tip of the arrow pointing to Guiana has the labels of [BRITISH / DUTCH / FRENCH].
- The book includes 65 photographs. Among them are benches almost identical to those of the Ashanti in West Africa, drums, carved calabash gourds used for eating, carved wooden combs, images of transportation along waterways, and other images of daily life, dress, and culture.
- There is an inscription on the page facing the title page which appears to have been written in 1999 and was for documentation purposes.
- Place depicted
- Suriname, South America
- Place printed
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Netherlands, Europe
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Colonialism
- Communities
- Dance
- Dutch colonialism
- Foodways
- Free communities of color
- Music
- Race relations
- Religion
- Resistance
- Rural life
- Self-liberation
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.253
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Slavery in the West Indies
- Written by
- Wilberforce, William, British, 1759 - 1833
- Macaulay, Zachary, British, 1768 - 1838
- Published by
- Greenwood Press, Inc., American, 1967 - 2008
- Date
- 1823; republished 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 5/8 in. (22.5 × 14.5 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A 148-page hardbound book entitled Slavery in the West Indies. The entire cover is made of a brown woven material. The front and back covers are blank. The spine reads [SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES] vertically and includes the Negro Universities Publishing logo at the bottom. All text on the spine is gold. The original publication of this volume was in 1823. This book was reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press, a division of Greenwood Publishing Press.
- This book is composed of two separate essays compiled into one volume, as noted on the Contents page. The first essay is “An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies” written by William Wilberforce. The second essay is “Negro Slavery ; Or, a View of Some of the More Prominent Features of That State of Society, as It Exists in the United States of America and in the Colonies of the West Indies, especially Jamaica” by Zachary Macaulay.
- There are no inscriptions or signatures anywhere on the object.
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- England, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- Antislavery
- British colonialism
- Colonialism
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.261
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
The Literary Corner: Vernon February’s Life and Works (side a) / Edward Brathwaite's Life and Works (side b)
- Created by
- Robinson, Brooks B. Ph.D., American
- Interview of
- Kunene, Daniel, PhD, South African, 1923 - 2016
- February, Vernon, South African, 1938 - 2002
- Brathwaite, Edward PhD, Barbadian, 1930 - 2020
- Subject of
- Eersel, Hein, Surinamese, born 1922
- Directed by
- Cham, Robert
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- plastic and tape
- Dimensions
- H x W (audiocassette): 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
- Duration (side a): 00:15:07
- Duration (side b): 00:14:47
- Title
- Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
- Description
- A white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Vernon February]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Edward Braithwaite].
- Side A: “Vernon February’s Life and Works”
- Episode 20 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is a discussion of creole literature and Professor February’s works entitled “Vernon February’s Life and Works.” The episode begins with Professor February commenting on the role black writers should play in the world before host Brooks Robinson formally introduces February to the audience. Some of the topics covered in this episode include Professor February’s inspiration for researching creole literature; a comparison between Negritude (Francophone) writers and Surinamese writers; a discussion of the works of the Surinamese scholar Heim Eersel. Additionally, Professor February reads some of his own poetry and poetry by Hein Eersel; poems such as “They Shoot Children, Don’t They” and several others.
- Side B: “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works”
- Episode 21 of the Literary Corner radio program entitled “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works.” It begins with host Brooks Robinson introducing his guest Edward Brathwaite. Some of the subjects discussed in this episode are Brathwaite’s childhood and his Methodist upbringing; the impact of emigrating to England on his writing, such as his experience of racism; the impact of emigrating to Ghana on his writing, and the way African culture helped him appreciate the Caribbean; the relationship between Africa and the New World; cultural, linguistic and phenotypical similarities between Ghanaians and West Indians; the connection between his work in Jamaica and his previous work. Additionally, he reads two of the poems from his book Rites of Passage. The episode concludes with Brathwaite reciting his poem “Starvation” in a West Indian dialect as the outro music plays.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Netherlands, Europe
- Suriname, Caribbean, South America
- South Africa, Africa
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- Portfolio/Series
- The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
- Classification
- Media Arts-Audio Recordings
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Type
- audiotapes
- Topic
- Literature
- Poetry
- Radio
- Religion
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
- Object number
- 2010.17.1.11a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Brooks B. Robinson
-
Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection
- smithsonian online virtual archive
- Record
- Creator
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
- name
- Church of God
- WHUT Howard University Television
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA)
- Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of District of Columbia
- inclusive dates
- 1940 - Ongoing
- 1940 - Ongoing
- 1940 - Ongoing
- Physical description
- 825 Digital files
- Abstract
- The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
- Preferred Citation
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Restrictions
- Collection is available online for open research.
- Scope and Contents
- The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
- The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
- Physical description
- 825 Digital files
- Abstract
- The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
- Preferred Citation
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Restrictions
- Collection is available online for open research.
- Scope and Contents
- The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
- The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
- Physical description
- 825 Digital files
- Abstract
- The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
- Preferred Citation
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Restrictions
- Collection is available online for open research.
- Scope and Contents
- The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
- The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
- object type
- Archival materials
- topic
- Amateur films
- Families
- Travel
- Parties
- African Americans
-
The Crisis, Vol. 16, No. 2
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Attributed to
- Jones, Robert Edmond, American, 1887 - 1954
- Subject of
- Judge Terrell, Robert Herberton, American, 1857 - 1925
- Written by
- Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922
- Subject of
- Gen. Ballou, Charles Clarendon, American, 1862 - 1928
- Written by
- Baker, Newton D., American, 1871 - 1937
- Cotter, Joseph Seamon Sr., American, 1861 - 1949
- Johnson, Fenton, American, 1888 - 1958
- Date
- June 1918
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (24.4 × 17.5 cm)
- H x W (Open): 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
- Description
- June 1918 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- The front cover of the magazine is printed in blue, red and brown and features a full page illustration of a soldier holding a rifle. There are red and blue vertical stripes either side of the soldier, and a blue circle behind him. There is blue text at the top of the cover which reads [The CRISIS / JUNE 1918 / SOLDIERS / NUMBER]. There are some small tears on the front cover. There are staples on the spine, which is tearing in several places. The back cover of the magazine is printed in blue and features an advertisement for “Beauty for Women” with Kashmir Chemical Co., and information about advertising rates for the magazine.
- The issue is military themed. The interior contents include [PICTURES] listed as [COVER: After the poster painted by Robert Edmund Jones for the Circle for Negro War Relief. / JUDGE TERRELL / THE LATE MAJOR WALKER / NEGRO OFFICERS / NEGRO SOLDIERS], [ARTICLES] listed as [A LETTER FROM GENERAL BALLOU / A LOST DIALOGUE OF PLATO. By John D. Swain / A SONNET TO NEGRO SOLIDERS. A Poem. By Joseph Seaman Cotter / WAR PROFILES. By Fenton Johnson], and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / THE LOOKING GLASS / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE HORIZON]. The "Editorial" section begins with a message to Du Bois from the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, which is followed by an editorial titled "Comrade to Comrade" by Col. Charles Young. "The Looking Glass" section has a photograph and story of "Colored Teachers of Principal Reid's School" in Wilson, North Carolina where the entire staff resigned in protest after a teacher was slapped by the white superintendent. Several sections have articles about a federal anti-lynching bill. There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout.
- There are approximately 50 pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- France, Europe
- Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Civil rights
- Education
- Law
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass media
- Military
- Poetry
- Race relations
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.15.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 1
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Written by
- Johnson, Georgia Douglas, American, 1880 - 1966
- Fauset, Jessie Redmon, American, 1882 - 1961
- Date
- May 1917
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)
- H x W (Open): 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
- Description
- May 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- The cover is printed in black and features an illustration of a young woman with a large feather in her hair, standing next to a large vase of flowers sitting on a small table. The printing is cropped closely along the edge of the illustration and set against a plain white background. At top right is printed [THE / MAY / CRISIS / 1917]. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for [THE CRISIS Book Mart].
- The interior contents include [PICTURES], listed as [COVER. / FRENCH AFRICAN TROOPS / FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS]; [ARTICLES] listed as ["THERE WAS ONE TIME." A Story. By Jessie Fauset/ THE MAN WHO NEVER SOLD AN ACRE. By J.B. Woods / A SONNET. By G. Douglas Johnson] and [DEPARTMENTS], listed as [EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE OUTER POCKET / THE LOOKING GLASS / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes missives titled "The World Last Month," about the war, "Loyalty," "The Migration," about African American laborers moving from the South, "A Moral Void," "Register and Vote," and "The White Church." There are advertisements, photographs and illustrations throughout.
- There are approximately 50 pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- France, Europe
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Civil rights
- Education
- Great Migration
- International affairs
- Literature
- Mass media
- Poetry
- Race relations
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.15.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 4
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Persons, Ell, American, died 1917
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Illustrated by
- Farrow, William McKnight, American, 1885 - 1967
- Written by
- Talbert, Mary Burnett, American, 1866 - 1923
- Watkins, Lucian B., American, 1878 - 1920
- Johnson, Georgia Douglas, American, 1880 - 1966
- Date
- August 1917
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)
- H x W (Open): 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
- Description
- August 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- The front cover features a color, full page, art nouveau style design with an illustration of a young man and a young woman in front of a landscape with a lake or river inset into a circle and flanked by vines with leaves and grapes. At top is [THE CRISIS] and set into the design below the illustration is [VACATION / NUMBER / AUGUST, 1917: 10 CENTS A COPY]. [W.M. FARROW] is set into the bottom center of the design.
- The interior contents consist of [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. / SCENES FROM IDLEWILD / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / MEN OF THE MONTH], [ARTICLES] listed as [CONCERNING THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL. By Mary B. Talbert / IDLEWILD / THE BEST SUMMER I EVER SPENT. By H.H. Thweatt / THREE POEMS By Lucian B. Watkins / LAUGHING IN AND OUT. A Poem. By Edward Ide / "GRAY EYES." A Story. By "Jack Howard." Part II / TEARS AND KISSES. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / THE LOOKING GLASS / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes articles titled "The World Last Month," "Roosevelt," "The Present," and "Team Work," among others. The "Through the Looking Glass" department has several pages devoted to an article titled [THE RIOT IN EAST ST. LOUIS]. The photographs in the "Shadows of Light" section include several images of South African laborers in France, sports teams, and military photographs from the war. The NAACP consists of an article titled [THE LYNCHING AT MEMPHIS] about the lynching of Ell Persons. The feature article is about Idlewild, a vacation resort in Michigan. There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout.
- There are approximately 50 pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- France, Europe
- South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Idlewild, Lake County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Anacostia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- British colonialism
- Business
- Civil rights
- Colonialism
- Education
- Labor
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass media
- Military
- Poetry
- Race relations
- Race riots
- Recreation
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- Travel
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.15.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Michael Holman Family Home Movie #10
- Created by
- Wood, Pauline Thompson, American, born 1901
- Owned by
- Holman, Michael, American, born 1955
- Date
- ca. 1957
- Medium
- 8mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Film Reel (b): plastic;
- Film Box (c): cardboard
- Dimensions
- Duration: 5 Minutes
- Length (Film): 50 Feet
- Title
- 8mm motion picture film of Michael Holman Family Home Movie #10
- Caption
- This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. The collection predominately contains family vacation footage shot when Holman's father, Lt. Thomas Holman, was stationed in Europe with the US Army. Most of the footage was captured by Holman's grandmother, Pauline Thompson Wood. In addition to the European vacation films, the footage shot by Pauline Wood documents her involvement with the Baha'i Faith and includes footage of Baha'i events and pilgrimages to holy sites in Israel and Palestine. There is also footage of the family at home in San Francisco and other sites in California.
- Description
- This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop.
- Consists of: 8mm Film (a), Original Film Reel (c), and Original Film Box (c).
- 2016.31.3.10.1a: 8mm film. The film begins with a series of shots of street scenes and landmarks around Madrid, Spain. Included are the Arco de la Victoria and the Spanish Air Force Headquarters. Next is a series of shots taken from a moving vehicle and include images of people along the side of the road, as well as a Spanish soldier. This is followed by a wide shot overlooking Avila, Spain. This is followed by more shots of street scenes, many of which focus on local children in an unidentified city interacting with the camera operator. Another series of street scenes and shots of landmarks follows, possibly in and around Plaza Mayor in Madrid. Further shots from a moving vehicle follow this series and includes an extended shot of women performing road construction. Next, there is a brief series of shots of an unidentified church and surrounding plaza followed by a wide shot of windmills spinning in the distance. This is followed by a series of shots taken in and around the Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, Portugal. The film ends with a series of shots from a moving vehicle that depict unidentified locations.
- 2016.31.3.10.1b: Original film reel. Standard yellow Kodak 8mm film box with handwritten mailing addresses for processing film. Includes a brief handwritten content note.
- 2016.31.3.10.1c: Original film box.
- Collection title
- Michael Holman Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Topic
- Families
- Film
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.31.3.10.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Michael Holman