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The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
- Written by
- Thomas Dixon Jr.
- Illustrated by
- Arthur I. Keller, American, 1867 - 1924
- Published by
- Grosset & Dunlap, American, 1898 - 1982
- Owned by
- Schumann, Leon W., American, born 1875
- Subject of
- Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 1 3/8 in. (19.5 × 13.5 × 3.5 cm)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1905
- Description
- A hardcover book titled “The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan” written by Thomas F. Dixon. The 374-paged book has a red cover with white lettering. The front pastedown page has a bookplate adhered to it at top left. The bookplate reads “LIBRARY OF / LEON W. Schumann / No. Date.” An inscription written in black ink is located on the front free endpaper at center. The inscription reads “Bessie / from / Uncle Aaron / Christmas, 1915.” The work is the second volume in a Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Dixon that included The Leopard's Spots and The Traitor. The novel is set in Reconstruction-era United States and concerns the Klan's role in protecting white Southerners from carpetbaggers and an oppressive government that would turn former enslaved persons against white Southerners.
- Topic
- African American
- Fraternal organizations
- Literature
- Mass media
- Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- White supremacy movements
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
- Object number
- 2013.231.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Glass window and wood painted frame from the original Antioch Baptist Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Antioch Baptist Church, American, founded 1885
- Medium
- wood and glass
- Dimensions
- 84 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. (213.4 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm)
- Type
- windows
- Place used
- Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1882-1885
- Description
- Gothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a larger pointed arch with a squared bottom, and the last part being the space between the two pointed tops of the smaller arch and the point of the largest arch. There is powder blue and white paint on the glass.
- Topic
- African American
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Antioch Baptist Church, Camden, Alabama
- Object number
- 2013.95.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Glass window and wood painted frame from the original Antioch Baptist Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Antioch Baptist Church, American, founded 1885
- Medium
- wood and glass
- Dimensions
- 84 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. (213.4 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm)
- Type
- windows
- Place used
- Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1882-1885
- Description
- Gothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a larger pointed arch with a squared bottom, and the last part being the space between the two pointed tops of the smaller arch and the point of the largest arch. There is powder blue and white paint on the glass.
- Topic
- African American
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Antioch Baptist Church, Camden, Alabama
- Object number
- 2013.95.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Glass window and wood painted frame from the original Antioch Baptist Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Antioch Baptist Church, American, founded 1885
- Medium
- wood and glass
- Dimensions
- 84 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. (213.4 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm)
- Type
- windows
- Place used
- Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1882-1885
- Description
- Gothic style window wood frames consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a larger pointed arch with a squared bottom, and the last part being the space between the two pointed tops of the smaller arch and the point of the largest arch. There is powder blue and white paint on the glass.
- Topic
- African American
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Antioch Baptist Church, Camden, Alabama
- Object number
- 2013.95.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Bentwood armchair from a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Adams-Harris, Vanessa
- Snow's Consignment Store, American, founded 1995
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Medium
- wood and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 38 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (97.8 × 52.1 × 45.1 cm)
- Type
- armchairs
- Place collected
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Description
- A bentwood armchair purportedly belonging to a black church in Tulsa that was looted during the Tulsa Riot of 1921. The chair has curved arm rests. The arm rests are attached to the chair back and seat with oval-shaped, metal cleats. Both uprights at the sides of the chair back are also attached to the seat and to the top rail. The chair back has seven (7) rungs at the back. The chair also has two (2) horizontal rungs on the proper left and proper right sides, connecting the proper left and proper right legs. There are two (2) additional rungs at the back connecting the rear legs. At the front is only one (1) rung at the top between the front legs. The chair seat is a square shape with curved corners. The seat is has been slightly molded towards the back to support the sitter. The chair back curves out toward the arm rests.
- Topic
- African American
- American West
- Race relations
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vanessa Adams-Harris, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
- Object number
- 2014.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Class of 1892 Oberlin Academy Preparatory School
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Oberlin Academy, American, 1833 - 1916
- Dyson, Eva M., American, 1873 - 1958
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Mounted): 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (25.2 × 30.3 cm)
- H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (17.5 × 24.8 cm)
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Place captured
- Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1892
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the Oberlin Academy Preparatory School Class of 1892. There are three (3) rows of students. The first row is one (1) girl in a white dress. Her hair is pulled back and she has curls in the front. She appears to be kneeling on the ground.
- The middle row contains four (4) girls in white dresses. They are sitting down. The girl on the far proper right side has her hair pulled back with curls in the front. The girl to her left has curly hair which is also pulled back. The two girls to her left do not have curls, but their hair is pulled back with a bow.
- The back row contains six (6) students. Three girls in white dresses and three boys in black suits. The boy in the middle is also wearing a black tie. There are two (2) girls on the proper right side. They have their hair pulled back with curls in the front. Eva Dyson is the female student on the proper left side. Her hair is pulled back as well. The boy to her right is wearing glasses.
- The photo was taken in an interior setting. A rug, a chair, and some plants can be seen. All of the students are holding what appears to be a diploma in their hands. The photograph is mounted on a black board. The board appears to be marbled because of age and some of the corners are torn.
- The image appears to have yellowed with age.
- There are some spots on the back of the board. There is also a diagonal white label on the proper left side of the board. It reads [1892 Graduation/10.- DC] in pencil.
- Topic
- African American
- Education
- Photography
- Race relations
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Christie Hammel
- Object number
- 2015.86
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Photograph of Chase County High School (Kansas) baseball team
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Chase County Junior/Senior High School, American
- Small, Edward, American, 1887 - unknown
- Horner, Oliver Howard, 1888 - 1939
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mounting board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Mounted): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (19.7 × 24.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Place captured
- Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1907
- Description
- A black and white team photograph of baseball players from Chase County High School in Kansas. There are three (3) rows of boys. The two (2) boys in the front row center are sitting cross-legged and the two (2) boys on the sides are lying on their sides, with their legs facing out. They have their outer arms resting on their legs and their inner arms are on the floor, propping them up. The front row contains the only African American player. He is second from the proper left side and is holding a baseball in his hands. The other sitting player to his right has a catcher's mask in front of him. There are two baseballs in the shape of an "X" on the ground in front of them.
- The middle row contains five (5) players kneeling on the ground. The player on the far proper right has his hands on his hips, the player in the middle has his hands in front of him, and the player on the far proper left has his arms on his side.
- The back row contains four (4) people standing. The boy second from the proper right side is also a player on the team. The other three (3) boys are wearing suits. They are wearing neck ties, except for the boy on the proper right side, who is wearing a bow tie. They are standing in front of a backdrop. The backdrop, which has an unidentifiable image on it, is placed in front of a paneled wall. The boy second from the proper left is Oliver Howard Horner.
- All of the players are wearing the same uniforms. The button down shirts have collars and have sleeves that end around the elbows. The shirts have letters across the chest. A "C." on the proper right side, a "C." in the center, and a "H.S." on the proper left side. The boys are wearing quilted pants with belts and black and white striped baseball socks. Several of the players are also wearing their baseball gloves. Many of the players are wearing white long sleeve shirts under their uniform shirts.
- The photograph is dry mounted on a black board. The bottom proper right corner of the board is missing. There are several areas where the black part of the board has peeled off. The back of the board is grey. There are no markings on the back. In several areas on the sides and corners the grey has peel off a bit.
- Topic
- African American
- American West
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Education
- Photography
- Race relations
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tyson D. Arnold
- Object number
- 2015.94.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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No. 1018, White Man's Bar
- Photograph by
- Lindsey, Thomas H., American, 1849 - 1927
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Medium
- ink on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 7 5/16 in. (11.1 × 18.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
- Type
- photogravures
- cabinet photographs
- Place captured
- Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1895-1910
- Description
- A cabinet card with a black-and-white print of an unidentified man drinking from a jug while sitting in a wagon. The Conestoga wagon is missing its canvas cover so that the man is fully visible seated in the bed between the exposed ribs. His feet are propped up on the proper right front wheel and he holds a large ceramic jug up to his lips to drink. The wagon is drawn by two oxen that are significantly different in size. The wagon is parked in a dirt street with several store fronts visible along a brick sidewalk in the background. A group of white men in suits stand in front of the nearest storefront to the wagon in the right background. The title "White Man's Bar" is printed in white in the lower right corner of the image, inferring that the African American man in the wagon is drinking alcohol in the street because he is not allowed into the whites only bar. The series title and photographer name are printed in dark blue ink on the bottom and sides of the mount. A descriptive narrative about the series, "The Land of the Sky," is printed in black ink on the back of the tan card mount.
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Cooking and dining
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Views of Western North Carolina "The Land of the Sky"
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Embosser used by Claflin University
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Claflin University, American, founded 1869
- Medium
- paint, cast iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (17.5 × 16.5 × 5.4 cm)
- Type
- tools
- Place used
- Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1870-1900
- Description
- A hand-operated embossing machine used by Claflin University. The exterior is painted black, with paint chipping away throughout surface. The embosser stands flat on a beveled base that is curved on two opposing sides, each containing a hole through the base at the end. The mechanism has a long, rounded lever, with a silver plated top on the end, hinged at the body of the embosser on the opposite side, with a spring element underneath, and is used to push the cylinder element into whatever material will be embossed. Below the cylindrical element, there is a two-tiered base, the bottom being circular with relief type (illegible) on the top, the other sitting on the top curved with straight ends in an oblong shape. There is a slit for the material being embossed to slide into between the pedestal and the cylinder. The main body of embosser has a relief 5-point star, painted red, with gold lines coming off of it, on both sides.
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Business
- Education
- Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Claflin University
- Object number
- 2016.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Brick from a cistern found at Florida A&M University
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 2 1/2 x 9 x 3 1/2 in., 4.5 lb. (6.4 x 22.9 x 8.9 cm, 2 kg)
- Place used
- Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of a cistern found on the campus of Florida A&M University. The brick appears to have been a standard solid style brick previously, but now it has an irregular shape, perhaps cut into its current shape when it was removed from the cistern. The front of the brick is a rich, reddish brown color, with irregular cuts across the surface. The proper right and bottom sides are covered with gray-colored mortar. The top, proper left and back sides of the brick are flat and weathered, with the appearance of retaining their original shape from when the brick was fired. The top side has regular incisions cut into its surface. At the proper-right corner, there is a small segment of an adjoining brick still attached to the mortar. The mortar is 3/8 inch thick on the bottom side and 3/4 inch thick on the right side.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Education
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Florida AandM University
- Object number
- 2013.179
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Glass window and wood painted frame from the original Antioch Baptist Church
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Antioch Baptist Church, American, founded 1885
- Medium
- wood and glass
- Dimensions
- 89 3/4 x 37 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (228 x 94.6 x 11.4 cm)
- Type
- windows
- Place used
- Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1882-1885
- Description
- Gothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a larger pointed arch with a squared bottom, and the last part being the space between the two pointed tops of the smaller arch and the point of the largest arch. There is powder blue and white paint on the glass.
- Topic
- African American
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Antioch Baptist Church, Camden, Alabama
- Object number
- 2013.95.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Deacon's chair used by Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
- Created by
- Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austrian, 1849 - 1914
- Used by
- Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Chuch, American, founded 1867
- Medium
- bentwood, wood, metal
- Dimensions
- 35 x 23 3/4 x 21 in. (88.9 x 60.3 x 53.3 cm)
- Type
- armchairs
- Place used
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Description
- Four-legged wooden, bentwood armchair. Chair covered in a dark red-brown paint or finish. Chair seat is round with carved, shallow ridges on seat top. Ridges are in expanding, concentric "U" shapes, narrower in the middle and expanding outward toward the center. "U" shapes begin on either side, closer to the chair back. The chair seat is flatter in front than at the back. The front of the chair seat is also wider than at the back. Outside wood bar, one continuous piece, of chair back curves around and down to make the chair legs. In the middle of the chair back is another curved loop of bent wood that attaches to the top bar and to the seat. Chair armrests are each one piece of bent wood. On the PL arm is a curvilinear armrest attached at the top of the bent wood. The armrest is slightly curved vertically as well as slightly oriented toward the outside edge of the chair. Circular wood ring of support runs around the interior of the four (4) legs. All four (4) legs slightly curved with the PL front leg curving inward. Paper label underneath chair seat that includes maker information, place of origin, and maker's logo.
- Topic
- African American
- Religious groups
- Segregation
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia
- Object number
- 2013.150.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Religious and Sacred Objects
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture