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  • Pin-back button featuring

    Pin-back button featuring "I Believe Anita Hill"

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Hill, Anita, American, born 1956
    Medium
    metal
    Dimensions
    Diameter (x depth): 2 3/16 x 5/16 in. (5.6 x 0.8 cm)
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    Date
    1991
    Description
    A round pink pin-back button with black lettering that reads: [I Believe / Anita Hill].
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Justice
    Labor
    Law
    United States--History--1969-2001
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kim Sykes
    Object number
    2010.69.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Collins, Risë
    MacCauley, Robbie, American, born 1942
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Hunt, Sharita Mae
    Johnson, Leona
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image): 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.1 cm)
    H x W (sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (26 × 34 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: Risë Collins (Lady in Purple), Robbie MacCauley (Lady in Red), Jonette O’Kelley Miller (Lady in Green), Sharita Mae Hunt (Lady in Orange), and Leona Johnson (Lady in Yellow).
    Topic
    African American
    Actors
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Women! Free Our Sisters

    Women! Free Our Sisters

    Created by
    New England Women's Liberation, American, 1963 - 1981
    Black Panther Party of Connecticut
    Subject of
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 22 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (57.8 x 41.9 cm)
    Type
    posters
    Place used
    Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    November 1969
    Description
    Black and white poster featuring an image of protesting women and a list of demands. This poster was used to announce a protest scheduled for November 22, 1969 orchestrated by the N.E. Women's Liberation and the Black Panther Party of Connecticut in support of six female Black Panthers who were being held in Niantic Connecticut State Women's Prison.
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Justice
    Race relations
    Social reform
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.26.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Reese, Roxanne
    Hunt, Sharita Mae
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image and sheet): 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 5/16 × 10 3/16 in. (33.8 × 25.9 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of Roxanne Reese, performing as the Lady in Brown, and Sharita Mae Hunt, performing as the Lady in Orange. The two women are seated on the stage, both gazing out of frame to proper right. Reese has her right knee raised, and her right hand resting on her lower leg. There is a large flower in the background behind them, as part of the production design. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Reese, Roxanne
    Hunt, Sharita Mae
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image): 9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.7 × 19.2 cm)
    H x W (sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 5/16 × 10 3/16 in. (33.8 × 25.9 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of Jonette O’Kelley Miller, performing as the Lady in Green. She is standing with her right leg pointing away from her body, her left hand raised by her head and her right hand resting on her chest. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Hunt, Sharita Mae
    Reese, Roxanne
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image and sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.2 × 19.5 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of Jonette O’Kelley Miller performing as the Lady in Green. Miller is standing in the center of photograph, her left hand at her waist and her right arm out gesturing out to her right. Sitting in the background, behind Miller, are Sharita Mae Hunt, the Lady in Orange, and Roxanne Reese, the Lady in Brown. There is a large flower in the background behind them, as part of the production design. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Hunt, Sharita Mae
    Reese, Roxanne
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image and sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.9 × 19.8 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph is of Sharita Mae Hunt performing as the Lady in Orange, and Roxanne Reese performing as the Lady in Brown. Both women are smiling exuberantly and dancing. Hunt is in the foreground, her head cocked to her left side, both hands on the skirt of her dress, swinging the fabric as she dances. Reese is in the background, her left arm raised in front of her body. There is a large flower in the background behind them, as part of the production design. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image): 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
    H x W (sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (33.7 × 25.9 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: Jonette O’Kelley Miller (Lady in Green), both arms raised and clasped above her head.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Media Arts-Photography
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Photographic print from the Broadway production of

    Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

    Photograph by
    Swope, Martha, American
    Subject of
    Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image): 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24 × 19.2 cm)
    H x W (sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 1/8 in. (33.7 × 25.7 cm)
    Type
    photographs
    portraits
    Place captured
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1977-1978
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: Jonette O’Kelley Miller (Lady in Green), right arm raised and left arm on left knee.
    Topic
    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
    Object number
    2015.53.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library. Permission required for use.
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    Media Arts-Photography
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  • Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

    Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

    Manufactured by
    James B. Smith & Co., American
    Signed by
    Lacy, Caroline N., American, 1838 - 1898
    Received by
    Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
    Subject of
    Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
    Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893
    Sumner, Charles, American, 1811 - 1874
    Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880
    Channing, William Henry, American, 1810 - 1884
    Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884
    Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
    Medium
    leather, metal, and ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (15.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm)
    H x W (open with clasps): 6 1/4 × 11 in. (15.9 × 27.9 cm)
    H x W (open without clasps): 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.9 × 22.9 cm)
    H x W x D (Storage container): 5 7/8 × 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (15 × 28.5 × 29 cm)
    Type
    photograph albums
    Place used
    Camp Todd, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1864
    Caption
    Caroline “Carrie” Nichols (later Carrie N. Lacy; see 2017.30.13) presented this carte-de-visite album to her friend and fellow teacher Emily Howland on January 1, 1864, at Camp Todd, a freedmen’s camp and school located in Arlington, Virginia. Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator, philanthropist, and suffragist who founded, financially supported, and taught in numerous schools for African Americans for more than 70 years from 1857 until her death in 1929 at the age of 101.
    Typical of a CDV album during this period, the Howland Album contains photographs of Howland’s family, friends, and colleagues, as well as souvenir images of notable abolitionists and famous figures during the 1860s and 1870s. Based on the photograph dates and later inscriptions, it is clear that Howland added photographs to the album as she collected them throughout the mid- to late 19th century.
    Description
    Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the same, with a scallop-edged diamond outlined in gold at the center and geometric borders surrounding it, ending in a thin gold gilt geometric border around the edges. Gilt text is stamped on the spine reading "PHOTOGRAPHS". The front and back interior covers have decorative paper with small gold repeating stylized dots on a white ground adhered to them. There are four (4) sheets of paper at the front of the album, followed by twenty-five (25) thicker pages that each feature a window for holding two (2) photographs per page, and one (1) sheet of paper at the back of the album. There is room for fifty (50) photographs, though the album contains only forty-seven (47) photographs plus one (1) loose photograph too large to fit into the windowed pages. Windows 20, 21, and 47 are empty. The windows are rectangular with rounded corners and are surrounded by a gold printed border. The front pages include a page with information about the album publisher and an Index page with two printed columns of numbered lines for identifying the photographs. The Index page is not filled out. There is an inscription written in black ink on the first page that reads "To / Emily Howland / From her friend / Carrie Nichols / Jan 1st, 1864 / Camp Todd / Virginia". All of the interior pages are edged in gilt with a design impressed into the top, right side, and bottom edges of the pages that creates a floral spray when the album is closed. The album fastens on the right side with two (2) metal hinged bars that are attached to the back cover and close over metal pins attached to the front cover. The bars are embellished with a three-dimensional metal design imitating a floral fabric looped through a metal buckle.
    Topic
    African American
    Antislavery
    Education
    Families
    Feminism
    Local and regional
    Military
    Photography
    Politics (Practical)
    Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
    Religion
    Social reform
    United States Colored Troops
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Credit Line
    Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
    Object number
    2017.30
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Emily Howland Photograph Album
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Media Arts-Photography
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • The Black Scholar, Vol. 6, No. 6

    The Black Scholar, Vol. 6, No. 6

    Published by
    Routledge, British, founded 1851
    Created by
    The Black Scholar, American, founded 1969
    Written by
    Representative Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015
    Karenga, Maulana, American, born 1941
    Toure, Ahmed Sekou
    Beal, Frances M., American, born 1940
    El-Kati, Mahmoud
    Lewis, Diane K.
    Nelson, Charmeynne D.
    Smith, Earl
    Wilcox, Preston, American, 1923 - 2006
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 x 7 x 1/8 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm)
    Type
    journals (periodicals)
    Date
    March 1975
    Description
    Volume 6, Number 6 of The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research published for March 1975. The articles in this issue focus on "The Black Woman 1975". The cover features a drawing of a woman looking to the right.
    Topic
    African American
    Education
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Mass media
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
    Object number
    2012.22.24
    Restrictions & Rights
    © The Black World Foundation
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    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • The Black Scholar, Volume 10, Numbers 8, 9

    The Black Scholar, Volume 10, Numbers 8, 9

    Published by
    The Black Scholar, American, founded 1969
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    10 1/4 × 7 1/8 × 1/4 in. (26 × 18.1 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    journals (periodicals)
    Date
    1979
    Description
    Publication of "The Black Scholar," volume 10, numbers 8 and 9. The publication features a black cover with a large yin-yang symbol in the center. The symbol is red and black with a white outline. Above the symbol is white text [THE BLACK SEXISM DEBATE]. Below the symbol are three (3) columns of white text. Left column [ROBERT ALLEN/S.E. ANDERSON/BONNIE M. DANIELS/HARRY EDWARDS/SARAH FABIO/CHIDI IKONNE/TERRY JONES/JUNE JORDAN]. Middle column [M. RON KARENGA/AUDRE LORDE/JULIANNE MALVEAUX/MARK D. MATTHEWS/ROSEMARI MEALY/E. ETHELBERT MILLER/GEORGE MOSBY JR./ALVIN F. POUSSAINT]. Right column [KALAMU YA SALAAM/ANDREW SALKEY/NTOZAKE SHANGE/SABRINA SOJOURNER/ROBERT STAPLES/PAULINE T. STONE/ASKIA TOURE/SHERLEY WILLIAMS]. At the very top of the cover is the masthead with text in black with the title and price [$2.00/THEBLACKSCHOLAR].
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Race relations
    Social reform
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.154.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © The Black World Foundation
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    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • The Black Scholar, Volume 6, Number 6

    Published by
    The Black Scholar, American, founded 1969
    Owned by
    Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    10 1/16 × 7 × 3/16 in. (25.6 × 17.8 × 0.5 cm)
    Type
    journals (periodicals)
    Date
    1975
    Description
    Publication of "The Black Scholar," volume 6, number 6. The publication cover features a black and white illustration in the upper half of a woman, seen from the waist up, with her PR side closest to the viewer. She wears a long-sleeve shirt with a short sleeved jacket. On her PR shoulder is a bag, with the handle held by her PR hand. She also wears a striped head wrap and glasses. Her PR hand is seen hear her waist. Below the illustration is white text [THE BLACK WOMAN 1975]. Attached to the left side in the top half near the illustration of the woman, is a white mailing label, oriented vertically, with printed text [O TURNER JR 75054/1332 21ST ST APT 4/DES MOINES Iwi 50310]. Below the illustration are two (2) columns of text in black. Left column [FEATURING ESSAYS BY/SÉKOU TOURÉ/FRANCES M. BEAL/JULIAN BOND]. Right column [MAHMOUD EL-KATI/DIANE K. LEWIS/RON KARENGA/CHARMEYENNE NELSON/EARL SMITH/PRESTON WILCOX]. At the top of the front cover is the masthead in black text with the title and price [$1.50/THEBLACKSCHOLAR].
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Black World Foundation
    Object number
    2014.154.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © The Black World Foundation
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    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • New York Head Shop and Museum

    Written by
    Lorde, Audre, American, 1934 - 1992
    Printed by
    Broadside Press, founded 1965
    Owned by
    Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 3/8 × 5 5/16 × 3/16 in. (21.3 × 13.5 × 0.5 cm)
    Type
    books
    Place printed
    Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1974
    Description
    This is a paperback volume of poetry titled "New York Head Shop and Museum" by Audre Lorde. The cover is black, with bright orange letters that read "the /NEW/ YORK/ HEAD/ SHOP/ and/ MUSEUM." To the right of the title are the words "by/ Audre/ Lorde." In the bottom right corner are the words "Broadside Press $3.50."
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Identity
    Literature
    Race discrimination
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
    Object number
    2014.254.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1974 Audre Lorde Rollins. Permission required for use.
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    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Ego Tripping

    Written by
    Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
    Owned by
    Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 14 × 4 3/16 in. (35.5 × 10.7 cm)
    Type
    broadsides
    Place used
    New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1999
    Description
    This is a broadside with the poem "Ego Tripping" signed by the author. Shaped as a long narrow rectangle, the broadside has the title in large letters along the left margin. At the base of the title is an image of the author. Wearing dark clothing, and shown in profile, she crouches with her elbows on her knees and turns her head towards the viewer. Across the top margin are four small images of four different women. Running down the length of the broadside is the poem's text. At the bottom of the text is the author's signature, done by hand in pen.
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Identity
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
    Object number
    2014.254.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Various. Permission required for use.
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    Documents and Published Materials
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  • for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    Published by
    Playbill, American, founded 1884
    Subject of
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Used by
    Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    9 x 5 5/8 x 1/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 x 0.3 cm)
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    playbills
    Place used
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    November 1977
    Description
    An edition of Playbill Magazine for the production of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". The cover has a white background with yellow box at top; the illustration below depicts an African American woman wearing a yellow kerchief on her head and a yellow top. Behind the woman is a white tile wall with rainbow-colored writing reading [For/Colored/Girls/who have/Considered/Suicide/When/The/Rain-bow/is/Enuf]. Black type in yellow box at top reads, [PLAYBILL/THE BOOTH THEATRE] White sticker with image of a red elephant and [50¢] on back on back, handwritten [1977/B].
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Topic
    African American
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Sexuality
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
    Object number
    2012.152.1213
    Restrictions & Rights
    Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
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    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
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  • Some Men

    Some Men

    Written by
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Illustrated by
    Holup, Wopo, American
    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    ink on paper with ribbon and metal
    Dimensions
    H x W (Booklet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 15/16 in. (10.8 × 8.3 × 5 cm)
    H x W (Booklet and ribbon): 11 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 1 15/16 in. (29 × 8.3 × 5 cm)
    Type
    pamphlets
    Date
    1981
    Description
    A booklet of poems entitled “Some Men” written by Ntozake Shange. The images in the booklet were illustrated by Wopo Holup. The poems have been presented in a booklet format that resembles a highschool dance card, a small booklet that would be tied to the wrist of a girl attending a high school dance. The booklet has an orange cover that features an illustration of a man in a black suit with a bow tie, dancing with a woman with long hair in an outlined dress. The booklet has a black, grosgrain ribbon attached through a hole punch through the top, left corner of the booklet and the ribbon strands have been knotted together near the ribbon ends. The text on the booklet cover at the top reads [SOME MEN] and at the bottom reads [ntozake shange / wopo holup]. The booklet has forty-eight cream colored pages and an orange flyleaf page at each end of the book. Most of the pages have poetry, an illustration or both printed on it. Several of the pages have illustrations depicting a table that holds a bowl, a picture frame and a lamp shaped like a woman, holding the lamp shade with one hand while holding the lightbulb in her mouth. Another set of illustrations depicts a table with a vase of flowers. Three pages resemble dance card pages, with filigree pattern borders with the names of dances listed followed by a blank lines. Several of these lines have been filled in printed script that reads [some men]. Four pages depict a picture frame, four pages have been filled in with illustrations of pink, orange, purple, blue and red flowers and four pages have illustrations depicting male figures pointing guns and female figures with their arms stretched out. All of the illustrations are references to lines of Shange's poems, many of which depict violence and sexual aggression towards women. At the center of the book are six entirely black pages and there are eight pages that have been left blank. The booklet has a handwritten number and has been signed by poet and illustrator inside front cover.
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
    Object number
    2013.85.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © ntozake shange/poetry wopo holup/images © may 1981. Permission required for use.
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  • for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    Published by
    Shameless Hussy Press, 1968 - 1989
    Written by
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Illustrated by
    Holup, Wopo, American
    Medium
    ink on paper and metal
    Dimensions
    Closed: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1/8 in. (21.6 x 13.7 x 0.3 cm)
    Open: 8 1/2 x 11 3/16 x 3/16 in. (21.6 x 28.4 x 0.5 cm)
    Type
    pamphlets
    Place printed
    San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1975
    Description
    A red booklet of poems entitled, “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” written by Ntozake Shange. The images in the booklet were illustrated by Wopo Holup. The booklet has a red cover with an illustration of a budding rose with feathers tied to the stem. The title text on the top of cover reads [FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF]. Below the title is the text [Ntosake Shange] and in the bottom right corner is the text [.95]. The booklet is twenty-six pages with a dedication page. On the frontispiece is an illustration printed in purple ink of Ntozake Shange in profile view with a rose dangling from her ear. At the bottom of the illustration is a large butterfly. The other illustration is on page twenty-four, and it is also printed in purple ink. It is a rose in a glass Pepsi bottle with three feathers lying at the base of the bottle. Along the spine is the text [for colored girls who have considered suicide / ntozake shange / shameless hussy press]. There is an inscription in red ink on the dedication page.
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Poetry
    Sexuality
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
    Object number
    2013.85.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    copyright © Ntosake [sic] Shange 1975. Permission required for use.
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    Taking the Stage
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  • for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

    Illustrated by
    Davis, Paul Brooks, American, born 1938
    Subject of
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
    Medium
    ink on paper.
    Dimensions
    H x W: 46 1/8 × 22 15/16 in. (117.2 × 58.3 cm)
    Type
    posters
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1976
    Description
    An illustrated poster for the choreopoem, “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” by Ntosake Shange, featuring a painted, three quarters profile, upper body portrait of a young woman wearing a yellow head scarf, yellow tank top and gold and feather earrings. The portrait is of Ntozake Shange. She is standing against a white tile subway wall which has a single red tile stripe at the base of the wall. The main poster text is written in rainbow-colored, cursive, paint brushstrokes with simulated paint drips, and text reads, [For / Colored / Girls / who have / Considered / Suicide / When / The / Rain- / bow / is / Enuf]. In the top right corner is a box painted to appear like small tiles with white text against a dark red background that reads, [BOOTH THEATRE / 222 W. 45TH ST.] followed by a white, right pointing arrow. The artist's signature is in that bottom right corner, against a white tile.
    Topic
    African American
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Poetry
    Sexuality
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
    Object number
    2013.85.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © The New York Shakespeare Festival. Permission required for use.
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    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Exhibition
    Taking the Stage
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
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  • Printer's full print sheet of Some Men

    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Written by
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Illustrated by
    Holup, Wopo, American
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
    Type
    sheets (information artifacts)
    Date
    1981
    Description
    An uncut printer's full print sheet of pages for the booklet of poems entitled “Some Men” written by Ntozake Shange. The images in the booklet were illustrated by Wopo Holup. The sheet is a cream color page that has been divided into forty-eight panels, twenty-four panels are right side up and the other twenty-four have been printed upside down. Each panel represents a page in the final booklet (2013.85.1). Most of the panels have poetry, an illustration or both printed on it. Several of the pages have illustrations depicting a table that holds a bowl, a picture frame and a lamp shaped like a woman, holding the lamp shade with one hand while holding the lightbulb in her mouth. Another set of illustrations depicts a table with a vase of flowers. Three pages resemble dance card pages, with filigree pattern borders with the names of dances listed followed by a blank lines. Several of these lines have been filled in script that reads [some men]. Four pages depict a picture frame, four pages have been filled in with illustrations of pink, orange, purple, blue and red flowers and four pages have illustrations depicting male figures pointing guns and female figures with their arms stretched out. All of the illustrations are references to lines of Shange's poems, many of which depict violence and sexual aggression towards women. At the center of the book are six entirely black pages and there are eight pages that have been left blank.
    Topic
    African American
    Feminism
    Gender
    Identity
    Poetry
    Sexuality
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
    Object number
    2013.85.4
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