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Postcard of Harriet Tubman, Nelson Davis, and daughter Gertie

Published by: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., American
Photograph by: Cheney, William Haight, 1850 - 1905
Subject of: Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913; Davis, Nelson, American, died 1888; Davis, Gertie, born 1873
Written by: Gaines, Sedalia
Received by: Mariline Northrup Wilkins

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 6 x 4 1/4 in. (15.2 x 10.8 cm)

Type: portraits; postcards

Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America; Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1887; printed 1992

Description: A black-and-white postcard featuring a photograph of Harriet Tubman, her husband Nelson Davis, and their adopted daughter Gertie. Tubman stands on the left holding a round pan. The postcard was sent to Mariline Wilkins in Philadelphia, PA from Sedalia Gaines in 1992.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Correspondence; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson

Object number: 2009.50.13

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography; Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button for the Harriet Tubman Home

Issued by: National Tubman, Harriet Shrine Committee, American
Subject of: Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913

Medium: metal , cloth
Dimensions: H x W: 3 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 3.2 cm)

Type: portraits; buttons (information artifacts)

Place used: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1954

Description: A pinback button with a black-and-white print of Harriet Tubman under the words "Harriet Tubman Home." Attached is a ribbon designed to look like the American flag.

Topic: African American; Associations and institutions; Housing; Social reform; United States--History

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson

Object number: 2009.50.6

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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The Song of Hiawatha Op.30

Published by: Novello & Company, British
Written by: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, British, 1875 - 1912

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)

Type: scores

Place depicted: London, England, Europe; New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1900

Description: Full score for the opera, "The Song of Hiawatha Op. 30", written by the Anglo-African composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. "The Song of Hiawatha Op. 30" is a trilogy of cantatas by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, produced between 1898 and 1900, which included "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", "The Death of Minnehaha", and "Hiawatha's Departure". The first part, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", was particularly famous for many years and it made the composer's name known throughout the world.

Topic: African American; Opera (Music)

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

Object number: 2011.57.29.2

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Postcard of Buck Leonard Baseball Hall of Fame plaque

Created by: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, American, founded 1936
Printed by: Curt Teich & Company, 1898 - 1978
Subject of: Leonard, Walter Fenner "Buck", American, 1907 - 1997; Homestead Grays, American, 1912 - 1950

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.7 cm)

Type: postcards

Place depicted: Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1972

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of a brass plaque on a yellow background. Handwritten in faded black ink at the top of the card is "Walter F. Buck Leonard." The plaque has a depiction of Leonard in a baseball uniform. Under the portrait is the text, "WALTER FENNER LEONARD / "BUCK" / NEGRO LEAGUES 1933 - 1950." The back of the postcard is unused. Preprinted green text at the top reads: [National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum / Cooperstown, New York / plaque of / Walter F. (Buck) Leonard / Elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame 1974 / Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues] next to that text at the top is stamp box. Below the stamp box additional green text reads: [Post Card]. The back also publishing information and an inscription of the letter [N]. There are also two pieces of tape on the far right edge of the back of the postcard.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Baseball; Segregation

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

Object number: 2012.172.21.4

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman

Photograph by: Powelson, Benjamin F., American, 1823 - 1885
Subject of: Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place captured: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1868-1869

Description: A carte-de-visite of Harriet Tubman seated in an interior room. She is positioned slightly turned to the right and gazes off camera. Her right hand rests on the back of a wooden chair and her left hand rests in her lap. A body patterned carpet covers the floor and the wall or drop behind her is a blank light color. Tubman wears a black bodice that buttons at the center front and has dropped sleeves with heavy ruching and ruffled details on the sleeves. There is a panel of lighter fabric around the yoke, with the upper neck the same dark color as the body of the bodice. A white lace collar with short tails is crossed and pinned at the front of her neck. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. Tubman's full skirt is made from a light and dark patterned gingham check. It drapes slightly on the floor and hides her feet completely. The text "Harriet Tubman" is handwritten in graphite across the bottom of her skirt. The print is mounted on card stock and a double-lined red border is printed around the front edges of the card framing the print.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page with this photograph is the text "Powelson photog. / Auburn Ny".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Freedom; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.47

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Telegram to Althea Gibson from Eleanor Roosevelt

Created by: Western Union, founded 1851; Eleanor Roosevelt, American, 1884 - 1962
Subject of: Gibson, Althea, American, 1927 - 2003; Baker, Bertram L., American, 1898 - 1985

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 5 11/16 x 7 7/8 in. (14.4 x 20 cm)

Type: telegrams

Place depicted: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States, North and Central America; Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 30, 1951

Description: A telegram sent from Eleanor Roosevelt to Bertram Baker. It is stamped: [51 July 30 AM].

Topic: African American; Athletes; Communication; Tennis

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

Object number: 2009.27.3.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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Business card for Pepsi-Cola employee Philip G. Kane

Created by: PepsiCo Inc., American, founded 1898
Subject of: PepsiCo Inc., American, founded 1898; Kane, Philip, American

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 x 3 1/2 in. (5.1 x 8.9 cm)

Type: business cards

Place depicted: Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1941

Description: A Pepsi-Cola business card in the 1941 style. The card features the Pepsi-Cola logo, in red, at center. The bottom left corner has the name Phillip G. Kane and the bottom right corner has the address for the Pepsi-Cola Company of 47-51 33rd Street, Long Island City, N.Y.

Topic: African American; Business

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Capparell, author of The Real Pepsi Challenge

Object number: 2011.35.2.17

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Tools and Equipment-Occupational

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Alice Coltrane Black Journal segment

16mm motion picture film of Alice Coltrane [Black Journal segment]

Produced by: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970; Greaves, William, American, 1926 - 2014
Directed by: Bourne, St. Clair, American, 1943 - 2007
Subject of: Coltrane, Alice, American, 1937 - 2007; Coltrane, John, American, 1926 - 1967
Owned by: Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931

Medium: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
Dimensions: Duration: 17 Minutes; Length (Film): 580 Feet

Type: motion pictures (information artifacts)

Place filmed: Dix Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Caption: This 16mm film is a documentary segment focusing on the life of Alice Coltrane and her children in the wake of the death of her husband, famed jazz magician John Coltrane.
Description: The 16mm color film print is a short documentary made for a segment of National Education Television's Black Journal television program. The segment focuses on the life of Alice Coltrane and her children in the wake of the death of her husband, famed jazz magician John Coltrane. This film was shot sometime during 1970; three years after the death of John Coltrane.; Consists of: 16mm Film (a).; 2012.79.1.16.1a: 16mm film. This film opens with a collage of photos of jazz musician John Coltrane with a voice-over of a male narrator communicating the musical genius and personal demeanor of the renowned music artist. The voice-over ends with an open-ended statement on John Coltrane's family; leading into an interview with his wife, Alice Coltrane. Alice Coltrane discusses the influence her late husband has had on her life, both musically and spiritually. She speaks of him being a spiritual person, although not tied to one organized religion, his vegetarian diet, and the how he carved time out of his days to meditate. There is footage of their children playing in the yard and walking with their mother. Alice plays the harp and talks about how her music is a manifestation of her spirituality. She discusses her musical career and how she balances that with being a mother and paying tribute to her late husband, but also not wanting to be defined as an extension of John Coltrane's music. Instead, when she finds herself playing some of the music he wrote, she sees herself as sharing in what he produced throughout his career. Footage of her playing the piano at a small jazz concert with a few other musicians plays for two minutes. In the final minutes of the segment, Alice Coltrane explains her relationship with a higher power and the personal enlightenment she has felt and gained through meditation. The film ends with a dolly-out/zoom-out long shot of Alice Coltrane and her children waving from their home.

Topic: African American; Families; Film; Jazz (Music); Motherhood; Musicians; Spirituality; Television

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

Object number: 2012.79.1.16.1a

Restrictions & Rights: © National Educational Television

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Collection title: Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?

Published by: Kennikat Press
Written by: Ford, Nick Aaron, American, 1904 - 1982
Edited by: Shenton, James Patrick, American, 1925 - 2003

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)

Type: books

Place made: Port Washington, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1973

Description: A book by Nick Aaron Ford titled "Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?" published in Port Washington, New York by the National University Publications Kennikat Press in 1973. The book is signed by the author and dated [To Syl Shannon Sincerely Nick Aaron Ford 3/19/1975]. The book cover features a large red question mark with text on top of it, over a white background. Black text in the bottom portion of the cover reads: [Nick Aaron Ford / Black Studies / Threat or Challenge? / An Eminent Educator's Analysis and Recommendations]. The book has 217 pages and contains information and an analysis of Black Studies as a field of education. The back cover features a photograph and brief biography of Ford, as well as, publishing information.

Topic: African American; Education; Race relations

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

Object number: 2013.189.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Handbill for a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Auburn, New York

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

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in. (30.4 × 22.7 cm)

Type: handbills

Place used: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1910-1927

Description: A handbill advertising a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Auburn, New York. The handbill is off white with red ink. The front of the handbill reads “Kome KLANSMAN Kome / KAYUGA KOUNTY KLAN / Field Day and Demonstration / Lakeside Park, Auburn / Saturday & Sunday Oct. 1st & 2nd / We invite all Native born Protestants of good character / Krusaders, Tri K girls, Women of the K. K. K., / Klansmen and Juniors / SATURDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING / SPORTS, BAND CONCERTS – LADIES FIFE AND DRUM / CORPS – STREET [ARADE AT 4:00 P. M. /Does America Need the Klan? / Explained by National and State Speakers / RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY / Free Camping Space Luncheon Served on the Grounds.” The back of the handbill is blank.

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

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

Object number: 2013.231.5

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

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The North Star, Vol. I No. 37

Created by: The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859
Edited by: Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895; Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
Published by: Dick, John, British

Medium: ink on newsprint
Dimensions: H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)

Type: newspapers

Place printed: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 8, 1848

Description: The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. The paper is printed with black text on yellowed newsprint. The masthead reads [THE NORTH STAR. / RIGHT IS OF NO SEX-TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR-GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BRETHREN. / ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1848.] On the left side of the masthead is [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / M. R. DELANY, / EDITORS / VOL. 1. NO. 37.] Printed on the right side of the masthead is [JOHN DICK, PUBLISHER / WHOLE NO.-37.]. The main text is organized into seven columns of small print. At the top of the column on the far left, above the publisher's notices and list of agents, is printed: [The object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the THREE MILLIONS of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.] This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Free communities of color; Freedom; Fugitive enslaved; International affairs; Mass media; Self-liberation; Social reform; United States--History--1815-1861

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

Object number: 2014.151.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, and Ford Morrison

Photograph by: Mitchell, Jack, American, 1925 - 2013
Subject of: Morrison, Toni, American, 1931 - 2019; Morrison, Harold Ford, American; Slade Morrison, American, died 2010

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 7/16 × 13 3/16 in. (31.6 × 33.5 cm); H x W (Sheet): 12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in. (32.9 × 48.4 cm)

Type: inkjet prints

Place depicted: Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: December 1978; printed 1990s

Description: A black and white digital print photograph of Toni Morrison and her two sons Slade and Ford Morrison. Toni sits on a couch looking down at a table with a pencil in her hand. She is flanked by her two sons. Ford sits on the far edge of the couch, Slade sits on the floor playing a flute. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5861].

Topic: African American; Families; Literature; Motherhood; Photography

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

Object number: 2016.77.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Jack Mitchell, All Rights Reserved

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Collection title: Jack Mitchell Archives Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Harold M. White

Photograph by: Tousley, H. S., American, 1825 - 1895
Subject of: White, Harold M., American, 1832 - 1862
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 in. (8.7 × 5.4 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Keeseville, Clinton County, New York, United States, North and Central America; Keeseville, Essex County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1860-1862

Description: Carte-de-visite of Harold M. White shown in bust portrait. White has short hair and a beard. He wears a dark jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten on the back of the photograph is an account of White's death.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. TThe album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is partially erased text reading "Little slave girl". Handwritten in graphite in the lower left of the album page is the text "Harold M. White / In the Battle of Shiloh, died of fever / Dec. 3 1862".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Military; Photography; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.43

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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New Forms of Racism

Published by: Unidentified
Written by: Tyner, Jarvis, American, born 1941

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 6 15/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17.7 x 12 cm)

Type: speeches

Place printed: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 17, 1976

Description: A pamphlet titled [New Forms of Racism] with the text of a speech by Jarvis Tyner, Communist candidate for Vice President. The front cover has white text on a blue background. The interior contains fifteen pages of white paper with blue ink on it. The pages contain both text and photographs. The back cover has a campaign advertisement for the Communist Party candidates.

Topic: African American; Mass media; Oratory; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Race discrimination

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

Object number: 2010.55.72

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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Robert J. Brown Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Brown, Robert J., American, born 1935
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: B&C Associates, Inc., American, founded 1960; President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994; Mandela, Nelson, South African, 1918 - 2013

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:10:28

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: High Point, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: New York, United States, North and Central America; South Africa, Africa

Date: October 1, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.106.1a, 2011.174.106.1b, 2011.174.106.1c, 2011.174.106.1d, 2011.174.106.1e, 2011.174.106.1f, 2011.174.106.1g, 2011.174.106.1h, 2011.174.106.1i, 2011.174.106.1j, and 2011.174.106.1k.; Robert Brown describes his childhood in High Point, North Carolina, the poverty and segregation that defined his childhood, and how his grandmother influenced him by telling stories about his family's history during slavery. Brown became one of the first black policemen in High Point and later transitioned to a position as a federal agent in New York. He returned to North Carolina in 1960 to start a public relations firm, B&C Associates, Inc., which advised companies about how to change policies on race and segregation. Brown also shares stories about serving as a special assistant to President Richard Nixon and his role in bringing attention to apartheid in South Africa through his relationship with Nelson Mandela and his family.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0106

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; American South; Business; Civil rights; Families; Race relations; Segregation; Slavery; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

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: 2011.174.106.1a-k

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Cabinet card of Col. Charles Young as a cadet at West Point

Created by: Pach Brothers, American, founded 1867
Subject of: Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922

Medium: albumen, silver, and paper on card
Dimensions: H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Type: cabinet photographs; albumen prints

Place captured: West Point, Orange County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1889

Description: A large sepia-toned cabinet card of Charles Young as a cadet at West Point. The image appears as an oval shape on a rectangular photograph adhered to a rectangular card mount. Young is pictured from the chest up. He is in uniform, with an Eagle insignia visible on his cap. He looks straight at the camera. At the bottom of the card is the photography's studio logo [Pach Bros] to the left and their address [841 Broadway New York] to the right.

Topic: African American; Buffalo Soldiers; Military; Photography; United States--History--1865-1921

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

Object number: 2011.57.21

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Exhibition: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of the Hall Johnson Choir

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Johnson, Hall, American, 1888 - 1970

Medium: silver gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)

Type: photographs

Place printed: New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1935-1952

Description: Black and white photograph of the Hall Johnson Choir on stage. The choir stands on a riser on the stage behind a piano and in front of a curtain with a display of American flags. All but one of the men are wearing tuxedos and the women are wearing matching dresses. One man in the choir, to the right of the photograph, wears a uniform. Choral director Hall Johnson stands to the left of the photograph on the side of the stage near the riser. Audience members are visible in the foreground. The back of the photograph has a stamp.

Topic: African American; Conductors (Musicians); Singers (Musicians); Spirituals (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Eugene Thamon Simpson, Representative, Hall Johnson Estate

Object number: TA2013.166.1.2

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Collection title: The Hall Johnson Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography; Archival Collections

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Carte-de-visite portrait of an unidentified woman

Created by: Rev. Harter, Jacob H., American, 1820 - 1884
Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5.6 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1862-1870

Description: Carte-de-visite of an unidentified woman shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. She wears a dark velvet bodice or jacket with a heavily embellished beaded and lace panels at the front sides. She has on a white folded collar and a black ribbon choker with an oval cameo at her center front neck. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.; There is a mark for Harter's Fine Art Gallery on the back of the photograph.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page is the text: HARTER'S ART GALLERY

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.36

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Hudson Valley Toile

Designed by: Bridges, Sheila, American, born 1964

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: L x W: 180 × 30 1/8 in. (457.2 × 76.5 cm)

Type: wallpapers

Place depicted: Hudson Valley, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 2014

Description: A sidewall designed by Sheila Bridges. The wallpaper has a design of pink gingham with scattered and repeating black and white vignettes in the French toile style. The vignettes feature comical illustrations of people engaged in a variety of typical Hudson Valley scenes. Included is a scene of two men posed as farmers in the style of American Gothic; a painter on the banks of the Hudson River, with a Victorian mansion in the background; Rip Van Winkle sitting in bridge traffic; a hunter being chased by a deer; a mountain scene with a sledding bear amidst the skiers; and a scene of a woman in sunglasses asking, "Do you know if they sell Hudson Valley fois gras?" as she stands next to her car (license plate reads [COUGAR]) outside a store.

Topic: African American; Amusements; Design; Domestic life; Interior design; Recreation

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

Object number: 2018.72.2

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Classification: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cecilia Suyat Marshall Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Suyat Marshall, Cecilia, American, born 1928
Interviewed by: Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961; Board of Education of Topeka, American; Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:30:49

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Hawaii, United States, North and Central America; New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 30, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.97.1a, 2011.174.97.1b, 2011.174.97.1c, 2011.174.97.1d, 2011.174.97.1e, and 2011.174.97.1f.; Cecilia Suyat Marshall recalls moving from Hawaii to New York where she found a job as a secretary with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948. Marshall notes some of the highlights of her experiences at the NAACP offices, including the organization's victory in the Brown v. Board case, traveling the South with NAACP staff, and attending conferences. There she met the many local people who gave the Civil Rights Movement strength. She left the organization after her marriage to Justice Thurgood Marshall, and with that departure became more of a mother and wife than an activist, but retained her activist spirit with membership on the boards of progressive organizations.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0097

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Domestic life; Families; Justice; Law; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961

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: 2011.174.97.1a-f

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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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