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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

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

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Purple Atlanta Braves baseball cap owned by Big Boi

Manufactured by: New Era Cap Company, founded 1920
Owned by: Big Boi, American, born 1975
Subject of: Atlanta Braves, American, founded 1871

Medium: polyester, rayon thread, and adhesive on foil
Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (14 × 21.6 × 26.7 cm)

Type: baseball caps

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

Date: 2013

Description: A limited release design New Era Cap Company fitted baseball cap with the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves logo owned by Big Boi. The cap is purple with a rainbow-colored embroidered "A" at the center front crown, matching the album cover for Big Boi's solo release, "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors" (2013). The New Era logo is embroidered on the proper left side and the Major League Baseball logo is embroidered on the center back, both in the same colors as the "A". The interior of the crown is lined with a multi-colored shiny fabric, with each seam covered in black woven tape featuring repeating white printed text reading "59FIFTY NE NEW / ERA". There are four (4) tags on the interior center back of the cap. At the far left is a tag with the Major League Baseball logo and the text "GENUINE / MERCHANDISE". At the center is a brand tag reading "NEW / ERA / FLY YOUR OWN FLAG". At the far right is a size "7 1/2" tag. Below the center brand tag is an additional tag with fiber content, care, and manufacturer information. There are two (2) holographic stickers on the brim of the cap. On the top side is a gold and black sticker reading "NEW ERA / 59FIFTY / 7 1/2". On the bottom side is a silver sticker with red marks made to look like a baseball and text reading "OFFICIAL / MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL / LR358006037".

Topic: African American; Baseball; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Hip hop (Music); Musicians

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

Object number: 2016.121.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Fashion
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Constitution and laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Printed by: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 7/16 × 3 11/16 × 1/8 in. (21.4 × 9.3 × 0.3 cm)

Type: pamphlets

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

Date: 1930

Description: A pamphlet titled “Constitution and laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” published by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. It has a green cover with black text and a rectangular border. The title is at the top of the cover. An image of a Klansmen riding a horse and holding a torch is at the center of the cover, printed in red ink. Underneath the image, printed with in black ink is “(AS AMENDED BY THE / IMPERIAL KLONVOKATION AT / CHICAGO, ILL., AUGUST, 1930).” Printed on the bottom of the cover is “IMPERIAL PALACE-INVISIBLE EMPIRE / KNIGHTS of the KU KLUX KLAN / ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The internal pages of the pamphlet are printed on white paper with black ink. It has sixty-one pages.

Topic: African American; Fraternal organizations; United States--History--1919-1933; White supremacy movements

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

Object number: 2013.231.18

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Hat designed by Lillian Head

Created by: Head, Lillian, American, 1921 - 2010
Subject of: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007

Medium: felt, vinyl, plastic, and elastic
Dimensions: H x W x D: 12 3/4 × 12 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (32.4 × 32.4 × 13.3 cm)

Type: hats

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

Date: 1967 - 1968

Description: A blue and cream hat designed to resemble the Polaris restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The hat has a round crown made of bright blue felted faux fur that is heavily machine-stitched in a grid pattern with cream thread. The hat has double rounded brims, both made of a cream felt faux fur. In between the double brims, forming a circle all the way around the hat, is a length of clear plastic. The plastic is stitched with black thread to make a grid pattern. The top edge of the plastic is tacked to the upper side of the bottom brim in two places using cream thread, but the stitching has come loose. The bottom edge of the plastic is hand-sewn to the upper side of the bottom brim using cream thread. The underside of the bottom brim has two details that provide additional structure to the hat, one rolled piece of cream felt halfway between the crown and the brim edge, and another rolled piece of cream felt at the crown. Around the interior opening of the crown, a length of blue grossgrain ribbon edged with a length of cream lace is sewn. Black elastic cord is attached to the blue ribbon on the proper right and proper left sides, and two (2) brown plastic hair combs are woven through this elastic cord.

Topic: African American; Architecture; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane

Object number: 2007.3.3.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification: Clothing-Fashion

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Handbag designed by Lillian Head

Created by: Head, Lillian, American, 1921 - 2010
Subject of: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007

Medium: leather, plastic, velvet and metal
Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 1/4 × 7 × 6 1/2 in. (26 × 17.8 × 16.5 cm); Circumference: 20 in. (50.8 cm); L (With cords fully extended): 21 1/4 in. (54 cm)

Type: handbags

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

Date: 1967 - 1968

Description: A leather and plastic handbag designed to resemble the elevators in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The handbag is cylindrical, with tapered ends. The main body of the handbag is clear, made from one piece of plastic that is stapled at its seam and secured into place by being stitched and glued to eight (8) reddish-brown leather straps extending the full length of the handbag, from the base to the top opening. The top and bottom portions of the handbag are constructed from reddish-brown leather overlaid onto a form. At the top of the handbag, all eight (8) leather straps taper upwards to form a cinch closure that can be pulled shut by tightening two cords that are looped through the leather straps and knotted together on the ends. The cords are made from a brown synthetic fiber and capped with metal end caps. When fully tightened, the cords extend from the leather straps by approximately 9 inches, which can be grasped to carry the handbag. Underneath the leather straps and cords is the opening into the central body of the handbag. The opening is covered by a hinged flap that is glued to one side of the opening and can be secured on the other side with a snap. At the bottom of the handbag, all eight (8) leather straps continue extending downwards to be concealed under a circular band of leather stitched and glued to the base. This small circular base creates a foot on which the handbag can be rested. All of the interior leather portions of the handbag are lined with a deep red velvet, covering the interior base and the verso of the flap that covers the opening.

Topic: African American; Architecture; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane

Object number: 2007.3.3.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification: Clothing-Fashion

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sharecropper's agreement between Daniel Weaver and James Crow

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Weaver, Daniel; Crow, James, American, born 1847

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 12 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. (31.3 x 19.8 cm)

Type: contracts

Place made: Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: March 11, 1867

Description: A one page document, legal-size, handwritten in black ink on lined paper.

Topic: African American; Agriculture; Emancipation; Labor; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

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

Object number: 2009.14.6

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identification button used by Thomas Porter II

Manufactured by: I. Nutting & Son, British, ca.1805 - 1840
Used by: Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857

Medium: pewter
Dimensions: Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), 3.9Grams

Type: buttons (fasteners); buttons (information artifacts)

Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place used: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America

Date: ca. 1820

Description: A round pewter button with "TPORTER" stamped across the middle. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. On the reverse side of the button there are fine concentric circle impressions within a pronounced rim as well as a stamp which is now illegible. There is also evidence of a parting line for a two-part mold on the reverse of the button. The button has considerable wear with pitting on both sides.

Topic: African American; Middle Passage

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

Object number: 2009.32.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identification button used by Thomas Porter II

Manufactured by: I. Nutting & Son, British, ca.1805 - 1840
Used by: Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857

Medium: pewter
Dimensions: Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), 3.2Grams

Type: buttons (fasteners); buttons (information artifacts)

Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place used: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America

Date: ca. 1820

Description: A round pewter button with "TPORTER" stamped across the middle. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. On the reverse side of the button there is a pronounced concavity which may have occurred after fabrication. The button has considerable wear with pitting on both sides.

Topic: African American; Middle Passage

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

Object number: 2009.32.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

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Identification button used by Thomas Porter II

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857

Medium: copper alloy
Dimensions: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.7Grams

Type: buttons (fasteners); buttons (information artifacts)

Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place used: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America

Date: ca. 1820

Description: A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT." There is a considerable amount of verdigris on both sides of the button.

Topic: African American; Middle Passage

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

Object number: 2009.32.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

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Identification button used by Thomas Porter II

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857

Medium: copper alloy
Dimensions: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.8Grams

Type: buttons (fasteners); buttons (information artifacts)

Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place used: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America

Date: ca. 1820

Description: A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT."

Topic: African American; Middle Passage

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

Object number: 2009.32.4

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

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Identification button worn by enslaved persons on Golden Grove Plantation

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Baillie, David, British, 1786 - 1861

Medium: pewter
Dimensions: Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), 4.4Grams

Type: buttons (fasteners); buttons (information artifacts)

Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place used: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America

Date: 1828-1834

Description: A round pewter button with "D BAILLIE / G•GROVE" stamped on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to David Baillie of Golden Grove Plantation, British Guyana. The button has considerable wear with pitting on both sides.

Topic: African American; Middle Passage

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

Object number: 2009.32.5

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects

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Georgia • USA

Created by: Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

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

Date: 1964

Description: A photograph depicting a man, woman, and child picking cotton in a field.

Topic: African American; Agriculture; Labor; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed

Object number: 2009.36.2

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Wood-burning stove from the Hope School

Manufactured by: Hanks Stove & Range Company, American, 1901 - 1981
Used by: Hope School, 1925 - 1954

Medium: iron , wood
Dimensions: H x W x D: 60 × 21 × 21 in., 223 lb. (152.4 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm, 101.2 kg)

Type: stoves

Place used: Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1925-1954

Description: An iron wood-burning stove used in the Hope Rosenwald School. The stove is in several distinct pieces: stove body, ash box, base, transition piece, lid, small top piece, three long pipes, one short pipe, stove pipe adapter, cirular pipe piece, two rods, and a box of six screws, five nuts, and a pin. The pieces are probably a combination of iron and tin, and the base is wood. A stamp into the ash box reads "HANKS STOVE & RANGE CO. / ROME / GA."

Topic: African American; American South; Education; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC

Object number: 2010.22.11a-o

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Tools and Equipment-Occupational
Exhibition: Making a Way Out of No Way
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

SCLC contribution can

Created by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990; Hollins, Billy, American

Medium: tin , ink on printing paper
Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 6 in. (7.3 x 7.3 x 15.2 cm)

Type: cans

Place depicted: 334 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968-1977

Description: An SCLC donation can. The can is made of tin and is wrapped in white paper. The paper has a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy and text that reads: [I Gave] above an address. There is a slot at the top of the can for the donations.

Topic: African American; Activism; Civil Rights; United States--History--1969-2001

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

Object number: 2010.41.7

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful"

Created by: East Publications Inc.
Subject of: Redding, Otis, American, 1941 - 1967; Cropper, Steve, American, born 1941; Stewart, Jim, American, born 1930

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)

Type: contracts

Place depicted: 3226 Commodore, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; 2582 Capewood, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1965

Description: A contract signed by Otis Redding. The contract has black print on legal paper with signatures on the bottom right of the front. The contract establishes the payment distribution regarding the song "Mr. Pitiful" between writers Otis Redding and Steve Cropper and Stax/Volt record executive Jim Stewart.

Topic: African American; Business; Law; Soul (Music)

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

Object number: 2010.50.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Answers for Action: Schools in the South

Published by: Southern Regional Council, American, founded 1919

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.8 x 15.2 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place printed: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1954

Description: A pamphlet about Schools in the South and the impact of Brown vs. the Board of Education on segregated school districts. The front cover has brown ink on discolored paper. At top, there is a band of teal with white text. The interior consists of thirty-two pages of text and a map. The back of the pamphlet has information about how to obtain additional copies.

Topic: African American; American South; Education; Law; Mass media; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Segregation

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