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Poster for Mattie Wilkes performance at Holliday Street Theater
- Produced by
- H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, American, 1896 - 1935
- Subject of
- Wilkes, Mattie, American, 1875 - 1927
- George Walker, American, 1873 - 1911
- Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922
- Williams and Walker Company, American, 1899 - 1909
- Hurtig & Seamon, American
- Date
- 1899-1905
- Medium
- ink on paper, glass, wood, metal
- Dimensions
- Framed: 37 5/8 × 22 5/8 × 1 1/16 in. (95.6 × 57.5 × 2.7 cm)
- H x W (Poster (sight)): 27 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (70.5 × 52.1 cm)
- H x W (Brown paper (sight)): 9 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (23.5 × 52.1 cm)
- Description
- A color poster featuring an illustration of the late 19th-early 20th century performer Mattie Wilkes. Wilkes is pictured in the center against a yellow background. She has a faint smile and is gazing off to one side. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder white, ruffled dress and small, white, round stud earrings and she has a pink flower in her hair. In blue, black and orange text across the top is [HURTIG & SEAMON PRESENT / WILLIAMS & WALKER / AND THEIR OWN BIG CO.]. Along the bottom of the depiction of Wilkes is written in black, grey, and yellow text [THE BEAUTIFUL / MATTIE WILKES / PHENOMENAL SOPRANO]. An addition on brown paper across the bottom of the poster is [HOLLIDAY ST. / THEATRE / WEEK COMMENCING / MON. MAT. NOV. 6 / MATINEES AS USUAL]. There is a small mark reading [The / H.C. Miner / Litho. Co. / N.Y.].
- Place used
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Musical Theatre
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephen and Catherine Markardt
- Object number
- 2013.137
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti
- Created by
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Subject of
- Presidential Palace, Haitian
- Holy Trinity Cathedral, Haitian, founded 1924
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- acetate film with metal and cardboard
- Dimensions
- Length: 122 Feet
- Duration (digital file): 4 min., 6 sec.
- Caption
- 16mm silent color film shot by Cab Calloway during his 1951 tour in Haiti. This film features footage of Cab Calloway and his band performing on an outdoor stage, the local townspeople, a local Haitian pottery market, and the Presidential Palace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.
- Description
- This silent, color, home movie was shot by Cab Calloway while on a music tour in Haiti in 1951. It consists of an original 16mm film strip (a) on an original 100-foot film reel (b) and is housed in an original 100-foot film box (c).
- The film begins with footage of Cab Calloway and his band onstage playing. The band consists of a piano player, a brass section, a bass player, and a drummer in addition to Calloway. They appear to be ending a performance. The next scene shows the same stage, with a different band playing. This band has a percussion section with maracas, a drum and two other percussion instruments. There is also a guitar player. The next scene shows three people in front of a stage with a colorful background. The woman in the middle appears to be Nuffie Calloway, Cab Calloway's wife. The camera then pans to a seating area and some men setting up tables. The next scene is shot from a mountain overlooking a city. There is footage of four children and a man in front of a building, and footage of a marketplace with people selling objects carved from wood. The next scene shows a bust of Toussaint L'Ouverture on a column with another statue below the bust reaching up to it. The next scene shows the exterior of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince as well as a busy street scene. The film concludes with footage of the exterior of Holy Trinity Cathedral, and the sign with the name of the church and schedule of services in English and French.
- An original 100-foot cardboard film box (2013.237.20.1c). The cardboard box is brown and has a handwritten address and a postal stamp on the back.
- Place filmed
- Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Topic
- Actors
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- 2013.237.20.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cabella Calloway Langsam
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Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
- Created by
- Spike Lee, American, born 1957
- Subject of
- Ross, Monty, American, born 1957
- Hicks, Tommie Redmond, American
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 53 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1900 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
- Caption
- "Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" is famed director Spike Lee's first feature film. Lee submitted the film as his thesis while attending New York University's filmmaking master's program. The film tells the story of a barbershop owner who must decide whether or not to make a deal with a local gangster in order to keep his shop open.
- Description
- "Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" is famed director Spike Lee's first feature film. Lee submitted the film as his thesis while attending New York University's filmmaking master's program. The film tells the story of a barbershop owner who must decide whether or not to make a deal with a local gangster in order to keep his shop open.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (a).
- 2017.55.22.1a:16mm film. The film begins with two men speaking idly in voiceover over black before one demands that the other starts the film. The credit sequence then proceeds. The first scene opens with a tracking and panning shots of a barbershop as the proprietor, Joe, packs a suitcase and closes the shop. The scene ends with two men demanding that Joe accompany them in their car. In the car, Joe attempts to make conversation to no avail.
- In the next scene, Joe begs for his life as the men tie cinderblocks to his body and toss him in the East River as retribution for stealing money from them.
- Zach, Joe's business partner, and his wife, Ruth, discuss what do about the barbershop now that Joe is dead. She insists that he sells it, while he refuses to do so. Ruth informs him that people only frequented the shop to play the numbers, not get their hair cut. A montage of Zach walking to the shop and opening for the day follows.
- Zach idles away the day in a mostly empty shop until a single customer comes in for a shave. The customer says the shop isn't the same without Joe running the numbers and overpays for his shave to help Zach when he is informed that Zach won't continue the racket. The film returns to Zach's home as Ruth returns from work. The two playfully continue their conversation about selling the shop.
- The subsequent scene takes place at the Department of Social Services where Ruth works. She is introduced to Teapot, a teenager at risk of falling into a life of crime. She pushes a resistant Zach to hire him in order to keep on the straight and narrow. In the next scene, Zach finds Teapot waiting outside the shop and puts him to work. Over a game of checkers, Teapot asks Zach why he doesn't have any customers. Zach explains that he won't do the processed hairstyles that have become popular. As Teapot sweeps up for the day, Zach informs him not to come in because he has some thinking to do.
- The next scene begins with a long panning shot of a group of young people standing in a circle around a boombox in the lobby of an apartment building. The boombox is turned on and the young people begin dancing to the unidentified hip hop music it plays. Ruth enters the building and winds her way through the partyers to the elevator, which she finds broken. She climbs the stairs to the apartment of Ms. Figueroa who initially refuses to open the door.
- The film cuts to the two men that murdered Joe standing over Zach as he naps in his barbershop. They ask him to go with them to meet their boss; he refuses and they besat him before taking him to an unidentified basement. The man who stopped in for a shave earlier in the film emerges from the darkness and identifies himself as Nicholas Lovejoy and the person responsible for running the numbers in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He tries to persuade Zach to continue taking people's numbers using the rhetoric of black empowerment. Zach appears to agree under duress.
- In an aside from the main plot, Teapot walks along the waterfront in Brooklyn Heights he comes across a model and photographer engaged in a photoshoot.
- The subsequent scene begins with Zach examining his wounds in a mirror at home. He sits down at a table and Ruth brings him something to eat. It is apparent that he has lied about the source of his injuries. Ruth implores him to reconsider his position on doing processed hairstyles in order to drum up business; to her frustration, he again refuses. She tries to convince him to join her at her parents' home in Atlanta, but he rejects the offer out of hand. Nicholas Lovejoy appears at the door and presents himself as Zach's business associate. A skeptical Ruth questions Lovejoy, who presents himself as an investor and mentions the value of the land where the barbershop sits.
- In the next scene, Lovejoy explains how to run the numbers to Zach as the two stand together at the Dean St. subway station. The film cuts to Zach's now very busy barber shop. Zach cuts hair as Teapot takes people's numbers. At the end of the busy day, Zach smiles as he sweeps the floor and sends Teapot home for the day.
- In another brief aside, Teapot teaches a younger child how to properly curse. This is followed by a scene in which Ruth returns to see Ms. Figueroa, but is attacked by an unidentified assailant in the stairway before reaching the apartment.
- The subsequent scene begins on Zach's stoop as he discusses the attack with Teapot. They go on to discuss the state of the neighborhood as they explore Teapot's now closed and abandoned elementary school. The scene concludes with them goofing around on the school's basketball court.
- Zach returns home and is confronted by a still rattled Ruth who asks that he stop involving Teapot in running the numbers. He agrees, but the film cuts to Teapot continuing to do so. Lovejoy's two enforcers enter the shop and instruct Zach to make sure that an unidentified individual receives a small package containing cash that they hand to him. Rather than ensure the package's delivery, he calls Ruth and instructs her to meet him at the airport to fly to Atlanta. He then hands several bills to Teapot and tells him to get out of New York for a while.
- At the airport, Zach purchases tickets, but Ruth fails to show. He receives a call and it appears as though Ruth has been kidnapped. Zach returns to the shop to find Lovejoy, his enforcers, and Ruth waiting for him. Lovejoy acts disappointed in Zach and demands the lease to the barbershop in exchange for not killing him. When Lovejoy and the others leave, Ruth castigates Zach for his stupidity before leaving the shop.
- The next morning Teapot opens the shop to find Zach asleep in one of the chairs. Zach asks why he didn't leave the city as instructed and Teapot explains that he used the cash to buy a camera. Resigned to his fate, Zach sits down to a game of checkers with Teapot.
- The film concludes with a close-up of the shop's barber pole.
- Original film can label read: AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X360 / TITLE JOE'S BED STUY BARBERSHOP
- Place depicted
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Barbershops
- Business
- Communities
- Film
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.22.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Spike Lee. Permission required for use.
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Directed by
- Thorsen, Karen, American
- Subject of
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014
- Angelou, Maya, American, 1928 - 2014
- Short, Bobby, American, 1924 - 2005
- Leeming, David Adams, American
- Styron, William, American, 1925 - 2006
- Reed, Ishmael, American, born 1938
- Happersberger, Lucien, Swiss, 1932 - 2010
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- 16mm Film (b): acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 50 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1800 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 24 Minutes
- Length (Film): 850 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
- Caption
- "James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket" recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- Description
- James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
- The film includes footage of interviews and public speeches by Baldwin, scenes from Baldwin's funeral service, and explorations of Baldwin's homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem. Interviews with family and friends include his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger and entertainer Bobby Short.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (ab).
- 2017.55.23.1ab:16mm film.
- Original film can labels read:
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X347 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 1 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, New York City
- AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. / FILM No. X348 / TITLE JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET / PRINT No. 1 PART 2 / MAYSLES FILMS, INC. 250 West 54th Street, N.Y. / 212-582-6050
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- Switzerland, Europe
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Film
- Gender
- LGBTQ
- Literature
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.23.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Karen Thorsen (Nobody Knows Productions). Permission required for use.
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Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
- Created by
- Ortiz, Carlos, Puerto Rican, 1947 - 2008
- Subject of
- Machito, Cuban American, 1908 - 1984
- Puente, Tito, American, 1923 - 2000
- Barretto, Ray, American, 1929 - 2006
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Gordon, Dexter, American, 1923 - 1990
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 24 Minutes
- Length (Film): 850 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 28 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1000 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
- Description
- 16mm film on two reels (ab). A documentary profile of Cuban bandleader Frank "Machito" Grillo and a history of Latin jazz in the United States, with a focus on New York City, and the history of Cuban music in general, with footage from New York City and Cuba. Features Machito himself, as well as interviews with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Ray Barretto. The film includes performances, film clips, still photographs and newsreel material.
- Cultural Place
- Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, New York, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Film
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Latin jazz (Music)
- Musical films
- Salsa (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.67.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Icarus Films, ©1987. Permission required for use.
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Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Maj. Gen. Bolden, Charles F. Jr., American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Nichols, Elaine, American
- Subject of
- United States Naval Academy, American, founded 1845
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American, founded 1958
- President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Date
- July 20, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.1.1a): 67.1 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.1.2a): 65.8 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.1.1a and 2016.129.1.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 101.27344 GB
- Major General Charles F. Bolden was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. General Bolden donated some of his personal belongings, including uniforms, supplies, and photographs, to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview, General Charles Bolden describes his childhood in Columbia, SC, where he grew up in an environment that was educationally and culturally stimulating, despite the strict legal segregation that existed. He discusses his early interest in science and how he became determined to attend the Naval Academy while still a teen. He describes how he overcame many obstacles that were the result of racial discrimination to achieve his dreams and eventually become a Major General, astronaut, and the Administrator of NASA (appointed by President Barack Obama).
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Military
- Museums
- Race discrimination
- Science
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.1.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Cheryl Bailey Solomon Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Solomon, Cheryl Bailey, American, born 1959
- Interviewed by
- Salahu-Din, Deborah Tulani, American
- Subject of
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
- Coppin State University, American, founded 1900
- Date
- July 27, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.10.1a): 35.6 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.10.2a): 35 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.10.1a and 2016.129.10.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 53.0292 GB
- Cheryl Bailey Solomon was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Solomon donated several Delta Sigma Theta items including bucket hats, pledge pins, a water glass, and a floor mat, to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview Cheryl Bailey Solomon talks about why she pledged Delta Sigma Theta while attending the HBCU Coppin State College and what that experience was like.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.10.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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DaWayne Brashear Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Brashear, DaWayne, American, born 1957
- Interviewed by
- Salahu-Din, Deborah Tulani, American
- Subject of
- Chief Master Brashear, Carl Maxie, American, 1931 - 2006
- United States Navy, American, founded 1775
- Date
- August 4, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.12.1a): 88.6 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.12.2a): 88.1 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.12.1a and 2016.129.12.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 144.75604 GB
- DaWayne Brashear was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Brashear donated several items related Carl Brashear’s career in the Navy, including his prosthetic leg, to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history DaWayne Brashear recounts his memories of growing up with his father, Chief Master Carl Brashear. His narrative includes descriptions of his father’s work as well as insightful details about their family life while their father doggedly pursued a career as a Master Diver in the face of discrimination, and even after he lost his leg.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Families
- Fatherhood
- Military
- Museums
- Race discrimination
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.12.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Russell Williams II Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Williams, Russell II, American, born 1952
- Interviewed by
- Burnside, Timothy Anne, American
- Date
- August 8, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.13.1a): 148 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.13.2a): 147.6 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.13.1a and 2016.129.13.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 228.30216 GB
- Russell Williams was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Williams donated a collection of artifacts and photographs representing his pioneering Hollywood career, including both of his Academy Awards, his two Emmy Awards, and audio equipment he used to record dialogue on the set of various films to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history Russell Williams discusses his childhood in Washington, DC and his journey to becoming a successful Hollywood sound engineer. He talks about the challenges that face African Americans in the film industry. He also gives vivid descriptions of what it was like to work on the sets of "Glory" and "Dances with Wolves".
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Hollywood (Film)
- Local and regional
- Mass media
- Museums
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.13.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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General Colin L. Powell Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- General Powell, Colin L., American, born 1937
- Interviewed by
- Bunch, Lonnie G. III, American, born 1952
- Subject of
- President Bush, George W., American, born 1946
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- August 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.15.1a): 57.2 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.15.2a): 56.4 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.15.1a and 2016.129.15.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 93.98498 GB
- General Colin Powell was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. General Powell donated several items including a uniform that is on display to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this interview conducted by National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch, General Colin Powell discusses his early life as the son of Jamaican immigrants and the journey to a long and distinguished military career that culminated in being appointed the first African American Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Immigration
- International affairs
- Military
- Museums
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.15.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Dr. Juanita Patience Moss Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Dr. Moss, Juanita Patience, American, born 1932
- Interviewed by
- Hyppolite, Joanne
- Subject of
- C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972
- Date
- November 3, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.17.1a): 38.1 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.17.2a): 37.7 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.17.1a and 2016.129.17.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 63.81855 GB
- Dr. Juanita Patience Moss was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Dr. Moss donated some of her father, C. Edgar Price's equipment and art work to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview Dr. Juanita Patience Moss discusses her father C. Edgar Patience’s life and work at length-including the Anthracite coal industry and how he became an artist in this medium. She also discusses the African American community of West Pittston, Pennsylvania.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Art
- Communities
- Families
- Labor
- Museums
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.17.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Charles David Kleymeyer Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Dr. Kleymeyer, Charles David, American, born 1944
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Subject of
- Juan García Salazar, Ecuadorian, 1944 - 2017
- Inter-American Foundation, American, founded 1969
- Date
- December 7, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.18.1b): 85.1 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.18.2a): 85.1 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.18.1a and 2016.129.18.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 128.98321 GB
- Dr. Charles D. Kleymeyer was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Dr. Kleymeyer is a close friend and research partner of Juan Garcia. Juan Garcia Salazar, an Afro-Ecuadorean, donated the very first item to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, a carved stool of clear tropical hardwood etched with a spider web motif, symbolizing West African folklore character, Anansi the Spider. This item is featured in our Cultural Expression Gallery. Dr. Kleymeyer, who lives in the DC Metropolitan area, has often acted as interpreter for Garcia Salazar and was present when the stool was delivered to NMAAHC Director Lonnie Bunch.
- In this oral history interview Dr. Charles D. Kleymeyer discusses his life and work at length, including his memories of growing up near the African American community of Lyles Station in Indiana and the extensive work he did for many years with African and Indigenous peoples in Ecuador while working for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF). It was his work with the IAF that brought him into contact with Juan Garcia Salazar and he discusses their relationship in detail.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Ecuador, Latin America, South America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Communities
- Folklife
- Museums
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.18.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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John Jacob Oliver Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Oliver, John Jacob, American, born 1945
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Subject of
- The Afro-American, American, founded 1892
- Fisk University, American, founded 1866
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County, American, founded 1966
- Columbia Law School, American, founded 1858
- Date
- 1945-2017
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.19.1a): 108.2 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.19.2a): 107.9 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.19.1a and 2016.129.19.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 169.00092 GB
- John Jacob Oliver was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Oliver worked for the AFRO-American newspaper, which donated a printing press to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview John Jacob Oliver gives a narrative of what it was like to grow-up in the Murphy family, which has published the AFRO-American newspaper since 1892. He discusses his childhood in Baltimore, Maryland, where he personally integrated John E. Howard elementary school in the 6th grade. Oliver talks about his educational journey, which included a short stint at the University of Maryland, before deciding to transfer to the HBCU Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and his later studies for a law degree from Columbia University. He recounts his work as a lawyer, before returning to the family business at the AFRO-American. His story includes his role in instituting modern technology at the AFRO.
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- Place collected
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Business
- Communities
- Education
- Families
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Law
- Mass media
- Museums
- Segregation
- Technology
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.19.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, American, born 1941
- Interviewed by
- Pretzer, William S., American
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
- Date
- July 11, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.2.1a): 50.7 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.2.2a): 49.4 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.2.1a and 2016.129.2.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 80.53677 GB
- Joan Mulholland was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Mulholland donated Civil Rights ephemera, such as pamphlets, buttons, and flyers from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) events to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview, Joan Mulholland discusses the items she donated from the Civil Rights Movement that reflect her life of activism, including her involvement in SNCC. She also discusses her choice to attend the HBCU Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, as a white woman, and the response of her parents to her choices and political activities.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Museums
- Race relations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.2.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Joyce A. Bailey Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Bailey, Joyce A., American, born 1943
- Interviewed by
- Nichols, Elaine, American
- Subject of
- Alexander-Lane, Lois K., American, 1916 - 2007
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- National Association of Milliners, Dressmakers and Tailors Inc., American, founded 1969
- Harlem Fashion Institute, American, 1966 - 1994
- Date
- July 11, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.3.1a): 57.5 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.3.2a): 56.3 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.3.1a and 2016.129.3.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 95.07477 GB
- Joyce Bailey was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Bailey donated the entire collection and archives of the Black Fashion Museum after her mother's, Lois K. Alexander Lane, passing to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- During this interview, Joyce Bailey discusses her mother, Lois K. Alexander Lane’s life and work in the fashion industry. In addition to the Black Fashion Museum, Lois K. Alexander Lane also founded the National Association of Milliners, Dressmakers and Tailors, the Harlem Institute of Fashion and two custom wear boutiques (The Needle Nook of Washington, DC and Lois K. Alexander & Co. in New York City).
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.3.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Kenneth Royster Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Royster, Kenneth, American, born 1944
- Interviewed by
- Bryant, Aaron
- Date
- July 14, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.4.1a): 101.8 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.4.2a): 101.3 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.4.1a and 2016.129.4.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 166.46723 GB
- Ken Royster was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Royster donated a collection of his photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- During this oral history interview Ken Royster discusses his evolution as an artist and photographer and his approach to his work. Royster is known for his black and white photography of African American cultural rituals, such as baptisms. He also talks at length about growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Art
- Communities
- Museums
- Photography
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.4.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Robert Houston Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Robert Houston, American, born 1935
- Interviewed by
- Bryant, Aaron
- Subject of
- Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
- Date
- July 14, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.5.1a): 82.7 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.5.2a): 82.7 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.5.1a and 2016.129.5.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 132.40872 GB
- Robert Houston was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Houston donated a collection of his photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this interview, Robert Houston discusses his life and his journey to become a photographer. His story includes references to Gordon Parks and his unconventional methods of getting close enough to take shots of celebrities and entertainers.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Entertainers
- Museums
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.5.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Edward Theodore Taylor Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Taylor, Edward Theodore, American, 1932 - 2020
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Subject of
- United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
- Date
- July 18, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.6.1a): 95.9 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.6.2a): 92.9 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.6.1a and 2016.129.6.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 152.84613 GB
- Edward Taylor was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Taylor donated a photograph of himself that was taken in Korea during the Korean War to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was 19 years old at the time the photograph was taken.
- Edward Taylor vividly recounts his childhood in the segregated world of Maryland’s eastern shore, including a particularly tragic incident involving racial violence. He continues on to tell the story of his experience as a combat infantryman during the Korean War, after the US military had been recently integrated. This story includes the tale of how he earned two Purple Hearts. Later, after he returns to the United States, he recounts a racial incident that lead him to discard his Purple Hearts in the Chesapeake Bay. The last part of the interview is devoted to his role as a pioneering educator in the desegregation of the public schools in Wicomico County, Maryland.
- Place collected
- Randallstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Communities
- Education
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Military
- Museums
- Race discrimination
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.6.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Amirah Muhammad Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Muhammad, Amirah, American, born 1965
- Interviewed by
- Salahu-Din, Deborah Tulani, American
- Subject of
- Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
- X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Muhammad, Elijah, American, 1897 - 1975
- Muhammad, Clara, American, 1899 - 1972
- Date
- July 20, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.7.1a): 62 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.7.2a): 61.9 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.7.1a and 2016.129.7.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 89.37764 GB
- Amirah Muhammad was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Muhammad donated a platinum pendant that was commissioned by Elijah Muhammad for Clara Muhammad to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history Amirah Muhammad, granddaughter of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and Clara Muhammad, discusses the dynamics of growing up in the Nation of Islam, including memories of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.7.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Rev. Shari-Ruth Goodwin Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- Rev. Goodwin, Shari-Ruth, American, born 1962
- Interviewed by
- Pretzer, William S., American
- Subject of
- Goodwin, Ruth Virginia, American, 1923 - 2007
- National Black Political Convention, 1971 - 1972
- Date
- July 25, 2016
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.8.1a): 31.9 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.8.2a): 31.9 minutes
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.8.1a and 2016.129.8.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 50.07391 GB
- Shari-Ruth Goodwin was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Goodwinn donated several items related to the 1972 Black National Political Convention to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this oral history interview, Shari-Ruth Goodwin discusses her mother, Pastor Ruth Goodwin's, participation in the 1972 Black National Political Convention and her memories of her mother’s political activities.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Gary, Lake County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.8.1a-.2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture