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Homegirls & Handgrenades
- Written by
- Sanchez, Sonia, American, born 1934
- Published by
- Thunder's Mouth Press, American, 2007
- Illustrated by
- Li, Loretta
- Photograph by
- Addicks, Rich, American
- Date
- April 1988
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 5/16 in. (21.6 × 13.7 × 0.8 cm)
- H x W x D (Open (on cradle)): 2 × 10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (5.1 × 26.4 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- A paperback, signed, first edition, seventh printing of Homegirls & Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez. The front cover of the book is red with a centrally-featured illustration of an encircled magenta and black floral pattern. Surrounding the circle is a darker red border. Above and below the circle is black text that reads [SONIA / SANCHEZ / homegirls / & / handgrenades]. The back cover of the book is red and features in the center a small black-and-white photograph of the author in profile view, holding her fingers to her lips. Above and below the photograph are three endorsements of Homegirls & Handgrenades and Sonia Sanchez. Along the spine is the author’s name and book title written in black text, oriented sideways, [SONIA SANCHEZ homegirls & handgrenades], and the publisher’s initials written in white text, oriented sideways, [TMP]. A handwritten inscription in black ink on the first flyleaf reads, [to Sister Barbara- / Walk Beautifully! / In love/struggle,- / Sonia Sanchez / 1990]. There are seventy-seven (77) interior pages that are white with black type and thirty-two (32) poems and prose pieces, divided into four parts.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Identity
- Language
- Poetry
- Resistance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Sonia Sanchez. Permission required for use.
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Time Vol. 185 No. 17
- Published by
- Time Inc., American, founded 1922
- Photograph by
- Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
- Written by
- David Von Drehle, American, born 1961
- Date
- May 11, 2015
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.5 × 20 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the magazine Time Vol. 185 No. 17 published on May 11, 2015 featuring the photograph 2016.98.4 by Devin Allen on the cover. The image is captioned "America, [strikethrough] 1968 [written above 1968] 2015: What Has Changed. What Hasn't." Additional photographs by Allen are included in the cover story "The Roots of a Riot: Baltimore's Eruption Follows Decades of Systemic Failure" by David Von Drehle on pages 34-39. There are sixty-four (64) interior pages. The lower left facing corner of the cover has a white rectangular printed section that is filled in with a black barcode and a mailing address printed in black ink that has been blacked out with marker.
- Place depicted
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Topic
- Activism
- Caricature and cartoons
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Mass media
- Photography
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clarence, Mary and Robert Bryant
- Object number
- 2016.176
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Time Inc. Permission required for use.
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In Pursuit of Flavor
- Written by
- Lewis, Edna, American, 1916 - 2006
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Printed by
- R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, American, founded 1864
- Illustrated by
- Waller, Louisa Jones
- Photograph by
- Hill, John T., American, born 1934
- Designed by
- Tan, Virginia
- Date
- October 1988
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (21.6 × 16.8 × 3.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open (on cradle)): 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (21.6 × 26.7 × 5.7 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, In Pursuit of Flavor by Edna Lewis. The dust jacket features a full cover image of the author in a market surrounded by different varieties of fruits and vegetables. She is holding a basket in her proper right hand and smelling a yellow pear with her proper left hand. Lewis is wearing a red patterned dress and has her hair pulled back in a bun. At the top of the front dust jacket is a green banner with yellow text with purple detailing that reads [EDNA LEWIS]. Along the right side are yellow call-outs with red and purple text that reads [IN / PURSUIT / OF / FLAVOR / 200 wonderful-tasting / American dishes—old-fashioned / country recipes and new ideas— / along with Edna Lewis's secrets / for getting the best flavor / from the foods available today]. The back of the dust jacket features three endorsements of Lewis’s books and a printed barcode. The front cover of the book is yellow. It features an illustration in dark red ink of the author preparing food on a counter top with some photographs hanging on the wall behind her. The back cover is a continuation of the front cover illustration depicting jugs, containers, and cooking utensils on a countertop. Above the countertop a spice rack on the right and a glass-front cabinet with food items stored inside on the left. The top half of the spine features the author’s name and title of the book above an illustration of a tea cup, saucer and spoon, all in dark red ink. Below the illustration is the publisher’s name [KNOPF] and animal logo in dark red ink. The book has orange endpapers. There are three hundred and twenty-three (323) interior pages that are white with brown type and brown illustrations on most pages.
- Place printed
- Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1988 Edna Lewis. Permission required for use.
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Haitiad & Oddities
- Written by
- Morisseau-Leroy, Félix, Haitian, 1912 - 1998
- Translated by
- Knapp, Jeffrey
- Published by
- Guilbaud, Pantaléon
- Date
- 1991
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) , cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (21.6 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Haitiad & Oddities by Félix Morisseau-Leroy. 70 Pages. Tan paperback with red type on front cover. At center of front cover is a red religious symbol. Type on front cover reads, [Haitiad/& Oddities/Félix Morisseau-Leroy]. Red type on back of book reads, [Pantaléon Guilbaud/P.O. Box 971158,/Miami, Florida 33197-1158]. The book is translated from Creole and French into English by Jeffrey Knapp.
- Place printed
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Caricature and cartoons
- Language
- Poetry
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Félix Morisseau-Leroy. Permission required for use.
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Combined Continuity on Cotton Comes to Harlem
- Written by
- Davis, Ossie, American, 1917 - 2005
- Perl, Arnold, American, 1914 - 1971
- Published by
- Davis and Lee Film Continuity Service, American
- Subject of
- Himes, Chester, American, 1909 - 1984
- United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
- Date
- June 1, 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal on pressboard
- Description
- This folio continuity script for "Cotton Comes to Harlem" is from the 1970 film based on the Chester Himes' novel of the same name. The pages are mimeographed leaves bound in a black pressboard binder with a metal prong clasp. The front cover has a central white rectangular label with rounded edges that reads [COTTON COMES TO HARLEM / United Artists - 1970 / A.Perl, O.Davis/O.Davis]. There is an adhesive label on the upper spine that reads [COTTON COMES TO HARLEM]. The reverse of the binder has two anchoring holes for the interior metal prong. The script is held to the binder with a metal prong on the center left side and the 143 pages are connected together by a separate top center metal clasp.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- continuities
- Topic
- Actors
- Blaxploitation films
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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La Destinée de Carl Brouard
- Written by
- Gaillard, Roger, Haitian, 1923 - 2000
- Published by
- Maison Henri Deschamps, Haitian, founded 1898
- Owned by
- Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
- Signed by
- Gaillard, Roger, Haitian, 1923 - 2000
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 5 3/16 × 1/4 in. (20 × 13.1 × 0.6 cm)
- Title
- Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
- Description
- Paperback publication with eighty-nine (89) pages of text. The faded off-white cover has printed black text which reads [roger gaillard / la destinée / de / carl brouard] with a quote in French from Gaston Bachelard. The bottom of the front cover reads [EDITIONS HENRI DESCHAMPS / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI]. There are three staples on the spine. The lower right corner of the back cover reads [Edition revue et corrigée / Port-au-Prince, juin 1966] which is italicized. There is a handwritten inscription inside the book.
- Place made
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.5.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Apotheose
- Written by
- Dr. René Piquion, Haitian, 1906 - 2001
- Published by
- Maison Henri Deschamps, Haitian, founded 1898
- Owned by
- Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
- Signed by
- Dr. René Piquion, Haitian, 1906 - 2001
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 × 5 1/16 × 3/16 in. (20.3 × 12.9 × 0.5 cm)
- Title
- Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
- Description
- Paperback copy of “Apotheose” with ninety-five (95) pages. The book has a red cover with black text and staples. At the top of the front cover [René Piquion [underlined]] is printed. In the center of the cover in larger font is [APOTHEOSE]. There is a line design below this. At the bottom is [EDITIONS HENRI DESCHAMPS / PORT-AU-PRINCE / HAITI]. The spine and back cover are blank. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
- Place made
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Negritude
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Art
- Caricature and cartoons
- Design
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.5.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- © René Piquion. Permission required for use.
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Ébène: Essai
- Written by
- Dr. René Piquion, Haitian, 1906 - 2001
- Published by
- Maison Henri Deschamps, Haitian, founded 1898
- Owned by
- Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
- Signed by
- Dr. René Piquion, Haitian, 1906 - 2001
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 9/16 in. (19.5 × 13.5 × 1.5 cm)
- Title
- Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
- Description
- Paperback copy with 284 pages. The cover has black text on a green background. Printed at the top is [René Piquion]. In the center of the cover in larger font is [EBENE / (ESSAI)]. There is a design below this with wings, rays, and [HD] in a center shield. At the bottom is [IMPRIMERIE HENRI DESCHAMPS / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI]. The spine has the title, author, and [HD] publisher symbol in black text. The front cover is partially disconnecting from the spine. The back cover has black text and letters to the author, in French and English, from various sources. The reverse of the front cover has black printed text in French to the author. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
- Place printed
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Art
- Caricature and cartoons
- Design
- Folklife
- Identity
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.5.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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The African-Caribbean Connection: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
- Edited by
- Cobley, Alan Gregor, British
- Thompson, Alvin, Guyanese
- Published by
- National Cultural Foundation, Barbadian, founded 1983
- University of the West Indies, Jamaican, founded 1948
- Owned by
- Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 3/8 in. (20.9 × 13 × 1 cm)
- Title
- Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
- Description
- Paperback copy of "The African-Caribbean Connection: Historical and Cultural Perspectives" with 171 pages of text. The white cover has four red vertical lines on the left that end above a grey graphic of chained adults and children. Both graphics wrap around the spine and back cover. The right side of the cover says [The / African- / Caribbean / Connection: / Historical and / Cultural Perspectives / · / Edited by / Alan Gregor Cobley / and / Alvin Thompson]. The title is printed in large grey text and black text. The back cover has a summary of the book above the ISBN. On the title page there is a black and white bookplate that has three images of Lois Mailou Jones and reads [Lois Jones / Pierre-Noel / EX LIBRIS]. There are handwritten inscriptions inside the book.
- Place depicted
- Africa
- Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.5.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1990 Department of History, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and the National Cultural Foundation, Barbados. Permission required for use.
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Broadside from the N.A.A.C.P. for citizenship for Our Lady Queen of Peace Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, American, founded 1945
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Date
- 1948-1952
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 20 15/16 × 21 7/8 in. (53.2 × 55.6 cm)
- Description
- Paper broadside for the “First Class Citizenship Campaign”. It has black printed text and graphics, blue gridlines, and handwritten text. The sheet discusses voting rights and citizenship ideas. The top half of the broadside above the fold has an image of a large community with two children in front facing out. Above this graphic is [FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP / BENEFITS / YOU - YOUR CHILDREN - AND YOUR COMMUNITY]. To the left of the image are the requirements to be a first class citizens, listed as [1. Pay his poll taxes; / 2. Register; / 3. Vote in all elections; / 4. JOIN the N.A.A.C.P. / to help secure equal / protection under the / Constitution of the / United States for all, / regardless of color, / race or creed.] On the right, [Our Lady, Queen of Peace / Church] located in [Arlington / Virginia] is handwritten in as part of the [FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN.] Directly above the fold [One God One Country One Citizenship] is evenly spaced across the sheet.
- The lower half of the broadside has a grid spanning across the sheet with fourteen columns. The column headers are [NUMBER; NAME; 3 YEAR POLL TAX PD.; REGISTERED; CURRENT N.A.A.C.P. MEMBER; VOTED IN LAST ELECTION; QUALIFIED FOR 1ST CLASS AWARD]. These seven columns are listed twice on the left and repeat on the right. Four columns (number and name) on the left side are completed. The names of thirty-nine parishioners have been handwritten in and numbered. The reverse of the broadside is blank.
- Place used
- Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- broadsides
- Topic
- Activism
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Religious groups
- U.S. History, 1945-1953
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.26.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty
- Written by
- Ferrell, Pamela, American, born 1959
- Published by
- Cornrows & Co., American, founded 1980
- Edited by
- Lattimore, Carmen
- Photograph by
- Andre Richardson Photography, American
- Date
- 1993
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with glue
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 3/8 in. (28.1 × 21.8 × 0.9 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 11 1/16 × 17 3/16 × 7/8 in. (28.1 × 43.6 × 2.3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition paperback of Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty Book by Pamela Ferrell with a forward written by Jacquelin Celeste Peters. The front cover is white with a tan-outlined, centrally featured, black-and-white photograph. The photograph depicts the heads and necks of five (5) women with different hairstyles. Four of the women are angled away from each corner of the image towards the center of the photograph and have their eyes closed. The fifth woman is depicted in the center of the photograph with her eyes open and staring directly at the viewer. The full title of the book is printed along the top third of the front cover in brown and tan text. Below the central image is more black and tan text that reads, [Featuring step-by-step braided and natural hair styles. / By Pam Ferrell of Cornrows & Co] followed by a trademark symbol. The back cover of the book is white with a tan outline. It features a small black-and-white image of the author in the top left corner followed by biographical information. Below the author’s information is a blurb summarizing the book’s purpose and contents. There is a white barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. On the book spine is the title of the book and the publisher’s information in black type. The interior pages, one hundred and twenty-nine (129) in total, are white with black type with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperback books
- Topic
- Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
- Caricature and cartoons
- Hair
- Identity
- Resistance
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joanne Hyppolite
- Object number
- 2016.37
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Holy Bible
- Published by
- The World Syndicate Publishing Company, American, 1908 - 1974
- Owned by
- McDaniel, Hattie, American, 1895 - 1952
- Date
- 1928 - 1935
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- ink on India paper, leather, metal, cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 13/16 × 4 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (17.3 × 11 × 4 cm)
- Title
- Bible owned by Hattie McDaniel
- Description
- A leather bound, illustrated bible with sides that once zipped closed to protect the pages; the zipper is now completely disconnected from the front cover. The front cover has black text in the top left quadrant which reads: [HOLY BIBLE / ILLUSTRATED]. In the bottom right quadrant in smaller text it reads: [Hattie McDaniel]. Attached to the zipper slider is a small chain with a larger metal loop at its end to ease the opening and closing of the bible. The second title page has an inscription to Hattie McDaniel from her niece.
- Place printed
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- Bibles
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Families
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Mae Elizabeth Alexander
- Object number
- 2016.8.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Newsweek Vol. CXXIII, No. 26
- Published by
- Newsweek, Inc., American, founded 1933
- Subject of
- Simpson, O. J., American, born 1947
- Date
- June 27, 1994
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)
- H x W (open): 10 1/2 × 15 7/8 in. (26.7 × 40.3 cm)
- Description
- An issue of Newsweek, Vol. CXXIII, No. 26. The front cover features a mugshot of OJ Simpson. Simpson is depicted staring in to the camera and is shown wearing a white shirt and dark jacket. In front of his chest is the prison number from the Los Angeles Police Department. Red type over the image reads: [TRAIL OF / BLOOD]. Black type along top edge of front cover reads: [HEALTH CARE: Who's Afraid / of 'Rationing"? / GAYS: / Tony Kushner / on Stonewall 25]. A barcode is featured in the bottom right corner of the cover. The interior consists of sixty-two pages. The back cover of the magazine features and advertisement for Absolut vodka.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1994 Newsweek, Inc. Permission required for use.
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White Supremacy and Negro Subordination; Or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, And (So-Called) Slavery its Normal Condition.
- Written by
- Dr. Van Evrie, John H., American, 1814 - 1896
- Published by
- Van Evrie, Horton & Co., American, 1860 - 1870
- Printed by
- Smith & McDougal, American, 1860 - 1884
- Date
- 1867; Printed 1868
- Medium
- ink on paper, with leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 1 5/16 in. (19.1 × 13.3 × 3.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 1/2 × 7 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (19.1 × 18.7 × 9.5 cm)
- Description
- A second edition of White Supremacy and Negro Subordination, by J. H. Van Evrie, a hardbound book covered in blue leather. The cover itself is blank, the spine of the book has the title [WHITE / SUPREMACY / and / NEGRO / SUBORDINATION / VAN EVRIE] in gold lettering with a makers stamp on the bottom that state [VE&Co]. There are approximately 410 pages. The stated intention of the book is to demonstrate “that the so-called slavery of the South was the Negro’s normal or natural condition.” Evrie cites phrenology, physical anthropology, comparative anatomy, and biological determinism in support of the argument that the enslaved were absolutely dependent on their masters. The work begins with a page of four illustrated figures and page numbers. Throughout the book, there are six colored lithographs depicting stereotypical figures of different races. The first illustration on page 16 is a man standing on a colorful tiled floor with Washington, D.C. in the background and is titled [CAUCASIAN]. The other lithographs are not titled. On page 67, an African figure is pictured wearing a loose white garment with swords tucked into a red sash. Behind the individual is a desert background. The third illustration, on page 89, is a color plate depicting an Asian indvidual holding a smoking pipe with a long shaft, standing next to a bamboo table, with mountains and a pagoda in the background. On page 221, an American Indian figure is depicted wearing a beaded and feathered headdress and animal skin leggings with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders. He carries a spear and stands on a rock. An Eskimo figure is shown on page 269. He is depicted wearing fur garments and holding an ice fishing spear, with snow covered mountains in the background. The last illustration plate on page 308 depicts a black man seated and smoking a pipe. He wears red striped pants that are soiled and torn at the knee, a white shirt and tan vest. He is barefoot. The tall masts of ships are visible in the background. The back of the book includes pages of advertisements for other works including those published by Van Evrie, Horton & Co.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- Stereotypes
- White supremacy movements
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Thomas P. Steward
- Object number
- 2017.37
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Program for Grambling State University Commemorative Football Game
- Distributed by
- Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
- Subject of
- Robinson, Edward Gay Sr., American, 1919 - 2007
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890
- Date
- November 15, 1997
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (28 × 21.6 cm)
- Caption
- This football program commemorates the final home game for legendary Grambling State University coach Eddie Robinson. Grambling fell to North Carolina A&T, 35-37. At the end of the 1997 season, Robinson retired after coaching Grambling for fifty-six years with an overall record of 408 wins (the second most in NCAA Division I history), 165 losses, and 15 ties.
- Description
- A Grambling State University Special Commemorative Football Game Souvenir Program celebrating head coach Eddie Robinson. At center of the front cover is the Grambling State University seal surrounded by 12 photographic images of Eddie Robinson, arranged in a circle. Below the circle of images, against a golden yellow background, text in black and red reads: ["Portraits of a Living Coaching Legend" / Special Commemorative Football Game Souvenir Program / Grambling State University / vs. / North Carolina A&T]. Below the text is a pre-printed signature: [Eddie Robinson]. In the bottom right corner printed in red is: [No. 0212]. The interior consists of fourteen pages of information about the team, pictures, letters, thanks to Robinson, and advertisements. The back cover contains and advertisement Johnny's Pizza House.
- Place used
- Grambling, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- programs
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Education
- Football
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Leonard L. Haynes, III
- Object number
- 2017.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Grambling State University. Permission required for use.
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Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
- Created by
- Spike Lee, American, born 1957
- Subject of
- Ross, Monty, American, born 1957
- Hicks, Tommie Redmond, American
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 53 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1900 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
- Caption
- "Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" is famed director Spike Lee's first feature film. Lee submitted the film as his thesis while attending New York University's filmmaking master's program. The film tells the story of a barbershop owner who must decide whether or not to make a deal with a local gangster in order to keep his shop open.
- Description
- "Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" is famed director Spike Lee's first feature film. Lee submitted the film as his thesis while attending New York University's filmmaking master's program. The film tells the story of a barbershop owner who must decide whether or not to make a deal with a local gangster in order to keep his shop open.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (a).
- 2017.55.22.1a:16mm film. The film begins with two men speaking idly in voiceover over black before one demands that the other starts the film. The credit sequence then proceeds. The first scene opens with a tracking and panning shots of a barbershop as the proprietor, Joe, packs a suitcase and closes the shop. The scene ends with two men demanding that Joe accompany them in their car. In the car, Joe attempts to make conversation to no avail.
- In the next scene, Joe begs for his life as the men tie cinderblocks to his body and toss him in the East River as retribution for stealing money from them.
- Zach, Joe's business partner, and his wife, Ruth, discuss what do about the barbershop now that Joe is dead. She insists that he sells it, while he refuses to do so. Ruth informs him that people only frequented the shop to play the numbers, not get their hair cut. A montage of Zach walking to the shop and opening for the day follows.
- Zach idles away the day in a mostly empty shop until a single customer comes in for a shave. The customer says the shop isn't the same without Joe running the numbers and overpays for his shave to help Zach when he is informed that Zach won't continue the racket. The film returns to Zach's home as Ruth returns from work. The two playfully continue their conversation about selling the shop.
- The subsequent scene takes place at the Department of Social Services where Ruth works. She is introduced to Teapot, a teenager at risk of falling into a life of crime. She pushes a resistant Zach to hire him in order to keep on the straight and narrow. In the next scene, Zach finds Teapot waiting outside the shop and puts him to work. Over a game of checkers, Teapot asks Zach why he doesn't have any customers. Zach explains that he won't do the processed hairstyles that have become popular. As Teapot sweeps up for the day, Zach informs him not to come in because he has some thinking to do.
- The next scene begins with a long panning shot of a group of young people standing in a circle around a boombox in the lobby of an apartment building. The boombox is turned on and the young people begin dancing to the unidentified hip hop music it plays. Ruth enters the building and winds her way through the partyers to the elevator, which she finds broken. She climbs the stairs to the apartment of Ms. Figueroa who initially refuses to open the door.
- The film cuts to the two men that murdered Joe standing over Zach as he naps in his barbershop. They ask him to go with them to meet their boss; he refuses and they besat him before taking him to an unidentified basement. The man who stopped in for a shave earlier in the film emerges from the darkness and identifies himself as Nicholas Lovejoy and the person responsible for running the numbers in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He tries to persuade Zach to continue taking people's numbers using the rhetoric of black empowerment. Zach appears to agree under duress.
- In an aside from the main plot, Teapot walks along the waterfront in Brooklyn Heights he comes across a model and photographer engaged in a photoshoot.
- The subsequent scene begins with Zach examining his wounds in a mirror at home. He sits down at a table and Ruth brings him something to eat. It is apparent that he has lied about the source of his injuries. Ruth implores him to reconsider his position on doing processed hairstyles in order to drum up business; to her frustration, he again refuses. She tries to convince him to join her at her parents' home in Atlanta, but he rejects the offer out of hand. Nicholas Lovejoy appears at the door and presents himself as Zach's business associate. A skeptical Ruth questions Lovejoy, who presents himself as an investor and mentions the value of the land where the barbershop sits.
- In the next scene, Lovejoy explains how to run the numbers to Zach as the two stand together at the Dean St. subway station. The film cuts to Zach's now very busy barber shop. Zach cuts hair as Teapot takes people's numbers. At the end of the busy day, Zach smiles as he sweeps the floor and sends Teapot home for the day.
- In another brief aside, Teapot teaches a younger child how to properly curse. This is followed by a scene in which Ruth returns to see Ms. Figueroa, but is attacked by an unidentified assailant in the stairway before reaching the apartment.
- The subsequent scene begins on Zach's stoop as he discusses the attack with Teapot. They go on to discuss the state of the neighborhood as they explore Teapot's now closed and abandoned elementary school. The scene concludes with them goofing around on the school's basketball court.
- Zach returns home and is confronted by a still rattled Ruth who asks that he stop involving Teapot in running the numbers. He agrees, but the film cuts to Teapot continuing to do so. Lovejoy's two enforcers enter the shop and instruct Zach to make sure that an unidentified individual receives a small package containing cash that they hand to him. Rather than ensure the package's delivery, he calls Ruth and instructs her to meet him at the airport to fly to Atlanta. He then hands several bills to Teapot and tells him to get out of New York for a while.
- At the airport, Zach purchases tickets, but Ruth fails to show. He receives a call and it appears as though Ruth has been kidnapped. Zach returns to the shop to find Lovejoy, his enforcers, and Ruth waiting for him. Lovejoy acts disappointed in Zach and demands the lease to the barbershop in exchange for not killing him. When Lovejoy and the others leave, Ruth castigates Zach for his stupidity before leaving the shop.
- The next morning Teapot opens the shop to find Zach asleep in one of the chairs. Zach asks why he didn't leave the city as instructed and Teapot explains that he used the cash to buy a camera. Resigned to his fate, Zach sits down to a game of checkers with Teapot.
- The film concludes with a close-up of the shop's barber pole.
- Original film can label read: AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X360 / TITLE JOE'S BED STUY BARBERSHOP
- Place depicted
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.22.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Spike Lee. Permission required for use.
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Directed by
- Thorsen, Karen, American
- Subject of
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014
- Angelou, Maya, American, 1928 - 2014
- Short, Bobby, American, 1924 - 2005
- Leeming, David Adams, American
- Styron, William, American, 1925 - 2006
- Reed, Ishmael, American, born 1938
- Happersberger, Lucien, Swiss, 1932 - 2010
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- 16mm Film (b): acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 50 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1800 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 24 Minutes
- Length (Film): 850 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Caption
- "James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket" recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- Description
- James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- The film includes footage of interviews and public speeches by Baldwin, scenes from Baldwin's funeral service, and explorations of Baldwin's homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem. Interviews with family and friends include his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger and entertainer Bobby Short.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (ab).
- 2017.55.23.1ab:16mm film.
- Original film can labels read:
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X347 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 1 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, New York City
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X348 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 2 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, N.Y. / 212-582-6050
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- Switzerland, Europe
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Activism
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil rights
- Film
- Gender
- LGBTQ
- Literature
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.23.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Karen Thorsen (Nobody Knows Productions). Permission required for use.
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Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
- Created by
- Ortiz, Carlos, Puerto Rican American, 1947 - 2008
- Subject of
- Machito, Cuban American, 1908 - 1984
- Puente, Tito, American, 1923 - 2000
- Barretto, Ray, American, 1929 - 2006
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Gordon, Dexter, American, 1923 - 1990
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 24 Minutes
- Length (Film): 850 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 28 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1000 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
- Description
- 16mm film on two reels (ab). A documentary profile of Cuban bandleader Frank "Machito" Grillo and a history of Latin jazz in the United States, with a focus on New York City, and the history of Cuban music in general, with footage from New York City and Cuba. Features Machito himself, as well as interviews with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Ray Barretto. The film includes performances, film clips, still photographs and newsreel material.
- Cultural Place
- Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, New York, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Film
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Latin jazz (Music)
- Musical films
- Salsa (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.67.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Icarus Films, ©1987. Permission required for use.
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Time vol. 91 no. 21
- Published by
- Time Inc., American, founded 1922
- Edited by
- Donovan, Hedley, American, 1914 - 1990
- Illustrated by
- Lichtenstein, Roy, American, 1923 - 1997
- Subject of
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
- Date
- May 24, 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 11 3/16 × 8 3/8 × 1/4 in. (28.4 × 21.3 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 11 3/16 × 16 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (28.4 × 41.9 × 15 cm)
- Description
- Time vol. 91 no. 21 from May 24, 1968. The front cover features a color cartoon portrait of Senator Robert Kennedy, set against a red background. Time magazine commissioned Roy Lichtenstein to produce the print for this issue. Kennedy is depicted from the shoulders up, speaking in front of five (5) microphones. Behind him is a red-white-and-blue background and Kennedy is outlined by a bright yellow burst of light that also falls on one side of his face. The portrait is bordered with a narrow white frame. In the bottom right corner of the portrait is the associated cover line printed in black text that reads, [BOBBY / KENNEDY]. Just below, printed in the white frame, is the artist’s name printed in black, stylized, block text that reads [ROY LICHTENSTEIN]. The masthead, printed in blue text, which is partially obscured by the top of Kennedy’s head, reads [TIME]. The price and date are printed in black text at the top of the front cover, [FIFTY CENTS ®] on the left and [May 24, 1968] on the right. The interior pages are white with black and red text, black-and-white photographs, color photographs, and illustrations. The magazine’s cover article about Kennedy’s presidential campaign is titled, “Nation: R.F.K.: WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS FOR.” The back cover features an advertisement for Tareyton 100’s cigarettes. This magazine issue is one hundred and ten (110) pages.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil rights
- Mass media
- Politics (Practical)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clarence, Mary, and Robert Bryant
- Object number
- 2017.88.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- @Time Inc. Permission required for use.
-
Jet vol. 27 no. 3
- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942
- Edited by
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Johnson, Robert Edward, American, 1922 - 1996
- Subject of
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
- Date
- October 22, 1964
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 5 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 1/16 in. (15 × 10.8 × 0.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 5 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 1/2 in. (15 × 21.2 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- Jet Magazine, volume 27, number 3 from October 22, 1964. The front cover features a black and white image of New York Senatorial candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, set against a red background. Kennedy is depicted in the left foreground of the image standing above, and facing, a large crowd of people. Kennedy’s hands are outstretched in front of him and he is clasping the hands of two people in the crowd below. The crowd of people in the right foreground have hands extended towards Kennedy. A row of policemen stand between Kennedy and the crowd. A caption printed in white text, right of center, at the bottom of the image reads, [The Kennedy touch / is magic in Harlem]. The associated cover line, running along the bottom of the cover in a red banner, is printed in white type that reads, [ROBERT KENNEDY BATTLES FOR NEGRO VOTE]. The top third of the front cover is the mast head in white text [JET] on the left side, and the date line, printed below in black text that reads, [Oct. 22. 1964]. The magazine price is printed in the top left corner in white text in a black circle, [20c]. To the right of the masthead, is the cover line, [HOW MOVIE STARS / AID FIGHT FOR / FAIR HOUSING] written in black text in a small white field. The interior pages are white with black and red text, black-and-white photographs, and illustrations. The magazine’s cover article about Kennedy’s candidacy for a New York Senate seat is titled, “Robert Kennedy Battles For Negro Vote.” The back cover features an advertisement for Old Hickory Bourbon. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil rights
- Mass media
- Politics (Practical)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clarence, Mary, and Robert Bryant
- Object number
- 2017.88.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- @Johnson Publishing Company. Permission required for use.