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 View

Culture/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

Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

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

Usage

Not determined

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd501f492e4-fa0d-4d1a-acfe-96c99b46ff2e

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

Topic

Clothing and dress

Hip hop (Music)

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

2014.203.6.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd587179cdd-2301-4107-b924-8abca42204ba

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

Type

shoes (footwear)

moccasin-type shoes

Topic

Clothing and dress

Hip hop (Music)

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

2014.203.6.5ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Usage

Not determined

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5061ec6ce-d6ac-4e2f-b21a-a0d123816cb2

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

Type

magazines (periodicals)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e44211b4-40b3-4a02-8c92-0c558adde8e3

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

Type

commemoratives

bells (idiophones)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53677e1bb-5bb7-4b0d-ac54-0b21eb33e103

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 View

Concourse 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

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd590f81561-b437-40c1-8a0b-4b80a76ab2bc

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

Type

magazines (periodicals)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d1a31b3f-4025-4ffb-8eda-5497427ffefa

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

Type

opera glasses

cases (containers)

Topic

Amusements

Domestic life

Fashion

Opera (Music)

Theatre

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59b5093de-622e-41b1-be29-adec38c8ffc1

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.

Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd574f1a239-a28e-43aa-8216-2a68ae372bdb

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57885dc6d-ac43-4132-9cf8-16cc7b8db56b

Le Code Noir

Printed by

Prault, Pierre, French

Date

1767

On View

Concourse 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

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5adcc64ec-c10a-49e7-a90a-587a63406e3e

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 View

Concourse 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

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Type

poems

Topic

Poetry

Slavery

U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2012.46.46

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57a20ed82-d93b-4a37-884e-3109eedcd868

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

Usage

Not determined

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abc65ed5-e5ea-4cd5-9a49-4b53842cfa1b

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

Usage

Not determined

GUID

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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

Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

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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

Usage

Usage conditions apply

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

Type

magazines (periodicals)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd594d085cb-13bb-4cb3-8d84-fd4e0fd53db0

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

Type

magazines (periodicals)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d2cccb24-1186-4d2b-9984-9f4bd5936038

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

Type

magazines (periodicals)

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

Usage

CC0

GUID

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