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Pamphlet for Lowndes County Freedom Organization
- Published by
- Southern Conference Educational Fund, American, 1946 - 1981
- Created by
- Minnis, Jack H., American, 1931 - 2005
- Subject of
- Lowndes County Freedom Organization, American, founded 1965
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (27.8 × 21.7 cm)
- Description
- This pamphlet depicts a black panther in a stalking pose. Centered on the page, it is surrounded by text that reads "VOTE / NOV 8 / LOWNDES COUNTY / FREEDOM / ORGANIZATION / The Story of the Development of an / Independent Political Movement / on the County Level/ 50 ¢."
- Place printed
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Political organizations
- Politics (Practical)
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Walter Tillow Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Tillow, Walter, American, born 1940
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Harpur College, American, founded 1946
- Cornell University, American, founded 1865
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- June 21, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1:48:09
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.
- Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092
- Place collected
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Labor
- Political organizations
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. 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
- 2011.174.92.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Kay Tillow Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Tillow, Kay, American
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- University of Illinois, American, founded 1867
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Service Employees International Union, American, founded 1921
- Coalition of Labor Union Women, American, founded 1974
- Date
- August 14, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:12:48
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.99.1a, 2011.174.99.1b, 2011.174.99.1c, 2011.174.99.1d, and 2011.174.99.1e.
- Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She remembers attending the trials of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers in Cairo, Illinois, and traveling to Ghana in 1962. When she returned to the United States in 1963 she participated in sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrations in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She discusses her work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, a hospital workers' union, and organizing victories in Pennsylvania. Tillow also discusses her role in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and her current work on health care reform.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0099
- Place collected
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Labor
- Medicine
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- 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
- 2011.174.99.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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The Courier-Journal Magazine June 5, 1988
- Written by
- Hill, Bob
- Illustrated by
- Unidentified
- Published by
- The Courier-Journal, American, founded 1868
- Subject of
- Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
- Rivera, Geraldo, American, born 1943
- Raphael, Sally Jessy, American, born 1935
- King, Larry, American, born 1933
- Donahue, Phil, American, born 1935
- Date
- June 5, 1988
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 11 9/16 × 10 1/8 × 1/16 in. (29.4 × 25.7 × 0.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 11 9/16 × 19 3/4 × 11/16 in. (29.4 × 50.2 × 1.8 cm)
- Description
- The Courier Journal Magazine from June 5, 1988. The front cover features color, illustrated caricatures of five (5) talk show hosts set against a blue background. The talk show hosts depicted include: Oprah Winfrey, Geraldo Rivera, Sally Jessy Raphael, Larry King, and Phil Donahue. Winfrey is centrally depicted from the waist up, with her body turned slightly towards the left edge of the magazine. She is wearing a purple dress, holding a microphone in her proper right hand, and has her proper left hand extended in front of her. Phil Donahue is depicted in the far right foreground. He is facing the right edge of the magazine. He is wearing a black suit, white collared shirt, and a red tie. His is leaning on his raised, proper left knee and is holding the microphone in both hands. To the left of Winfrey is Rivera. He is depicted facing the viewer and is wearing a brown suit, a white collared shirt, and a green tie. He is holding a microphone in his proper left hand. To the right of Rivera, and above Winfrey, is King. He is depicted from the shoulders up, wearing a blue collared shirt and large, black rimmed glasses. He is facing the viewer and is holding a microphone in his proper right hand. To the right of King, and above Winfrey and Donahue, is Raphael. She is depicted wearing a red dress and red rimmed glasses. She is facing the viewer and is holding both hands on either side of her head. The main cover line, in the bottom right corner of the front cover, is printed in red and black type in varying fonts that read, [TV TALK / SHOWS / SANE OR / PSYCHO?]. The mast head and date is printed in the top third of the magazine cover in black and orange text that reads, [The Courier-Journal / June 5, 1988 / MAGAZINE]. The interior pages are white with text, illustrations, black-and-white photographs, and color photographs. The cover article is printed on page ten (10). The back cover features an advertisement and coupons for Bonanza restaurants. This issue is twenty-four (24) pages.
- Place printed
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Topic
- Actors
- Business
- Mass media
- Television
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs
- Object number
- 2017.72.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1988 The Courier-Journal. Permission required for use.
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Letter from Muhammad Ali to Khalilah Camacho-Ali
- Written by
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Owned by
- Ali, Khalilah, American, born 1950
- Subject of
- Muhammad Speaks, American, founded 1962
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (2018.75a): 8 11/16 × 8 9/16 in. (22 × 21.7 cm)
- H x W (2018.75b): 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.7 cm)
- Caption
- In this letter, Muhammad Ali explains to then-wife Khalilah Camacho-Ali why he converted from Christianity to Islam. Ali publically converted to Islam in 1964.
- Description
- A letter written by Muhammad Ali to his wife, Khalilah Camacho-Ali. The letter is two pages in length and is written in cursive, in blue ink, on two (2) sheets of partially torn, unlined, white paper. The first page (2018.75a) describes a night in Louisville, Kentucky where he encountered a man selling the newspaper of the Nationa of Islam, Muhammad Speaks. He noted that it was the first time he had heard of the paper. The second page (2018.75b) continues from page one and goes on to say that the newspaper seller invited him to a meeting, and though he did not intend to go to the meeting, he did purchase a copy of Muhammad Speaks. The rest of page 2 describes a cartoon in the paper that depicted an enslaved person being punished for praying in Arabic and a white slave owner insisting that the enslaved person prays to Jesus. The back of both pages are blank.
- Place depicted
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jonathan Eig and Khalilah Camacho Ali
- Object number
- 2018.75ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Muhammad Ali. Permission required for use.
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Identification card issued to Pullman porter Thomas McCord
- Created by
- Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1981
- Subject of
- McCord, Thomas, American, 1886 - 1967
- Date
- May 28, 1943
- Medium
- ink on printing paper and silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (5.7 x 9.5 cm)
- Description
- A Pullman Company identification card issued to Thomas McCord, Porter. The identification card includes: sex, height, weight, race, hair color, eye color, date of birth, and signature. It also includes McCord’s and the officer of support's signatures. There is a small picture of Thomas McCord in the bottom right corner of the front of the card.
- Place depicted
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Victor Young in memory of Thomas McCord, Louisville, Kentucky
- Object number
- 2010.31.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Training boxing gloves used and signed by Cassius Clay
- Created by
- Post Manufacturing Co.
- Worn by
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Date
- 1960
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- leather, cloth, thread
- Dimensions
- a: 10 1/4 x 6 x 3 7/8 in. (26 x 15.2 x 9.8 cm)
- b: 10 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 4 in. (26 x 14.3 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- Dark red brown training boxing gloves worn by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and signed in Louisville, as indicated by the penned note inside the left glove near the wrist. Gloves are edged in faded yellow fabric and tied with dark, faded strings. Stitching throughout the glove is in white thread. On the outside fronts of both gloves below the wrist are manufacturer's labels. [POST / MANUFACTURING CO. / NEW YORK]. Inside the left glove, near the wrist, is a note in faded red ink. [SIGNED BY / CASSIUS CLAY/ Louisville / 1960]. Inside the right glove, near the wrist, is a note in blue pen [From / Cassius Clay / 1960]. Gloves are well worn and wrinkled. The right glove has dark discolorations near the top of the glove on the right side.
- Place used
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational
- Type
- gloves
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.173.3ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Baseball bat used by Frank Robinson
- Manufactured by
- Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Robinson, Frank, American, 1935 - 2019
- Date
- 1973-1975
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/8 × 35 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (6.7 × 89.5 × 6.7 cm)
- Description
- Model R161 wood bat with black writing on side. Black type near center of bat reads, [LOUISVILLE SLUGGER® / 125 / HILLERICH & BRADSBY Co / MADE IN U.S.A. / LOUISVILLE, KY. / Powerized]. Type near end opposite of handle reads, [GENUINE / R161 / Frank Robinson / LOUISVILLE SLUGGER]. The bat is cracked one third of the way up from the handle.
- Place made
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- bats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.120.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Silver Bat awarded to Tony Gwynn
- Manufactured by
- Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884
- Owned by
- Gwynn, Anthony Keith, American, 1960 - 2014
- Date
- 1997
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- sterling silver
- Dimensions
- L x W (Width taken from widest part of the bat): 33 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 in. (86 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm)
- Description
- Silver Bat awarded to Tony Gwynn in 1997. Bat is the shape and size of a standard Major League Baseball (MLB) bat, but is made of sterling silver. Etched at center of bat is the Louisville Slugger logo, with the number 125 above it. To the right of the logo, towards the top of the bat, there is another Louisville Slugger logo that reads: [Powerized] to indicate the type of hardening process used on the bat. Next to that logo type etching reads: [BATTING CHAMPION 1997 / NATIONAL LEAGUE / B. A. .372 / GENUINE / TONY GWYNN (Gwynn’s etched signature) / LOUISVILLE SLUGGER]. The bottom of handle reads: [LOUISVILLE SLUGGER / MADE IN U.S.A.].
- Place made
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- bats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.256.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Louisville
- Photograph by
- Stewart, Frank L., American, born 1949
- Date
- late 20th to early 21st century
- Medium
- aluminum
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 19 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (49.5 × 69.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 19 15/16 × 27 13/16 in. (50.6 × 70.7 cm)
- Description
- An aluminum laser print of Louisville, Kentucky as viewed through a sheer curtain. Buildings and smokestacks can be made out through the curtain. There are no marks on the back.
- Place depicted
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Windows
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- prints
- Topic
- Art
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.133.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Frank L. Stewart