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Ruby Nell Sales Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Nell Sales, Ruby, American, born 1948
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Daniels, Jonathan Myrick
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:09
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- April 25, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.7.1a, 2011.174.7.1b, 2011.174.7.1c, 2011.174.7.1d, 2011.174.7.1e, 2011.174.7.1f, 2011.174.7.1g, 2011.174.7.1h, 2011.174.7.1i, and 2011.174.7.1j.
- Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. Her father was a Baptist minister and grew up in a racist and segregated society. Her grandmother was either born into slavery or right after it, and learned to read and write. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American history and the current rate of African Americans in prison.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0007
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil Rights
- Justice
- Military
- Politics (Practical)
- Prisons
- Religion
- Segregation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Tuskegee Airmen
- 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
- 2011.174.7.1a-j
- 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
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Advertisement card for Rev. J. H. Smith
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Smith, J. H.
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (21.9 × 11.4 cm)
- Type
- advertising cards
- Place depicted
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- early 20th century
- Description
- This advertisement card is for Rev. J. H. Smith of Columbus, Georgia. The top three-quarters of the card has a black-and-white photograph of Smith seated with his right hand propped on his chin. He wears a dark three-piece suit and necktie and a pocket watch. His name, title, and address are printed in black below the photograph, with a decorative design of several lines below the text. The reverse is blank.
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.102.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Advertisement card for Rev. J. H. Smith
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Smith, J. H.
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
- Type
- advertising cards
- Place depicted
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- early 20th century
- Description
- This advertisement card is for Rev. J. H. Smith of Columbus, Georgia. The center of the card has a black-and-white photograph of Smith seated with his right hand propped on his chin. He wears a dark three-piece suit and necktie and a pocket watch. His name, title, and address are printed in black below the photograph. The reverse is blank.
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Religion
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.102.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Dashiki owned by Margaret Louise Lynch Belcher
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Lynch Belcher, Margaret Louise, American, 1922 - 2002
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 27 1/2 x 22 in. (69.9 x 55.9 cm)
- Type
- dashikis
- Place used
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- late 20th century
- Description
- A dashiki with kimono sleeves owned by Margaret Belcher. The dashiki is collarless, with a v-shaped cutout at the center front neck. There are side vents reaching approximately five (5) inches up from the hem. The fabric print is designed specifically for use with this style of garment, having a very deep blue ground with colorful designs printed around the hem, sleeves, and neck in red, blue, purple, and pale green. The design consists of geometric and stylized floral elements, with the design on the neck and around the bottom mirrored vertically from the center front and center back. There are two (2) patch pockets sewn at the front waist with the printed design also mirrored. Only the edges of the neck opening are self-lined, the rest of the garment is not lined. A manufacturer's tag was previously removed from the center back interior neckline.
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- African diaspora
- American South
- Black power
- Civil Rights
- Clothing and dress
- Communities
- Fashion
- Humanitarianism
- Identity
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kimberly Hunley
- Object number
- 2014.99
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture