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Sample ballot for the 2008 Presidential election
- Printed by
- New York Board of Elections
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Vice President Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., American
- John McCain, American, 1936 - 2018
- Palin, Sarah, American, born 1964
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Republican Party, American, founded 1854
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 × 43 3/8 in. (91.5 × 110.1 cm)
- H x W x D (partly rolled): 36 × 43 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (91.5 × 110.1 × 18 cm)
- Caption
- New York’s 31 Electoral Votes helped to secure the Presidential victory for Obama. In New York, then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama took 62.9% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee John McCain with a 26.9% margin. At the time, this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York since Johnson’s Victory over Goldwater in 1964. Four years later, Obama would defeat his own New York state record with 63.35% of the vote in 2012.
- Description
- A sample ballot for the United States 2008 Presidential election in New York, New York. Printed in black ink on large off-white cardboard paper, the hyper visual ballot is designed with 11 top to bottom voting columns; voting machine instructions; voting party/group options from A to K, and an amendment proposal. Extensive voting machine instructions on the far left of the board are presented first in English, then again, in Spanish. To the right of the machine instructions, twenty rows of horizontal voting choices, A to K, list political parties and their candidates: Barack Obama/Joe Biden; John McCain/Sarah Palin; Roger Calero/Alsyon Kennedy; Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear; Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez; Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente; Bob Barr/Wayne A Root; Martin Schoenfeld; Marcy L. Kahn; Judith J. Gische; Shirley Werner Kornreich; Nora S. Anderson; Nancy M. Bannon, Charles B. Rangel; Bill Perkins; Adam Clayton Powell; Edward Daniels; Norma Soriano; George L. Espada, Sr.; Martin Koppel and Craig Schley. The last voting column on the far right, with the number one inside, offers “yes” or “no” in English and Spanish, on a proposed amendment to Article 5, section 6 of the Constitution. A blue ink stamp from the Board of Elections [SAMPLE BALLOT] features towards the lower half of the board, and at the bottom of the of the last column are Chinese and Korean characters, instructing the use of the voting machine lever. There are no markings on the reverse of the ballot.
- Place printed
- Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karen J. Greene, Ph.D.
- Object number
- 2019.103.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Sample ballot for the 2008 Presidential election
- Printed by
- New York Board of Elections
- Subject of
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Vice President Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., American
- John McCain, American, 1936 - 2018
- Palin, Sarah, American, born 1964
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Republican Party, American, founded 1854
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 × 43 3/8 in. (91.5 × 110.1 cm)
- H x W x D (partly rolled): 36 × 43 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (91.5 × 110.1 × 18 cm)
- Caption
- New York’s 31 Electoral Votes helped to secure the Presidential victory for Obama. In New York, then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama took 62.9% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee John McCain with a 26.9% margin. At the time, this was the highest Democratic vote share in New York since Johnson’s Victory over Goldwater in 1964. Four years later, Obama would defeat his own New York state record with 63.35% of the vote in 2012.
- Description
- A sample ballot for the United States 2008 Presidential election in New York, New York. Printed in black ink on large off-white cardboard paper, the hyper visual ballot is designed with 11 top to bottom voting columns; voting machine instructions; voting party/group options from A to K, and an amendment proposal. Extensive voting machine instructions on the far left of the board are presented first in English, then again, in Spanish. To the right of the machine instructions, twenty rows of horizontal voting choices, A to K, list political parties and their candidates: Barack Obama/Joe Biden; John McCain/Sarah Palin; Roger Calero/Alsyon Kennedy; Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear; Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez; Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente; Bob Barr/Wayne A Root; Martin Schoenfeld; Marcy L. Kahn; Judith J. Gische; Shirley Werner Kornreich; Nora S. Anderson; Nancy M. Bannon, Charles B. Rangel; Bill Perkins; Adam Clayton Powell; Edward Daniels; Norma Soriano; George L. Espada, Sr.; Martin Koppel and Craig Schley. The last voting column on the far right, with the number one inside, offers “yes” or “no” in English and Spanish, on a proposed amendment to Article 5, section 6 of the Constitution. A blue ink stamp from the Board of Elections [SAMPLE BALLOT] features towards the lower half of the board, and at the bottom of the of the last column are Chinese and Korean characters, instructing the use of the voting machine lever. There are no markings on the reverse of the ballot.
- Place printed
- Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karen J. Greene, Ph.D.
- Object number
- 2019.103.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
- Manufactured by
- Larry Fox Assoc., American
- Subject of
- Chisholm, Shirley Anita, American, 1924 - 2005
- Date
- ca. 1972
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A circular metal pin-back button. It has a yellow background with black type that reads: [UNBOSSED AND UNBOUGHT / SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT]. The fonts vary in size. Black type, around the edge of the pin reads: [LARRY FOX ASSOC. P.O. BOX 581 HEMPSTEAD NEW YORK]. The back of the button is silver in color, has a single pin without a clasp and an engraving.
- Place made
- Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.76.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Photograph of a Young Lords Party march commemorating the Ponce massacre
- Photograph by
- Maristany, Hiram, American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
- Prof. DeGraffe, Luis, American, 1949 - 2015
- Campos, Pedro Albizu, Puerto Rican, 1891 - 1965
- Puerto Rican Student Union, American, 1969 - 1976
- Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, founded 1922
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- March 21, 1971; printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 15 3/4 × 19 5/8 in. (40 × 49.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
- Caption
- Young Lords photographer, Hiram Maristany captured this image on March 21, 1971 when the Young Lords Party organized a commemorative march for the 1937 Ponce Massacre in Ponce, Puerto Rico. More than 7,000 Young Lords Party members participated in the march, which culminated in a rally at Plaza Borinquena.
- Description
- This image shows a commemorative march held by the Young Lords in the Bronx on March 21, 1971. The participants march in organized lines down the center of a city street, their proper right arms held out to their sides. The photo is taken in the center of the street, facing the marchers. At the head of the column of marchers at the left side of the image is a man wearing a large overcoat and a beret with a [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached to the front. At the front of the column of marchers on the right side of the image is a woman in a beret and a leather jacket. She has a [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached to her right collar. Her beret has another [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pin attached alongside a [YOUNG LORDS PARTY] pin with the Puerto Rican flag. A man in a beret and denim jacket marches behind her. At the back of the marchers visible in the photo, is a large banner that reads [FREE ALL / POLITCAL PRISONERS / NOW! / INMATES LIBERATION FRONT] with an image of Puerto Rican nationalist Pedro Albizu Campo displayed on the left-hand side of the banner. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Bronx, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States, North and Central America
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Young Lords Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Decolonization
- Justice
- Photography
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Prisons
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.220.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Hiram Maristany. Permission required for use.
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Photograph of a Young Lords Party Rally at Queens County Jail
- Photograph by
- Maristany, Hiram, American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936
- Viera, Rafael, American, born 1948
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1969; printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 15 3/4 × 19 5/16 in. (40 × 49.1 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 1/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.8 × 50.6 cm)
- Caption
- This image captures a 1969 rally that the Black Panthers and Young Lords organized to protest an array of unjust arrests and jail sentences amongst the two groups, namely those of Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers, the Panther 21, and Young Lords Party member, Rafael Viera.
- Description
- This image shows a large crowd of standing individuals at a Black Panthers and Young Lords Party rally. Most are pictured in profile, facing the left side of the image, with a fist raised, or their hands cupped around their mouths, and appear to be yelling or singing. Many wear berets with [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON] / [YLO] pins, [YOUNG LORDS PARTY] pins with the Puerto Rican flag, and another pin with an individual’s face on it with writing around the upper curve. Along the back, some participants stand on a raised surface above the rest of the crowd. The upper left quadrant of the photograph shows a poster with a bisected closeup illustration of an individual with a cropped haircut. The middle upper portion of the photograph shows a handmade [WANTED] sign. The upper right quadrant of the photo shows a hand holding up a white pole. The photograph cuts off the top of the pole. The lower portion of the photograph shows closeups of the various individuals at the rally. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Queens, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Young Lords Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Decolonization
- Gesture
- Justice
- Photography
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Prisons
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.220.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Hiram Maristany. Permission required for use.
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Pinback button for Carl McCall for New York State Comptroller
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- McCall, Carl, American, born 1935
- Date
- 1993-2002
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 5/16 in. (4.4 × 7.1 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- A red, blue, and white pinback button for Carl McCall New York State Comptroller. The background of the button is red. At center, a blue box has white lettering that reads [McCall]. Above the [c] is a depiction of the state of New York in red. White lettering below the blue box reads [Comptroller]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp, printed in white ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.66
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button for the re-election of Carl McCall as New York State Comptroller
- Manufactured by
- N. G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of
- McCall, Carl, American, born 1935
- Date
- ca. 1998
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1/4 in. (4 × 4 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A red, blue, and white pinback button for the re-election of Carl McCall as New York State Comptroller. The background of the button is red. At center, a blue box has white lettering that reads [McCall]. Above the [c] is a depiction of the state of New York in red. White lettering below the blue box reads [Comptroller]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp, printed in white ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Politics
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.74
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A white pinback button with red and blue text supporting Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign. Text throughout the button reads [New Yorkers for Jesse Jackson Action '88]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.43
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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"Answer Peekskill" campaign pin for Ben Davis
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- plastic on paper on metal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
- Description
- Small round Ben Davis political button with a pin back. Red lettering on an off-white background reads "Answer Peekskill/ Re-Elect/ Ben Davis/ Vote A.L.P." emblem of the Allied Printing Trades Council (labor union) appears between the last two lines. The back is a simple metal stickpin; there is no catch for the pin. There are several small rust spots.
- Place purchased
- Gardner, Worchester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.207.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Pinback button for Jesse Jackson and the Democratic Party
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
- Date
- ca. 1988
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and yellow pinback button for the New York Democratic Party. The top half of the button has a black and white image of children. Above the children, yellow text reads, [Keep hope Alive]. The bottom half of the button is yellow with red and black text that reads, ["Register -Vote / For the Democrats / Jesse Jackson / Paid for by the New York State Democratic Party. Lawrence Kirwin (sic), Chairman]. The edge has the manufacturer’s stamp. The back of the button has metal pin with a clasp.
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.77
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Pinback button for Herman B. Ferfuson's campaign for Senate
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Ferguson, Herman B., American, born 1921
- Freedom and Peace Party, American, founded 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- A pinback button for Herman B. Ferguson's U.S. Senate campaign. The button has a black background with white text throughout that reads [Survival - Liberation / Herman B. Ferguson For Senate / Freedom & Peace Party]. The exterior edge of has the manufacturer's information, partially visible, printed in white. The back of button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Place used
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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CC0
New Forms of Racism
- Published by
- Unidentified
- Written by
- Tyner, Jarvis, American, born 1941
- Date
- August 17, 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 15/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17.7 x 12 cm)
- 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.
- Place printed
- Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- speeches
- Topic
- Mass media
- Oratory
- Political organizations
- Politics
- 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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Pete Seeger Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Seeger, Pete, American, 1919 - 2014
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Robeson, Paul, American, 1898 - 1976
- Highlander Folk School, American
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Hayes, Rutherford B., American, 1822 - 1893
- Date
- July 22, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:57:22
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.39.1a, 2011.174.39.1b, 2011.174.39.1c, and 2011.174.39.1d.
- Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the evolution of the song "We Shall Overcome". He remembers performing at many civil rights events, including the Selma to Montgomery March. He also discusses his thoughts on Presidents Barack Obama and Rutherford B. Hayes.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0039
- Place collected
- Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Musicians
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.39.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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A Southerner Looks at Negro Discrimination
- Published by
- International Publishers Company, Inc., American
- Written by
- Cable, George Washington, American, 1844 - 1925
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet of selected writings by George W. Cable. The front cover has green print on yellowed paper. The interior consists of forty-eight pages broken into four sections: [Historical Background of Negro Discrimination / The Nature of Negro Discrimination / The Results of Negro Discrimination / What Must Be Done]. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for International Publishers.
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Education
- Mass media
- Politics
- 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
- 2010.55.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © International Publishers Co., Inc. Permission required for use.
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The Literary Corner: Introduction to African American Poetry with Eugene Redmond—Part I (side a) / Introduction to African American Poetry with Eugene Redmond—Part II (side b)
- Created by
- Robinson, Brooks B. Ph.D., American
- Interview of
- Redmond, Eugene B., American, born 1937
- Subject of
- Wheatley, Phillis, American, 1753 - 1784
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, American, 1872 - 1906
- Johnson, James Weldon, American, 1871 - 1938
- Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000
- Directed by
- Cham, Robert
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- plastic and tape
- Dimensions
- H x W (audiocassette): 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
- Duration (side a): 00:14:19
- Duration (side b): 00:14:50
- Title
- Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
- Description
- A white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Intro to Afro American Poetry part 1. THE LITERARY CORNER Intro to Afro American Poetry part 2]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER Intro to Afro American Poetry part 2].
- Side A: Introduction to African American Poetry with Eugene Redmond—Part I
- Episode 11 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is part one of a “two-part historical introduction of Afro-American poetry” and begins with poet Eugene Redmond reciting a poem, before segueing into an introduction by host Brooks Robinson. After the introduction, Redmond names some of the earliest African American poets, such as Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Briton Hammon, George Moses Horton, Gustavus Vassa (also known as Olaudah Equiano) and Frederick Douglas. Topics discussed include a brief overview of Phillis Wheatley’s life, and race consciousness (or lack thereof) in her work; how the first African enslaved people in the New World expressed their experiences or envisioned a new world in a new language; the development of folk literature and folk poetry; the development of written and oral protest poetry; writers in the 19th and 20th century, such as Albery Whitman, Paul Laurence Dunbar and James Weldon Johnson; the different schools of poetry, such as plantation and dialect; the use of unrealistic dialects by white writers. The discussion concludes with Eugene Redmond outlining the contributions and legacy of Paul Dunbar by listing institutions that have commemorated him through eponyms.
- Side B: Introduction to African American Poetry with Eugene Redmond—Part II
- Episode 12 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is part II of a two-part discussion on African American poetry. The episode begins with host Brooks Robinson introducing his guest, Professor Eugene Redmond, before segueing into a discussion of the Harlem Renaissance. Some of the themes and individuals discussed in the episode include the Harlem Renaissance; James Weldon Johnson’s contributions to African American poetry; black poets that emerged in the 1930s and 1940s, such as Frank Marshall Davis, Robert Hayton, M. Carl Holman, Gwendolyn Brooks and Melvin Tolson; Gwendolyn Brooks’ rise to prominence; black poets of the 1950s such as Lance Jeffers, Percy Johnston, Jay Wright, Henry Dumas, Clarence Major, Ted Joans, Bob Kaufman, and Russell Atkins; individuals of the early 1960s such as Larry Neal (Liberator magazine), John Henrik Clarke (Freedomways magazine) and several others; crucial figures of the Black Arts movement such as Ed Bullins, Leroy Jones (also known as Amiri Baraka) and Haki Madhubuti. The episode concludes with Eugene Redmond reading one of his poems, “I Can Never Unlove You,” while instrumental jazz music plays in the background.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
- Classification
- Media Arts-Audio Recordings
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- audiotapes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
- Object number
- 2010.17.1.6a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Brooks B. Robinson
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Lesser, But Not Least
- Created by
- Robinson, Brooks B. Ph.D., American
- Subject of
- Saint Tekakwitha, Kateri, Mohawk, 1656 - 1680
- Walker, David, American, ca. 1796 - 1830
- Tijerina, Reies, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015
- Tijerina, Patsy, American, born ca. 1948
- Garnet, Henry, American, 1815 - 1882
- Directed by
- Cham, Robert
- Date
- February 1, 1981
- Medium
- tape and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
- Duration: 00:27:26
- Description
- A white plastic audiocassette tape with a recording of the radio program "Lesser But Not Least." The cassette tape has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [TRY OUT RADIO / 2/1/81 / "LESSER BUT NOT LEAST" WHA / RADIO]. The radio show was produced by Dr. Brooks Robinson for a "Tryout Radio," and focuses on "lesser-known" individuals in American history and is divided into three segments.
- The first segment discusses the life of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Catholic saint. In this segment, there is also a fictional dramatization of a conversation between Saint Kateri story and one of her suitors. In the second segment, the narrator moves to a discussion of David Walker's life and the impact of his essay "Appeal to The Colored Peoples of The World." There is also a reading of Henry Highland Garnet's commentary on David Walker's essay, as well as a dramatization of an encounter between Walker and Savannah’s representatives over the "seditious material" Walker wrote. Toward the end of the second segment, "The Star-Spangled Banner" instrumental is played while the narrator describes Walker’s contributions to the abolitionist movement.
- The last segment focuses on the contributions of Reies Lopez Tijerina. It is dramatized as a narration by his former wife Patsy Tijerina. Some of the topics they cover are the Mexican-American War of 1846; Mexico’s land grants to settlers; the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; La Alianza; San Joaquín de Chama land grant; the occupation of the Echo Amphitheater; the July 4 March from Albuquerque to Santa Fe; the planned citizen’s arrest of Sanchez on June 5; Reies Tijerina's arrest and the ensuing legal battles; Poor People's March on Washington in 1968; as well as Tijerina's activism post 1968.
- Place made
- Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Audio Recordings
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
- Type
- audiotapes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
- Object number
- 2010.17.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Brooks B. Robinson
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Twelve Years A Slave
- Written by
- Northup, Solomon, American, 1808 - 1875
- Published by
- Derby and Miller, American, 1848 - 1853
- Date
- 1853
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper with gold, cloth, and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (19.7 × 14 × 3.4 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (19.7 × 29.2 × 10.5 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 3/4 × 6 × 6 1/4 in. (19.7 × 15.2 × 15.9 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 60 degrees): 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (19.7 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
- Description
- This book is a first edition, seventeenth thousand printing copy of “Twelve Years A Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, and Rescued in 1853, From a Common Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana." The book has a brown cloth binding. The exterior spine is embossed with two lines running across the top and bottom of the spine. The title of the book has been embossed in gilt lettering [TWELVE/YEARS/A/SLAVE] across the top third of the spine and is surrounded by engraved flourishes. The name of the publishers [DARBY & MILLER] is embossed in gilt across the bottom of the spine. The front and back cover boards have been embossed with identical designs: two flourishes within two rectangles. The book has yellow end papers, a dedication to Harriet Beecher Stowe, a quote by Cowpee, an editor’s preface, twenty-two chapters and an appendix. The frontispiece is a portrait of Solomon Northup seated on a bench with his arms crossed. A facsimile of his signature is below the picture with a caption that reads, “IN HIS PLANTATION SUIT.” Three hundred and thirty-six pages with seven black and white plates.
- Place printed
- Auburn, Cuyahoga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- narratives
- hardcover books
- Topic
- American South
- Antislavery
- Caricature and cartoons
- Domestic slave trade
- Free communities of color
- Law
- Literature
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.262
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
-
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The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
- Subject of
- Beckwourth, Jim, American, 1798 - 1866
- Created by
- Beckwourth, Jim, American, 1798 - 1866
- Bonner, T. D., American
- Published by
- Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
- Date
- 1856
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- ink on book paper , cloth and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (20.3 x 14 x 3.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open at 60 Degrees): 8 × 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 16.2 cm)
- Description
- Embossed brown cloth, hardcover book with 537-pages, 2 pages of ads, frontispiece and many illustrations with engraving of James P. Beckwourth in hunter's costume on frontispiece.
- Place printed
- Franklin Square, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- narratives
- hardcover books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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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
- Date
- 1973
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
- 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.
- Place made
- Port Washington, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- books
- 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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The Song of Hiawatha Op.30
- Published by
- Novello & Company, British
- Written by
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, British, 1875 - 1912
- Date
- 1900
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- 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)
- 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.
- Place depicted
- London, England, Europe
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Sheet music
- Type
- scores
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.29.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain