Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21 × 1.3 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/2 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 41.9 × 1.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1986

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, June 1986, Volume 16, No. 11. The front cover reads, in white type at the top: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE] with [JUNE 1986 $3.00] in top right corner. Yellow type underneath the name of the magazine reads: [THE TOP 100 / BLACK BUSINESSES]. The image featured on the front cover is a color image of someone sculpting the number [100] out of a gray stone with a hammer and chisel. Discarded stones are below on wooden table, with other chiseling tools. Yellow type along the bottom of front cover reads [HOW YOU CAN WIN ON THE / CORPORATE BATTLEGROUND] and [THE ALLURE OF / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom right corner. The interior pages of the magazine, 336 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, highlights of successful African-American business men and women, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Travelers. The advertisement has an image of a close-up of a red airplane wing with the sun in the background. White type at the top of the image reads: [Welcome To The New World Of Financial Services…]. Additional white type is featured in the center of the image. The company’s logo is at the bottom of the advertisement.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.1

Restrictions & Rights

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.8 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 3/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.6 × 0.3 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.10b): 4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1990

Description

2014.76.12.10a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, March 1990, Volume 20, No. 8. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / MARCH 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [B.E. GUIDE TO EXECUTIVE TRAVEL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man leaning on the back of a maroon leather chair, in a black suit with a red tie. A globe and book shelves are visible in the background. Yellow type on the left of the front cover reads: [SUCCESS! / Managing Corporate Change]. White type, identifying the man in the image, in the bottom right corner reads: [Kenneth I. Chenault, / President, American Express / Consumer Card Group, U.S.A.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, travel articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].

2014.76.12.10b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.10ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.11a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.11b (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 5/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.4 × 0.3 cm)

H x W: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.8 × 14.9 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1990

Description

2014.76.12.11a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, April 1990, Volume 20, No. 9. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / APRIL 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man standing behind a woman who sits behind an architectural model. The man has his hands on the woman’s shoulders and the woman has her proper right hand over the man’s proper left hand. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [COPRENEURS / Partners In / Marriage And / Business]. White type in the bottom left corner identifies the people in the image and reads: [Bill and Ivenue / Stanley run / an architectural / firm in Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement consists of three images of men and women sitting, talking on the phone, laughing, and smoking cigarettes. Black type in the advertisement reads: [For people who like to smoke… / Benson & Hedges].

2014.76.12.11b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Families

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.11ab

Restrictions & Rights

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 20.3 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 40 × 0.6 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.12b): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1997

Description

2014.76.12.12a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, October 1997, Volume 28, No. 3. The front cover header in black and purple type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / http://www.blackenterprise.com / OCTOBER 1997] and in white type over a purple background: [MONEY MANAGEMENT SPECIAL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman smiling, with a young boy behind her with his arms around her neck, and another young man in front of her, with her proper left hand across his chest. They are all wearing white turtlenecks. Black and purple type down the left side of the front cover reads: [INVESTING / FOR YOUR / FAMILY'S / FUTURE], [Expert / Advice On / How To Grow / Your Money], [Pros & Cons / of Investing Online], and [The Boom In / Black Mutual Funds]. Purple type in the bottom right corner identifies the people on the cover and reads: [Joyce Stone’s / No. 1 investment / objective is providing / for the futures of her / sons Darius and / Ramziddin]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 167 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Bombay Sapphire. The advertisement consists of a color image of a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin to the left of a stylized martini glass that has an olive at its top. White type at the bottom reads: [The Bombay Sapphire Martini. As Balanced By Hilton McConnico / Pour Something Priceless].

2014.76.12.12b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Children

Families

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.12ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 20.6 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/4 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 41.3 × 0.6 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1987

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, February 1987, Volume 17, No. 7. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE]. The top right corner has additional text that reads, in white type: [FEBRUARY 1987 $1.95] and in a gold banner in black type: [ANNUAL CAREERS & / OPPORTUNITIES ISSUE]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a suit standing in front of building with columns. Down the left side, in yellow and white type, reads: [GAINING THE / PROFESSIONAL / EDGE], [The Money Merchants: / Hot Careers In / Banking & Finance], and [Salary Roundup: / Who Earns What]. White type in the bottom right corner identifies the man on the cover and reads: [Milton Irvin, a director / at Salomon Brothers Inc.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 168 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, an article featuring women in the work place, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement has a white background with black type in the top right corner that reads: [For people who like to smoke… / BENSON & HEDGES / because quality matters.]. The top left corner has a small image and the center of the advertisement has a large image. The images both show a man wearing a shirt and tie and a woman wearing pajamas, smoking cigarettes while eating and reading the newspaper. In the bottom right corner of the larger image there is a Surgeon General’s warning.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.2

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.6 × 0.5 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, August 1989, Volume 1, No. 10. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / AUGUST 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [19th Anniversary Issue]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman in a red skirt suit, sitting cross-legged on a pile of books. White type on the left side of the front cover reads: [TAKING / CHARGE / Corporate Achievers Under 35], followed by a caption of identifying the woman that reads: [Marilyn Ducksworth, / vice president / and associate / publisher of / Putnam / Publishing / Group]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-two in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes with a color image of a man and woman at a table eating. The woman holds a smoking cigarette in her proper left hand.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.6

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Closed)): 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Open)): 10 7/8 × 16 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.1 × 0.5 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12b): 4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.2 × 14.6 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

2014.76.12.7a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, September 1989, Volume 20, No. 2. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [SEPTEMBER 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [Affirmative Action Update]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a gray suit with a yellow tie standing in front of a Goodyear blimp. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [THE FRANCHISE 50 / Reaching For New Horizons.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 120 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].

2014.76.12.7b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.7ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 1/4 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 41.3 × 0.5 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.8b): 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (9.5 × 13.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

2014.76.12.8a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, November 1989, Volume 20, No. 4. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [NOVEMBER 1989 $1.95], and in red type: [The 1990 B.E. Auto Guide]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a family (man, woman, and two young boys) standing outside of brick building with white columns. The man is in a suit, the woman is in a red skirt suit, the older boy is in a school uniform carrying a red backpack, and the younger boy is in a blue pull over sweater with white collar underneath and is also carrying a red backpack. Red and white type down the left side of front cover reads: [NEW / CHALLENGES / FOR THE / BLACK / MIDDLE / CLASS] and [Choosing The Best / Insurance For You]. White type in the bottom right corner of the front cover identifies the image as: [The Johnsons of Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 132 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, auto articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Toyota Celica. The advertisement consists of two images of a red Toyota Celica (frontal view and a profile view of the proper left of the car) at the top and bottom. White type is featured in between the car images.

2014.76.12.8b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Children

Families

Mass media

Transportation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.76.12.8ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (open): 26 1/2 × 38 in. (67.3 × 96.5 cm)

H x W (closed): 26 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (67.3 × 48.5 cm)

Type

newspapers

Place printed

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

Date

July 28, 1854

Description

The July 28, 1854 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper, a Rochester-based weekly newspaper published and edited by Frederick Douglass that centered on antislavery efforts and other social reform causes. The title [Frederick Douglass' Paper] is printed in large text across the top, just underneath the title are the issue details printed between two horizontal black lines: [Vol. VII, No. 32, ROCHESTER, N.Y. FRIDAY JULY 28, 1854., Whole Number 344]. The text of the paper is densely concentrated in seven vertical columns and there is both a vertical and horizontal crease through the center. An inscription of the name [Stephen Reeves] is written in black ink at the top right corner of the front page. The last page contains a large advertisement: "Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men to be held in Cleveland Ohio" and is signed in print by Martin R. Delany.

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Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

International affairs

Mass media

Social reform

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.63.10

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987

Published by

Los Angeles Times, founded 1881

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Type

clippings

Date

1976

Description

A copy of a 1976 commentary in the Los Angeles Times titled, "Looking for the Bicentennial Man." The article discusses Baldwin's views on the state of the United States 200 years after its independence. Baldwin was invited by the LA Times to write this article while residing in the South of France.

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Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Communication

Literature

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family

Object number

2011.99.13

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, American, founded 1821

Subject of

Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church, American, founded 1918

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 8 1/16 × 5 1/4 × 3/16 in. (20.5 × 13.3 × 0.4 cm)

Type

journals (periodicals)

Place used

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 29-July 4, 1948

Description

Booklet of "Journal Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Session" from the A.M.E. Zion Church. The tan front cover has a double black border around the black printed text. The lower half of the front cover reads [Held in / Blackwell Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church / Chicago, Illinois / June 29-July 4, 1948 / Bishop John W. Martin, A.M., D.D., L.L.D., / Presiding / Rev. W. T. Beck / Pastor]. The book has a price of twenty-five (25) cents. The journal includes conference rolls, proceeding summaries, and observations and recommendations. The back cover is blank.

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Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Communities

Religion

Religious groups

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2015.97.40.16

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

Edited by

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963

Subject of

Roseland, Harry, American, 1867 - 1950

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

9 7/8 x 6 13/16 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.3 x 0.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

January 1916

Description

The January 1916 (Vol. 11 No. 3) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a reproduction of the 1904 painting, "To the Highest Bidder" by Harry Roseland. The black-and-white reproduction depicts a mother and daughter standing in front of a sign that reads, "Auction Sale of Slaves". There are approximately 52 pages.

Topic

African American

Literature

Mass media

Politics (Practical)

Race relations

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard

Object number

2012.84.12

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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Issued by

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Written by

Whittingham-Barnes, Donna

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Williams, Paul R., American, 1894 - 1980

Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012

American Institute of Architects, American, founded 1857

Owned by

Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 7/8 × 8 in. (27.6 × 20.3 cm)

Type

articles

Place depicted

United States, North and Central America

Date

February 1991

Description

A three (3) page article titled "Blueprints for Success," written by Donna Whittingham-Barnes, published in the February 1991 issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The article has been removed from the magazine and the three (3) pages are loose. The first page has a photograph of architects Donald Stull and David Lee seated on stairs. The article begins [Architects are modern-day alchemists. But their task is harder than changing base metal into gold…]. Architect Norma Sklarek is also featured. There are advertisements interspersed on the pages.

Topic

African American

Architecture

Business

Mass media

Professional organizations

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Merrick Fairweather and Yvonne Goff

Object number

TA2018.23.4.1.6.9

Restrictions & Rights

© Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. Permission required for use.

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Archival Collections

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988

Mignon, Francois, American, 1899 - 1980

Published by

Baker Printing & Office Supply, American

Subject of

Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832

Signed by

Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product), plastic, adhesive

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (20 × 13 × 0.5 cm)

Type

cookbooks

Place printed

Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Place used

Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Date

1956

Description

A copy of the Melrose Plantation Cookbook by Clementine Hunter and Francois Mignon. The book is paperback and bound with a plastic binding comb on the left spine. The front and back cover are identical, with a faded photograph of the Melrose Plantation house with wrap-around veranda, gabled roof, and garden taking up the top half of the cover. The bottom half faded yellow field with the title printed in dark ink in a gothic font with the authors names below. The front cover has a white sticker with the library's call number adhered to the upper left corner reading [TX / 715 / .M53x]. The interior of the book has a book plate for the Library of Stephen F. Austin Statue University as well as a Due Date slip. The contents of the book include an illustrated map and several pages of photographs of the Melrose Plantation, Clementine Hunter (one features her signature), and Francois Mignon. The text consists of a seven page introduction, and 31 recipes.

Topic

African American

American South

Cooking and dining

Folklife

Foodways

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.238

Restrictions & Rights

© 1956 By Francis Mignon. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Cultural Expressions

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Lorde, Audre, American, 1934 - 1992

Published by

Crossing Press, American, founded 1963

Medium

ink on book paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm)

Type

portraits

paperbacks

Date

1984

Description

Hardback book with black and bronze-colored print on a blue cover. At bottom left is a black-and-white photograph of Audre Lorde.

Topic

African American

Education

Literature

Social reform

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2010.42.5

Restrictions & Rights

© Audre Lorde 1984. Permission required for use.

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse, C 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Jackson, Mahalia, American, 1911 - 1972

McLeod Wylie, Evan, American, born 1916

Subject of

Jackson, Mahalia, American, 1911 - 1972

Signed by

Jackson, Mahalia, American, 1911 - 1972

Published by

Hawthorn Books, Inc., American

Medium

Ink on paper, cardboard

Dimensions

H x W: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (23.7 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)

Type

autobiographies

Place made

United States, North and Central America

Date

1968

Description

Hardback copy of "Movin' on up" with a paper book cover. Paper book cover is burgundy with red and blue type, reading [The warmly personal story of America's favorite gospel singer/Mahalia Jackson/ with Evan McLeod Wylie/Movin' on up]. Front cover has a depiction of Mahalia Jackson in a white short sleeve shirt, with white beads sewn in flower patterns. Jackson holds her hands clasped in front of her chest, looking up towards her right. The reverse of the paper book cover is white with burgundy type and contains a series of excerpted passages from the autobiography. The text begins thus: [MAHALIA JACKSON tells of her life and times.../"I don't believe in God myself," a reporter told me, "but when you/sing it gives me goose pimples." "That's not goose pimples," I/told him. "That's your soul speaking and you don't even know/ it's there!"]. Mahalia Jackson signed the first page (opposite interior cover) in blue ink, reading [May the Love of God keep/you always in Christ/Mahalia Jackson] in script. Interior pages are white with black type. 212 pages.

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Gospel (Music)

Identity

Singers (Musicians)

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paul & Claire Blumenfeld

Object number

2014.141.2

Restrictions & Rights

© 1966 by Mahalia Jackson and Evan McLeod Wylie. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935

Published by

Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850

Illustrated by

Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011

Photograph by

The New York Times, American, founded 1851

Medium

ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape

Dimensions

H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)

Type

hardcover books

Date

1969

Description

A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.

Topic

African American

Communities

Drama (Theatre)

Families

Literature

Race relations

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number

2015.64.5

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture