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Scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams about Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
- Created by
- Williams, W.D., 1905 - 1984
- Subject of
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Williams, W.D., 1905 - 1984
- Date
- 1954-1964
- Medium
- cardboard, construction paper, metal, ink , paper, silver on photographic gelatin and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 2 in. (36.8 x 31.1 x 5.1 cm)
- Description
- Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity scrapbook. The scrapbook is from the Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The cover is black with gold lettering and decorative borders. Inside are typed descriptions of the chapters history and members, black-and-white photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, and flyers. The scrapbook has sixteen pages (eight book leaves) as well as several loose pieces of paper, envelopes and pictures. The cover is detached from the four ring binder holding the pages.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Education
- Fraternities
- Men
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending Hampton Institute
- Created by
- Williams, W.D., 1905 - 1984
- Subject of
- Williams, Loula Cotten, American, died 1927
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Mary S. Williams, American, born 1907
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- paper, metal, newsprint, ink, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 12 x 14 x 1 in. (30.5 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm)
- Open (flat): 1 1/8 × 28 13/16 × 12 1/2 in. (2.9 × 73.2 × 31.8 cm)
- Description
- A scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending the Hampton Institute. The scrapbook has a printed ocean scene on the front cover of a man and woman walking on a beach with waves in the background. The scrapbook contains news clippings, photos, personal letters, calling cards, and class photographs. Williams played football at Hampton and the scrapbook includes numerous football programs, photographs, and news articles related to him and the team. Also included is correspondence related to his job as a waiter as well as concert and theater programs. There is an obituary for his mother, Loula T. Williams, who passed away in 1927 having never recovered from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and correspondence related to the death and funeral. There is also a newspaper clipping announcing the wedding of W.D. Williams to Mary S. Robertson, another Hampton Institute graduate.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Education
- Football
- Funeral customs and rites
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Marriage customs and rites
- Social life and customs
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Scrapbook about Mary S. Williams and the Tulsa Youth Council of the N.A.A.C.P.
- Compiled by
- Mary S. Williams, American, born 1907
- Subject of
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Williams, W.D., 1905 - 1984
- Date
- 1939-1942
- Medium
- paper, newsprint, ink, adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15 × 10 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (38.1 × 27.3 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A large scrapbook compiled by Mary S. Williams, sponsor of the Tulsa Youth Council of the N.A.A.C.P. The cover of the scrapbook has a outdoor fall woodsy scene with [SCRAPBOOK] in red letters at bottom center. The interior pages contains mostly newspaper clippings as well as pamphlets, event programs, conference ephemera, and a copy of the N.A.A.C.P. Youth Herald newsletter. The subjects include membership and leadership changes for the organization, essay contests, a protest of the segregated Youth and Democracy Rally, the 9th Annual Vocational Opportunity Campaign, and cleaning up vacant lots in Greenwood as part of National Negro Health Week. On one page is a group photograph of the [1922 Football Squad of Hampton Institute], which includes W.D. Williams. Towards the back of the scrapbook is a [Certificate of Affiliation] with the "Double V Clubs of America." The first and last few pages have handwritten inscriptions from students addressed to Mrs. W.D. Williams.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Communities
- Education
- Families
- Labor
- Segregation
- Social reform
- World War II
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.32
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Lobby card for Lying Lips
- Distributed by
- Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
- Directed by
- Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
- Subject of
- Harris, Edna Mae, American, 1910 - 1997
- Jones, Robert Earl, American, 1910 - 2006
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for Lying Lips.
- This lobby card for Lying Lips depicts a color scene from the film. There are four people in the image, three men and one woman. There is a man sitting at a large wooden desk on the proper right side of the image. He is wearing a dark blue long sleeve shirt. His arms are resting in front of him on top of some piles of paper. There is a lamp on the proper left corner of the desk. Edna Mae Harris is standing in front of the desk, facing the sitting man. She is wearing a burgundy brimmed hat, a red and tan plaid coat, and a green shirt or dress with a bow at the neck. Her proper right hand is resting on the desk. There is a man standing to her proper right side. He is standing in front of a door and is wearing a navy and gold uniform shirt and hat. He is looking at Harris. There is a man standing behind Harris. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a dark brown brimmed hat, vest, and suit jacket, a red necktie, and a white pocket square. His proper right hand is resting on the desk next to Harris’s hand and his proper left arm is bent. There is blue and red text on a yellow background in the top proper right corner of the image. It reads [OSCAR MICHEAUX / presents / LYING LIPS]. In the bottom proper left corner there is blue and green text which reads "WITH / EDNA MAE HARRIS / The Personality Girl / And an All Star/ COLORED CAST / Printed in U.S.A.]. There is blue text on the bottom proper right side in the border which reads [Copyright MICHEAUX PICTURES CORP. New York]. There is a red trim around the image, which is abstract in shape. There is a border around the image and the text. There are some small tears and scuff marks in the border.
- The back of the lobby card is blank with some small scuff marks.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Independent films
- Justice
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.124
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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USA Hockey Magazine, Volume 29, Number 3
- Published by
- USA Hockey Inc.
- Distributed by
- USA Hockey, American, founded 1937
- Subject of
- Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, American, founded 1978
- Henderson, Neal, born 1937
- Date
- March 2007
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Closed): 10 3/4 × 8 5/16 in. (27.3 × 21.1 cm)
- H x W (Open): 10 3/4 × 16 7/16 in. (27.3 × 41.7 cm)
- Caption
- Founded in 1978 by coach Neal Henderson, the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Program is the nation’s oldest minority youth hockey program. Since its inception, the program has trained out of the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in the largely African American Southeast quadrant of Washington D.C. The Fort Dupont program has been the model for other inner-city based hockey programs across the country. The program's mission is to provide total training for all participants and to provide educational purpose, discipline, and self-esteem.
- Description
- A March 2007 issue of USA Hockey Magazine with Neal Henderson and Fort Dupont players on cover. The players and coaches are dressed in full uniforms and were all standing looking up towards the camera. Near the top center of the group, Neal Henderson is featured standing and has a yellow box around his head. Black and yellow text near the bottom reads [A Washington Monument]. Small black text in the bottom right corner reads [Neil (sic) Henderson Has Been Teaching Hockey Skills And Life Lessons To Generations of D.C. Youth]. The interior consists of hockey articles and advertisements. The Fort Dupont team is featured on pages 16-22 and consists of details about the team, the program, and Henderson. The article also includes images of the team. The back of the magazine has an advertisement for Warrior hockey gloves.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Colorado, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Topic
- Communities
- Hockey
- Local and regional
- Mass media
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Neal Henderson, Founder and Coach of the Fort Dupont Hockey Program
- Object number
- 2019.67.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © USA Hockey Inc. Permission required for use.
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Embroidered patch for Ice Hockey in Harlem
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Ice Hockey in Harlem, American, founded 1987
- Date
- after 1987
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- thread and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
- Caption
- Founded in 1987, Ice Hockey in Harlem is a non-profit organization that gives roughly 250 children between the ages of 5 to 18 the opportunity to learn the game of ice hockey and participate in academic enrichment programs free of charge. Most of the program’s participants, who must be residents of Harlem or Upper Manhattan, are black and Hispanic. Ice Hockey in Harlem is one of several programs across the country, including the Fort Dupont program in Washington D.C., the Snider Hockey program in Philadelphia, and the Detroit Ice Dreams, focused on increasing black and minority participation in ice hockey.
- Description
- Ice Hockey in Harlem embroidered patch.
- The circular patch is white with a blue border. There is an embroidered image of a cityscape in black thread with white windows. There is a red, black, and white embroidered image of a hockey player in the center of the cityscape. He has a black face mask, gloves, and skates, with a red and white uniform. His legs are angled towards the proper right side of the patch with a spray of ice at the bottom. He is holding a black hockey stick on the proper left side. There are blue embroidered block letters under the image which read [ICE HOCKEY]. The text below is made out of red thread. It reads [IN] in small, thin text and [Harlem] in a bigger script font. The back of the patch has a clear plastic on it and the reverse of the thread design on the front can be seen.
- Place used
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- patches
- Topic
- Children
- Hockey
- Recreation
- Urban life
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ice Hockey in Harlem
- Object number
- 2019.74.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ice Hockey in Harlem
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Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey worn by Seth Jones
- Manufactured by
- Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
- Worn by
- Seth Jones, American, born 1994
- Subject of
- Columbus Blue Jackets, American, founded 2000
- National Hockey League, American and Canadian, founded 1917
- Date
- 2019
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- synthetic fiber with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat, width at chest): 34 × 23 1/4 in. (86.4 × 59.1 cm)
- H x W (flat, width cuff to cuff): 34 × 60 1/4 in. (86.4 × 153 cm)
- Caption
- Seth Jones became the highest-drafted African American in National Hockey League (NHL) history when he was selected fourth overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL Draft.
- After being traded to Columbus Blue Jackets in 2016, Jones has established himself as a three-time All-Star for the Blue Jackets and one of the best defensemen in the entire NHL. Known as a fierce and relentless defender, Jones is a versatile star who can also score goals and dish out assists. Jones has become an African American star in a sport that has been slow to embrace diversity. Despite a record 28 black players playing in the NHL during the 2017-18 season, blacks accounted for roughly only three percent of the league.
- Description
- A game-worn, Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey. The home jersey was worn by Jones for twenty minutes during the 2019-2020 home opener. The jersey is navy blue with white, red, and silver accents. The front of the jersey has the team logo at center: a white and silver star surrounded by the red, white, and blue Ohio Burgee (state flag). Above the logo, just below the red lined neckline, there is a NHL logo. The sleeves are navy blue and edged with red and white. Both sleeves have patches on the shoulder, the number [3] in white with a red outline just below the patches, and white stars right above the sleeve cuff. The patches are outlined in silver and have cannons at the center. Above the cannon, white text reads [Columbus Blue Jackets]. Red and white lines run from the proper left sleeve cuff to the proper right sleeve cuff. The bottom of the jersey is white with a red accent. The back of the jersey is mostly navy blue and has [Jones] in white lettering at center. Above the name is a white Adidas logo. Below the name is a large number [3] in white and edged in red. Red and white lines run from proper left sleeve cuff to the proper right sleeve cuff. The bottom of the jersey is white with a red accent. The interior of the jersey has several tags and a set of fight straps. At the neck a black tag with white lettering that reads [Made in Canada / Hencho En Canada /Fabrique au Canada / adidas (with logo) / USA 58 / E 58 / CDN 58\. A white tag with blue and black lettering on the interior bottom reads [MeiGrayGroup / NHL Game-Worn Jersey / 2019-20 Season/ S01766]. Another tag on the interior bottom has an image of Rich Street bridge next to black text that reads reads [2019-20 Season / (Blue Jackets logo) / Official Game Jersey / Tim LeRoy Equiptment Manager/ Columbus Blue Jackets]. Just below the bottom of the [3] on the inside of the jeresy is a fight strap, a white strap with metal fasteners, that hooks into hockey pants.
- Place used
- Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Canada, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- jerseys
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Hockey
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Seth Jones
- Object number
- 2020.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Hockey stick used and signed by Joel Ward
- Manufactured by
- Reebok International Ltd., British, founded 1895
- Used by
- Ward, Joel Randal, Canadian, born 1980
- Signed by
- Ward, Joel Randal, Canadian, born 1980
- Subject of
- Washington Capitals, American, born 1974
- Date
- 2011-2014
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- carbon
- Dimensions
- H x W: 68 1/2 × 9 in. (174 × 22.9 cm)
- Description
- A Reebok Ribcor Tri Matrix hockey stick game-used by Joel Ward. The stick is mostly black with silver, white, and neon green accents. The top of the stick has red and white tape on the handle. On one of the edges white text reads: [WARD / M / 95 / T / E03504 / V02 / SV]. Another edge has two stickers with the stick's serial number printed in black ink. The blade has Joel Wards signature and number on the front side.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational
- Type
- hockey sticks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.133
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Rough Surf Crashing Ashore
- Created by
- Newton, Harold, American, 1934 - 1994
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- oil paint on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (framed): 27 7/8 × 51 1/2 × 2 in. (70.8 × 130.8 × 5.1 cm)
- Caption
- Harold Newton was a member of the Florida Highwaymen, a group of self-taught artists who worked in Florida starting in the 1950s. The Highwaymen leveraged their entrepreneurial spirit to create an independent artistic tradition during the era of segregation. The group was made up of twenty-five men and one woman. Their art provided an alternative livelihood to the regional agricultural and factory work. Though he had no formal training, Newton was informally mentored by the successful artist A.E. “Bean” Backus from Fort Pierce, Fl. Harold’s brothers, Sam and Lemuel, were also painters.
- The group created a great quantity of work, often dozens of paintings per day, which would be sold inexpensively. The paintings depict Florida landscapes and are renowned for their vibrant colors and serene scenes. Like other Highwaymen, Newton sold his paintings door to door and out of his car along roadways. This practice led Jim Finch, a Sebring Florida gallery owner, to name the group the “Highwaymen” in a 1995 essay, prompting a renewed public interest. In 2004, they were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
- Fort Pierce and the Florida Humanities Council. “The Highwaymen Trail.” 2012. https://thehighwaymentrail.com/bibliography/.
- Description
- Oil painting of breaking surf. The right side of the painting (a) has rocks in the foreground with crashing waves and ocean spray. The waves are shown in shades of green with some white-caps. There is a band of grey clouds on the horizon. Sunlight is reflected on the water and lightens the sky from just out of the frame. The work is signed at the bottom right.
- The wooden frame (b) is made from repurposed construction materials. The front of the frame is painted white with gold-colored paint lightly applied on top. The board is secured to the frame with small nails. A metal wire anchored with a screw eye on each side is strung across the upper back. There are paint marks on the back of the board and frame.
- Place made
- Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- American South
- Art
- Nature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Flory Kahn in memory of Wolf and Tybe Kahn
- Object number
- 2014.185.13ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Harold Newton
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Lobby card for The Duke Is Tops
- Issued by
- Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940
- Subject of
- Popkin, Harry M., American, 1906 - 1991
- Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for "The Duke Is Tops".
- The lobby card features a large color image of three men. The man on the far proper right side is wearing a white collared shirt, a tan suit jacket and pants, and a red stripe necktie. He is turned towards the proper left side and is looking at the other two men. The man in the center is Ralph Cooper. He is sitting on a desk with his hands folded in his lap. He us wearing a white collared shirt, a navy suit jacket and pants, a tan brimmed hat with a black ribbon around it, a pink brooch, a white pocket square, and a patterned necktie. The man to his proper left is Monte Hawley, sitting on the edge of the desk and turned to face Cooper. His right hand is gesturing in the direction of Cooper and his left hand resting on his right thigh. He is wearing a collared shirt, a pinstripe suit jacket and pants, and an orange necktie and pocket square. There is a hat on the desk and there are windows and a hanging light fixture in the background. There is a large circle in the bottom left corner with text that reads [HARRY M. POPKIN / PRESENTS / Ralph / Cooper / the DUKE is TOPS / Swing Musical Sensation]. The text is red, yellow, and green and at the bottom of the circle is an illustration in blue of female dancer figures on a stage with a staff of musical notes. There is orange text below the circle which reads [MADE IN U.S.A.]. There is a border around the image. The top of the border and the top of the image have areas of discoloration.
- The back of the lobby card is blank with some areas of discoloration.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Musical films
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.103
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Obama 08
- Created by
- Monroe, Van Taylor III, American
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Manufactured by
- Nike Inc., American, founded 1971
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- paint on leather with rubber and synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (14 x 11.1 cm). 12 US shoe size.
- Description
- One pair of hand-painted sneakers (.1ab) featuring Barack Obama, with shoe box (.2). The shoes are a pair of white basketball sneakers, Nike Air Force 1s, painted over with an image of Obama's face in tones of grey against a blue background on the side panel; each sneaker features Obama in a different pose with the title [Obama 08] to the bottom left.The logo from the Obama campaign is painted in color to the left of Obama's image and in grey on the top toe panel. The left shoe (.1a) has navy laces and features the message [YES WE CAN] in white against a navy background; the right shoe (.1b) has red laces and features the message [CHANGE] in white against a navy background. The sneakers also feature blue stars placed on the inner shoe front panel and the artist's signature on the left sneaker.
- Place made
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- shoes (footwear)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Van Taylor Monroe, III
- Object number
- 2009.4.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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"Three Hole" brass cuff by Art Smith
- Designed by
- Smith, Art, American, 1917 - 1982
- Owned by
- Williams, Anne, American, born 1924
- Signed by
- Smith, Art, American, 1917 - 1982
- Date
- 1946-1979
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- brass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 × 2 1/2 × 2 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm)
- Description
- A brass cuff with three holes. There is an opening on the back where it goes over the wrist. The "holes" are curved openings with pointed ends that stick out. The design is not symmetrical. There are two holes on the top and one on the bottom. The holes are textured. The insides are rippled and the designs around the outside of the holes are crackled. The cuff has an uneven color and minor scratches. The inside of the cuff is a darker color and has Art Smith's signature carved into it.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Art Smith Jewelry Collection
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Adornment
- Type
- bracelets (jewelry)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.174.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Art Smith
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Flight
- Created by
- C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- anthracite
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/16 in. (6.8 × 6 × 3.6 cm)
- Description
- This anthracite coal sculpture by C. Edgar Patience features an abstract sculpted upper portion with jagged, irregular edges protruding from the top of a rectangular polished base with rounded corners. A paper label adhered to the bottom of the base reads in printed black ink "Flight / N.F.S.".
- Place made
- Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- sculpture
- Topic
- Art
- Craftsmanship
- Folklife
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dr. Juanita Patience Moss and descendants
- Object number
- 2016.70.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Dr. Juanita Patience Moss
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Keepsake pocket bank for the National Negro Memorial
- Commissioned by
- National Memorial Association, American, 1916 - 1933
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1926
- Medium
- metal , celluloid , and ink
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 3/8 in. (6.5 × 6.5 × 1 cm)
- Description
- Three-dimensional cylinder with Bakelite ivory tone top and bottom covers; top cover features image of 1926 original design intent for the National Negro Memorial.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- souvenirs
- Topic
- Associations and institutions
- Identity
- Local and regional
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Ball-Hoagland family in honor of Robert Ball
- Object number
- 2016.74
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Freedom Quilt
- Created by
- Telfair, Jessie Bell Williams, American, 1913 - 1986
- Date
- ca. 1975
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 73 × 87 in. (185.4 × 221 cm)
- Caption
- Quilter Jessie Telfair was inspired to make this quilt in the mid-1970’s as an expression and memorialization of her experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1960s, Telfair was encouraged by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s efforts to register African American voters in Southwest Georgia. Telfair decided to register to vote. When her employers learned of her actions, they fired her from her job as a cafeteria worker at an elementary school in her small community of Parrott, Georgia. The quilt is an affirmation of her personal freedom as well as a statement about the freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens. Telfair later made two more quilts of nearly identical design, one is in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York and the other is at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
- Description
- A pieced and appliqued cotton quilt designed and quilted by Jessie Telfair. The quilt consists of bold blue block letters on red squares, arranged to spell the word [FREEDOM] along a horizontal axis, repeated in six rows. Smaller white square blocks separate the red squares. The backing is white.
- Place made
- Parrott, Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Textiles-Quilts
- Type
- quilts
- Topic
- American South
- Art
- Civil rights
- Craftsmanship
- Folklife
- Freedom
- Resistance
- Rural life
- Suffrage
- Textile design
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia Dwan
- Object number
- 2017.40
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Digital image of a crowd of marchers during the Women's March
- Photograph by
- Jones, Leah L., American, born 1978
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Women's March, American, founded 2017
- Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Date
- January 21, 2017
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3840pixels × 5760pixels (3840 × 5760 cm)
- Description
- A digital image of a crowd of marchers during the Women's March in Washington, DC on January 21, 2017. The crowd of marchers is on 14th Street between Madison and Constitution Avenues, outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Many in the crowd hold handmade posters. One of the posters is a cutout depicting Angela Davis as Lady Liberty, raising her right fist in a Black Power salute. Other posters visible in the crowd read: [My Body / My Choice / Her Body / Her Choice] and [Who Run The World (drawings of arrows pointing down to the crowd)].
- 126.59 MB
- Place depicted
- 14th Street, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Feminism
- Gender
- Identity
- Local and regional
- Museums
- Photography
- Politics
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leah L. Jones
- Object number
- 2017.87.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leah L. Jones
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Man Made
- Published by
- The Studio Museum in Harlem, American, founded 1968
- Edited by
- Patel, Samir S.
- Designed by
- Studio Lin, American, founded 2009
- Printed by
- Cosmos Communications, American, founded 1933
- Illustrated by
- Readymade Projects, American, founded 1997
- Subject of
- Burks, Stephen, American, born 1969
- Musarurwa, Willard, Zimbabwean
- Date
- 2011
- Medium
- ink on paper, plastic, book cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 × 1/4 in. (23.8 × 18.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Exhibition catalog for Steven Burks' first solo New York museum show, Stephen Burks | Man Made, at the Studio Museum in Harlem.
- The catalog has a clear plastic cover over the front and back. There is a brown vinyl book cloth over the spine. The front plastic cover has white printed text which reads [Stephen Burks] at the top with larger text for [Man / Made] in the center. [STUDIO / MUSEUM / HARLEM] is printed diagonally in the lower right corner. There is a paper cover visible beneath the plastic with a variety of images and text. There are images of Stephen Burks and Willard Musarurwa and wire furniture pieces from the TaTu design collaboration. The top center has an image of a bearded, unidentified man. Black text on the left reads [N / E / A]. The bottom has neon pink printed text identifying the TaTu Furniture and Accessories Collection. The catalog is signed in the lower right by Stephen Burks.
- The back cover has a paper back under the clear plastic cover. Some of the text on the front cover is on the back, as though the plastic was resting on top of another copy of the catalog and the text partially transferred. The paper cover has printed text in neon pink. [ESSAY] is printed in the center using a series of dots. There is a graphic of an artistic furniture piece titled “Material Composition 3 (Crown)” in the lower right. In the lower left corner is [Transformations / through Design: / Engaging / the Hand-Made / Keith Recker].
- The catalog includes a biography of Stephen Burks. The book has five (5) sections: Collage, Sketch, Text, Image, Essay, each with different paper stock and a variety of colors. The section heading is printed in the center of each page using a series of dots. Each section has sixteen (16) pages. The text and essays in the book were written by Naomi Beckwith, Studio Museum associate curator; Thelma Golden, Studio Museum director and chief curator; Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design curator; and Keith Recker, founder and editor of HAND/EYE Magazine.
- Place depicted
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
- Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Type
- catalogs
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Graphic design
- Museums
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michelle Joan Wilkinson
- Object number
- 2018.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2011 The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Permission required for use.
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Necklace pendant worn by Baba Chuck
- Designed by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Davis, Charles Rudolph, American, 1937 - 2017
- Date
- late 20th-early 21st century
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Medium
- sterling silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overal with lanyard): 23 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in. (60 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm)
- H x W x D (Pendant): 7 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/16 in. (18.4 × 8.3 × 0.8 cm)
- H x W x D (A2018.98.1.2 (necklace in curled display position)): 9 × 7 × 3/4 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A large necklace pendant attached to a lanyard (A2018.98.1.2.2) worn by dancer Charles Rudolph Davis, also known as Baba Chuck. The pendant is comprised of two (2) pieces: a large spoon shaped piece and a squat column shaped piece. The large spoon shaped piece has a roughly oval shaped body that narrows at the shoulders of the spoon to a rounded off point at the top. The point at the top is decorated with a molded floral pattern: two (2) five (5) petal flowers and a rose. The top of the spoon pendant has a small hole that is threaded through with a jump ring, attached to a teardrop shaped bail. The body of the spoon pendant is polished silver with cutouts shaped like Africa and Madagascar. The name [BabaChuck], in silver, runs across the top half of the Africa cut out. There are two (2) small round perforations at the bottom of the spoon pendant where it is attached it to the squat column shaped piece with three (3) jump rings on each side. The squat column shaped piece has an ovular cutout in the middle with a depiction of a stylized dancer, depicted in full length profile. The back of the pendant is undecorated.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Dr. Baba Chuck Davis Archive
- Classification
- Adornment
- Type
- pendants (jewelry)
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Fashion
- Identity
- Modern dance
- Ornamentation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ngoma & Normadien Woolbright in memory of Dr. Chuck Davis
- Object number
- A2018.98.1.2.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Poster advocating for Angela Davis
- Created by
- New York Committee to Free Davis, Angela, American, founded 1971
- Subject of
- Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Date
- ca. 1971
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 17 1/16 × 15 1/4 in. (43.4 × 38.7 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 21 7/16 × 16 11/16 in. (54.4 × 42.4 cm)
- Description
- This poster depicts Angela Davis, shown from the chest up. Wearing a shirt with a zig zag pattern, she turns her head to her right. Below the image is black text that reads "FREE ANGELA DAVIS NOW! / New York Committee to free Angela Davis. 29 West 15th ST. 7th Floor/ New York, N.Y. 10011. 929 2010."
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- posters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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CC0
Flyer Advertising an Evening with Angela Davis
- Created by
- The Davis, Angela Legal Defense Fund, American, founded 1972
- New York Committee to Free Davis, Angela, American, founded 1971
- Subject of
- Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Madison Square Garden, American, founded 1968
- Butler, Jerry Jr., American, born 1939
- Carmen McRae, American, 1920 - 1994
- Seeger, Pete, American, 1919 - 2014
- Davis, Ossie, American, 1917 - 2005
- Barretto, Ray, American, 1929 - 2006
- Cyril Philip
- Date
- July 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- This flyer advertises a celebratory benefit event with Angela Davis. The flyer is white with black text and features an illustration of Angela Davis on the top right. The flyer reads [THE ANGELA DAVIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND / Presents / A VICTORY / CELEBRATION / THURSDAY-JUNE 29- 7:30 P.M. / An Evening / with / Angela Davis / BENEFIT FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS]. Performers are listed as [RAY BARRETTO / JERRY BUTLER / CARMEN MCCRAE / PETE SEEGER / VOICES OF EAST HARLEM / OSSIE DAVIS, M.C.]. Additional information about the event, ticket pricing, and where to buy tickets is printed underneath the illustration and text. The back of the flyer is blank except for two handwritten notes. On top, in graphite text, handwriting reads [M30669-1]. The date, [JULY 1972] is handwritten in blue in the bottom corner.
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- East Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Nuyorican Movement
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Latin jazz (Music)
- Music
- Politics
- Prisons
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.135
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain