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Dorothy Foreman Cotton Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Foreman Cotton, Dorothy, American, born 1930
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Shaw University, American, founded 1865; Virginia State University, American, founded 1882; Dr. Daniel, Robert Prentiss, American, 1902 - 1968; Cotton, George J., American; Gillfield Baptist Church, American, founded 1797; Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957; Highlander Folk School, American; Clark, Septima Poinsette, American, 1898 - 1987; Jenkins, Esau, American, 1910 - 1972; Citizenship Education Program, American, founded 1954

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:12:39

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America; Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 25, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.40.1a, 2011.174.40.1b, 2011.174.40.1c, 2011.174.40.1d, 2011.174.40.1e, 2011.174.40.1f, 2011.174.40.1g, and 2011.174.40.1h.; Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt Tee Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. She moved to Atlanta to assist Walker in his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became Director of Education for the organization. At the Highlander Folk School, she met Septima Clark and Esau Jenkins and led the Citizenship Education Program. She also discusses the impact of King's assassination on the movement and the philosophy of nonviolence.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0040

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

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.40.1a-h

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

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter to Louis Tate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Written by: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Received by: Louis Tate, American, 1911 - 1964
Subject of: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957; Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990; Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018
Signed by: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 7/16 in. (27.9 x 21.4 cm)

Type: letters (correspondence)

Place used: Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: February 12, 1964

Description: Typewritten letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Louis Tate. The letter is signed by King in blue ink. The letter is written on SCLS letterhead and dated February 12, 1964. The letterhead is printed in black at the top. The letter begins "This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of recent date inviting me to speak in Paterson under the auspices of the Trustee Board of St. Augustine Presbyterian Church sometime in March or April..." The back of the document is blank.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Correspondence; Religious groups; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jyl C. Woolfolk

Object number: 2012.166.4

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

No. 18, Upper Broad Street

Photograph by: A. W. Möller, American, 1867 - after 1922

Medium: albumen and silver on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 4 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (10.8 x 16 cm); H x W (Card): 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (13 x 18.4 cm)

Type: cabinet photographs; albumen prints

Place depicted: Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1895

Description: An albumen print on cabinet card depicting Broad Street in Thomasville, GA. The photograph looks north up Broad Street, with the steeple of the Thomasville First Methodist Church visible above the tree line on the west side of the street. The street is relatively empty, though a carriage sits on the left side of the road and a woman holding an umbrella stands on the sidewalk nearby. In the right foreground is a streetlamp. The photograph is faded with a yellowish tint and mounted on a piece of board with rounded corners that is green on the front and gray on the back. A small hole is located at the top center of the backing board. The back is printed with text identifying the series and photographer.

Topic: African American; Photography; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Sandra Lindley

Object number: 2013.117.3

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Portfolio/Series: Views of Thomasville and Vicinity
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Harry Belafonte confers with Mrs. Coretta Scott King while seated next to Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Mrs Alberta King

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Man or Men; Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Harry Belafonte confers with Mrs. Coretta Scott King while seated next to Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Mrs. Alberta King. Dr. King's parents were affectionally [sic] known as "Mama King" and "Daddy King".
Description: This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte speaking with Coretta Scott King, who is looking at the camera, inside of Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. They are seated next to Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta King who are holding programs. Other attendees can be seen in the background. The background is not in focus but media equipment and the stained glass windows are still visible. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.11

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Coretta Scott King and her children

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Child or Children; King, Bernice Albertine; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: There was a lot of press coverage at this first memorial service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but most of the media represented was local. There was not a large number of representatives from the national media present.
Description: This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte sitting with Bernice and Coretta Scott King inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Bernice King is looking at the camera. There are other unidentified attendees seated and leaning against the wall. Press equipment is visible behind the King family. There is a glare from a light above Belafonte. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.15

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Press Coverage of First Birthday Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; King, Bernice Albertine; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974; Unidentified Child or Children
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Family and friends are gathered inside the church. Here it appears as if "Mama" King and a very young Bernice King are looking directly at my camera.
Description: This black and white photograph shows the interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The audience is standing and there is media equipment and lights visible in the background. Bernice King, dressed in white, and Alberta King can be seen off-center looking toward the camera. Harry Belafonte is standing next to an unidentified woman at proper left. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.23

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Press Coverage of First Birthday Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Notice the press covering the program as Mrs. King is surrounded by family members and friends. I have been told that there are very few recorded and published images from this first birthday celebration which make the photographs that you are seeing here extremely rare. I've seen no others.
Description: This black and white photograph shows the King family seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is seated in the center of the photograph. Harry Belafonte is seated to the proper left of King and there is an unidentified woman to the proper left of Belafonte. To the other side of Coretta Scott King, Alberta and Martin Luther King Sr. are seated. There are unidentified men behind the family along with press and their equipment. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.27

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Coretta Scott King observes the program from her seat with actor Harry Belafonte and members of her family

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974; Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Mrs. Coretta Scott King seems pleased as she observes the program from her seat with actor Harry Belafonte and other members of her family.
Description: This black and white photograph shows the King family seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The King family is seated in the center of the photograph. Harry Belafonte is seated to the proper left of Coretta Scott King and there are two unidentified woman to the proper left of Belafonte. On the other side of Coretta Scott King, Alberta and Martin Luther King Sr. are seated before the end of the row. There is a row of press seated in front of the family as well as standing in the aisle behind them. Other attendees are behind the press and the family. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.28

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Harry Belafonte prepares to go inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Dr. King's memorial service

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Man or Men
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: portraits; inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Movie star and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte prepares to go inside Ebenezer Baptist church [sic] for Dr. King's memorial service. Mr. Belafonte was a very close friend of the King family.
Description: This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte arriving by car to the commemorative birthday service for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1969 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The car door is open and Belafonte is facing away from the car. There is an unidentified crowd behind the car. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.3

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Crowd singing We Shall Overcome inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during first birthday celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Child or Children; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974; King, Bernice Albertine
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: This shot was taken during a portion of the program when everyone was invited to sing the official adopted hymn of the Civil Rights Movement "We Shall Overcome".
Description: This black and white photograph shows members of the King family inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is standing in the center of the photograph with Bernice and Alberta King standing to her right. Harry Belafonte is looking at the camera and standing with his arms crossed at proper left. There are unidentified attendees standing around the family. The background of the church is dark in the image and a light from press equipment is illuminated above Coretta Scott King. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.30

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Harry Belafonte holds the door open for the King children before getting into his limosine

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: portraits; inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Harry Belafonte holds the door open for the king [sic] children before getting into his limosine [sic].
Description: This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte standing in a dark suit with one hand on an open car door. Belafonte is outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church after the first commemorative birthday event for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1969. The top of an unidentified individual's head can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, and handwritten and printer's inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.34

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Fans gathered around Harry Belefonte's limosine after the first birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: portraits; inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: Many adoring fans sought to get close enough to Harry Belfaonte to shake his hand, but because of this extraordinary event for which he was in Atlanta, they showed restraint and respect during his visit.
Description: This black and white photograph shows Harry Belafonte seated in a car after the first commemorative birthday event for Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. Belafonte is smiling slightly and looking out of the car window toward the camera. There is an unidentified man seated next to Belafonte and an unidentified child seated behind them. There is a crowd standing behind the car. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark and printer's inscriptions.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.35

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Harry Belafonte Jr. seated with Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her children

Photograph by: Henry, Horace C., American, born 1948
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927; Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; King, Alberta, American, 1904 - 1974; Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984; King, Bernice Albertine
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 15, 1969; printed 2011

Caption: "When an usher who saw me with my camera took my arm and led me down to the front of the church with the rest of the media, I was so nervous that I almost froze up. But after a few minutes of finding out that no one was paying any attention to me I loosened up, raised my camera and started shooting."
Description: This black and white photograph shows members of the King family and Harry Belafonte seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s commemorative birthday service in 1969. Media equipment is set up behind the family and one of the lights is shining at the camera. The bottom proper right corner of the photograph is obscured. The back of the photograph has a manufacturer's mark, photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription.

Topic: African American; Actors; Civil Rights; Photography; Religion; Singers (Musicians); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Horace C. Henry

Object number: 2011.94.8

Restrictions & Rights: © Horace Henry

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Portfolio/Series: One Day in January: A Collection of Images Taken at Dr. King’s First Memorial Service
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph portrait of Samuel Grant

Photograph by: Unidentified
Owned by: Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of: Grant, Samuel, American

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.7 x 11.4 cm); H x W (Sheet): 6 15/16 x 5 in. (17.6 x 12.7 cm)

Type: photographs; portraits

Place collected: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Place captured: Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: before 1926

Description: A black-and-white photograph of Samuel Grant, Mae Reeves' father. He stands to the left of an empty leather high back chair and wears a dark suit and bowler hat. His right arm rests on the top of the chair.

Topic: African American; Families; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.

Object number: 2010.6.220

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Jersey for the Atlanta Braves worn and autographed by Hank Aaron

Created by: Spalding, American, founded 1876
Worn by: Aaron, Hank, American, born 1934

Medium: wool, synthetic fiber, plastic
Dimensions: On form: 34 1/4 × 26 × 9 1/2 in. (87 × 66 × 24.1 cm)

Type: jerseys; sports uniforms

Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968-1969

Description: Atlanta Braves "away" or "road" jersey worn by Hank Aaron during the 1968 or 1969 MLB season. Jersey is grey in color with blue and red stitched type on front and back. Type on front chest area reads, [Braves]. Type on back reads, [44]. Patch on PR sleeve features an MLB logo with red type that reads, [100th ANNIVERSARY]. Patch on PL sleeve features an illustration of a caricatured American Indian face. Hank Aaron autograph in lower portion of jersey's front. Next to signature are several labels including a Spalding label and a size "40" label. Label with blue ink on inside of neckline reads, [44 40 68].

Topic: African American; Athletes; Baseball; Clothing and dress

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

Object number: 2014.297.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Historical; Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carbon copy of a letter sent to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Louis Tate

Written by: Louis Tate, American, 1911 - 1964
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, American; Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886

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

Type: letters (correspondence); carbon copies

Place made: Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: January 10, 1964

Description: Carbon copy of a typewritten letter from Louis Tate to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tate wrote to ask King to speak at an event at the St. Augustine Presbyterian Church of Paterson, NJ. Two separate pages. Both pages have a red stamp in the center, with a diagonal orientation. It reads "COPY." The letter begins with "Dear Dr. King: As Chairmen of the Trustee Board of the St. Augustine Presbyterian Church of Paterson, N.J. I am responsible for one outstanding program a year in relation to raising funds for a new church which we hope will be completed by early spring..." The back of both pages of the document are blank.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Correspondence; Religious groups; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jyl C. Woolfolk

Object number: 2012.166.3ab

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

John and Jean Rosenburg Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Rosenburg, John J. D., born 1931; Rosenburg, Jean, American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Quakers, English, founded c. 1650; National Socialist German Workers' Party; Wilmington College, American, founded 1870; United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, American, founded 1957; Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908; Duke University, American, founded 1838; United States Air Force, American, founded 1947; University of North Carolina School of Law, American, founded 1845; Doar, John Andrew, American, 1921 - 2014; Turnbow, Hartman, American, 1905 - 1988; Voting Rights Act, American, founded 1965; Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, American, founded 2002

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:36:57

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Prestonburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America; Germany, Europe; Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 15, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.; Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0100

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Law; Military; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--2001-

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.100.1a-j

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

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Abernathy Family Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Abernathy, Donzaleigh, American, born 1957; Abernathy, Juandalynn R.; Rev. Abernathy, Ralph D. III, American, 1959 - 2016
Interviewed by: Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
Subject of: Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:02:33

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Stuttgart, Germany, Europe

Date: October 10, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of twenty-nine digital files: 2011.174.108.1a, 2011.174.108.1b, 2011.174.108.1c, 2011.174.108.1d, 2011.174.108.1e, 2011.174.108.1f, 2011.174.108.1g, 2011.174.108.1h, 2011.174.108.1i, 2011.174.108.1j, 2011.174.108.1k, 2011.174.108.1l, 2011.174.108.1m, 2011.174.108.1n, 2011.174.108.1o, 2011.174.108.1p, 2011.174.108.1q, 2011.174.108.1r, 2011.174.108.1s, 2011.174.108.1t, 2011.174.108.1u, 2011.174.108.1v, 2011.174.108.1w, 2011.174.108.1x, 2011.174.108.1y, 2011.174.108.1z, 2011.174.108.1aa, 2011.174.108.1bb, and 2011.174.108.1cc.; Donzaleigh Abernathy, Juandalynn Abernathy, and Ralph Abernathy, III, recall their father, Ralph David Abernathy and their own experiences as children in the Civil Rights Movement. The Abernathy children spent much of their childhoods with the children of Martin Luther King, Jr. Unlike the King children, the Abernathy siblings actively participated in direct action, including the Poor People's Campaign. All three children felt palpably the fear of violence in their everyday lives. This interview offers an intimate portrait of the home of a civil rights icon and of the intense friendship between Abernathy and King.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0108

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Children; Civil Rights; Families; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.108.1a-cc

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

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Annie Pearl Avery Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Avery, Anne Pearl, American, born 1943
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Albany Movement, American, 1961 - 1962; Moore, William Lewis, American, 1927 - 1963

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:31:05

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America; Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 31, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.19.1a, 2011.174.19.1b, 2011.174.19.1c, 2011.174.19.1d, 2011.174.19.1e, 2011.174.19.1f, and 2011.174.19.1g.; Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter registration drives in many locations across the South.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0019

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Law; Politics (Practical); Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.19.1a-g

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

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Charles F. McDew Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: McDew, Charles F., American, born 1938
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:21:53

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America; South Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 4, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.21.1a, 2011.174.21.1b, 2011.174.21.1c, 2011.174.21.1d, and 2011.174.21.1e.; Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0021

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Civil Rights; Labor; Law; Politics (Practical); Segregation; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.21.1a-e

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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