Manufactured by

A. H. Andrews & Co., founded 1865

Used by

Hope School, 1925 - 1954

Medium

iron and hardwood

Dimensions

28 x 31 x 26 1/2 in. (71.1 x 78.7 x 67.3 cm)

Type

desks

Place used

Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Place made

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

Date

1925-1954

Description

A set of ten desks from the Hope School in Pomaria, South Carolina, a historic Rosenwald school. The desks are of the "Triumph" model made by A. H. Andrews & Co. in Chicago, Illinois and are made of iron and hardwood. The back of each desk provides the writing surface for the desk behind.

Topic

African American

American South

Education

Segregation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC

Object number

2010.22.1-.10

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Issued by

Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927

Subject of

LaNier, Carlotta Walls, American, born 1942

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)

Type

diplomas

Date

July 8, 1960

Description

The diploma that Carlotta Walls received upon graduation from Little Rock Central High School. The diploma consists of black ink printed on white paper; [ Central High School ] is printed at the top along with an illustration of the school building.

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Education

Race relations

Segregation

United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carlotta Walls LaNier

Object number

2012.117.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Exhibition

Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture

On View

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

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Playbill, American, founded 1884

Written by

Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987

Printed by

Unidentified

Edited by

Ross, Blake

Subject of

Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965

Leon, Kenny, American, born 1956

Washington, Denzel, American, born 1954

Richardson, LaTanya, American, born 1949

Okonedo, Sophie, British, born 1968

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Open): 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.7 × 26.3 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Closed): 9 × 4 1/4 (22.8 × 10.8 × 0.1 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Open): 9 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (22.8 × 32 × 2.5 cm)

L x W (2015.64.14.3): 9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23 × 10.3 cm)

Type

theater programs

Date

April 2014

Description

Playbill magazine (2015.61.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York 2014. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER]. Below the masthead and outlined with a Kente cloth border, is a black-and-white image tinted blue of a young boy on a street. The boy walks past a row of receding buildings seen in the upper right quadrant to the upper left. The boy is pictured on the right side near the lower corner. He holds something to his mouth in his proper left hand and holds books under his proper right arm. Behind him, centered in the image, is a woman wearing a long coat, carrying an umbrella on her proper left arm. Overlaying the image is a narrow, a Kente cloth outline of a circle. In the lower third of the image, justified on the left side, is orange text with the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, [a RAISIN / in the SUN]. Below the image at the bottom is a small yellow rectangle with a website in black text. The back cover features an ad for Gucci cologne. The magazine has fifty-two (52) pages.

A tri-folded pamphlet of the essay "Sweet Lorraine" (2015.61.14.2) about Lorraine Hansberry, written by James Baldwin. Printed on semi-gloss paper, the pamphlet is navy blue with stylized, Kente cloth borders throughout. On the front in the upper right corner is a circular, black-and-white image of Lorraine Hansberry. Overlapping the image is white block text [SWEET / LORRAINE]. Below the title is the byline in orange text, [BY JAMES BALDWIN] followed by a line of white text that reads [THAT'S THEY WAY I ALWAYS FELT ABOUT YOU, AND SO / I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HER THAT NOW.]. Below the text and byline is the beginning of Baldwin's essay in white text. The inside of the pamphlet the essay continues and features four (4) circular black and white images of cityscapes. In the lower left corner of the back page is an additional black-and-white image of Hansberry. Above and around the image are the final paragraphs of the essay.

A narrow cell phone reminder flyer (2015.61.14.3) with navy blue background with a narrow, stylized Kente cloth border, printed on glossy paper. Covering the whole of flyer is block text of varying sizes. The text is in orange and white, justified on the right side and reads [DEAR FRIENDS, / PLEASE / PROTECT YOUR / OWN GOOD TIME / AND THAT OF YOUR / NEIGHBOR BY / TURNING / OFF YOUR / CELL/ PHONE / NOW. / THANK YOU.]. The reverse is blank.

Topic

African American

Actors

Broadway Theatre

Domestic life

Families

Poverty

Race discrimination

Race relations

Segregation

Theatre companies

Urban life

Credit Line

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

Object number

2015.64.14.1-.3

Restrictions & Rights

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Taking the Stage

On View

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

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

Louis de Rochemont Associates, American, founded 1947

Produced by

De Rochemont, Louis, American, 1899 - 1978

Subject of

Pearson, Beatrice, American, 1920 - 1986

Ferrer, Melchor Gaston, American, 1917 - 2008

Werker, Alfred L., American, 1896 - 1975

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

H x W: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.3 cm)

Type

lobby cards

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1949

Description

This lobby card for Lost Boundaries has a rectangular image in the upper right quadrant. It depicts a man in the image looking down at his hands. Above him are three heads looking in different directions. Within the picture on the lobby card in the bottom left corner it reads "A/ drama of/ real life from/ The Readers Digest/ 20 Pages That Shocked the World!" Outside of the image and in the left border of the lobby card it reads "For/Twenty/Tormenting/ Years/ They/ Lived/ A/ Lie!/ Lost/ Boundaries" On the back of the lobby card in the bottom left hand corner it reads "Property of N.S.S. Corp./ May be distributed only/ Poster companies/ Licensed by N.S.S/ 12."

Topic

African American

Colorism

Identity

Independent films

Segregation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.123.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940

Directed by

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951

Subject of

Bishop, Andrew S., American, 1894 - 1959

Moses, Ethel, American, 1904 - 1982

Tucker, Lorenzo, American, 1907 - 1986

Minnelli, Vincente, American, 1903 - 1986

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

H x W: 10 11/16 × 14 in. (27.2 × 35.5 cm)

Type

lobby cards

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1935

Description

A lobby card for the 1935 film "Temptation". In the top left corner in red text reads "Oscar Micheaux". Below that in blue it reads "Presents/ A Great colored cast in". Below the writing is a picture bordered in red. Starting to the left of the picture is a man in a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up and an unbuttoned brown vest over it with matching brown slacks. He is wearing a double colored sock tie and looking to his left. Behind him and to the right is a shorter man with a full brown suit, dark tie, and brown hat looking in the direction of the first man. To the right of the second man is a third man who is taller than the other two men depicted. He is wearing a dark blue shirt with a pocket square and a tie. He appears to be looking and pointing at the first man described. To the right of the picture bordered in red is a picture of a woman in a slightly transparent dress that reveals her shoulders and starts at her arms and chest. Her left hand is over her right breast as she looks up and to her right. Below both pictures, text outlined in green it reads "Temptation Distributed by/ Micheaux Pictures Corporation/ New York City." On the back of the lobby card, "1940" is written in red.

Topic

African American

Actors

Advertising

Entertainers

Race films

Segregation

Sexuality

Stereotypes

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.143.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924

Subject of

Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010

Anderson, Eddie

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in. (18.7 × 24.3 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.1 × 25.6 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

film stills

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1943

Description

A movie still for the 1943 musical film Cabin in the Sky. The photo is in black and white. Starting to the left of the photo is a woman with a large light-colored flower pinned to the front right side of her hair. She is facing forward but her eyes are in the direction of a man to her left. She is wearing a light top with polka dots, hoop earrings, and bracelets on her right forearm. The man to the right of her is wearing a long sleeve collared shirt with the top button unbuttoned and is looking away from the woman. In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph reads the numbers “1267-70."

Topic

African American

Actors

Hollywood (Film)

Race films

Segregation

Spirituality

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.160.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

United Lubin Manufacturing Company, American, 1896 - 1916

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

H x W: 13 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (35.4 × 24 cm)

Type

programs

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1914

Description

A four page program for the silent short film Coon Town Suffragettes. On the first page of the program, depicted under the title and author information is a woman standing on a pedestal like box appearing to address a larger group of women. The women in the crowd are holding signs that say "Make the /men work" "Down/With/Gin" "Votes/For/Women" "No More/ Work/ For Us". Below the photo is information on the details of the photo and film, including the cast. The text reads "CAST/ Mandy Jackson -Mattie Edwards - Sam Jackson - John Edwards."

The second page of the program has more photographs under the title "Lubin Films/ The Best Man." The first photo depicts a group of people in suits with one woman in a dress all staring at a man standing in an unbuttoned vest and dark slacks. Below that is another heading that reads "That Terrible Kid." Below the heading is a second photograph of a man making a gesture as if he is going to strike the child in the photo to his right. On the third page, the heading is "The Puritan" under that heading is a photograph of a group of men all starring shockingly at a woman to the right. The woman is in a long dress with a tambourine in her left hand. The last page of the program is entitled "Above The Law/Two Reel Feature." The photograph below that depicts a man holding tightly to a woman on his left with a group of people in the background.

Topic

African American

American South

Race films

Segregation

Suffrage

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.260

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

United States Department of War, American, 1789 - 1947

Produced by

Capra, Frank, American, 1897 - 1991

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

H x W: 13 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (34.6 × 26.7 cm)

Type

programs

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1944

Description

A pamphlet for the documentary The Negro Soldier. The pamphlet is four pages. The first page has the title "The Negro Soldier" in the bottom right hand corner. Surrounding the title in six separate little sections are military and war photos depicting people and weapons. On the second page the heading reads "Exploitation." Below that is a list numbered one through eleven with varying titles. The third page is titled "Publicity." There is a small photo depicting a military man in a hat in the top left hand corner. The rest of the page is an article with three more small photographs in the bottom right hand corner of the page. The last page is titled "Advertising." Below the heading are four text boxes.

Topic

African American

Military

Race films

Segregation

World War II

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.266

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Distributed by

Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940

Produced by

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951

Subject of

Green, Cora, American

Alex Lovejoy, American, 1893 - 1946

Diaz, Hazel, American, 1908 - 1997

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions

H x W: 7 13/16 × 10 in. (19.9 × 25.4 cm)

Type

programs

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1938

Description

A program for the movie Swing. The program is two pages front and back. On the front page red text reads "Oscar Micheaux Presents/ Swing! / with an all/ Colored/ Cast/ Starring/ Cora Green/ Hazel Diaz/ Carman Newsome/ Dot Van Engle/ Alec Lovejoy/Consuelo Harris/ Tyler Twins/ Trixie Smith." There is an image in a central oval of two women, one in a bikini, one in a light colored dress, and a man in a suit.

Topic

African American

Actors

Independent films

Race films

Segregation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.118.278

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Used by

Muse, Isaiah, American, 1919 - 2012

Medium

metal and plastic

Dimensions

H x W: 12 1/2 x 7 in. (31.8 x 17.8 cm)

Type

cocktail lounges

table lamps

Place used

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

Date

1970s

Description

An electric lamp (.a) with the word "BAR" printed on the lamp shade (.b). The lamp shade is ball shaped, and is made from plastic treated to look like frosted glass. The word "BAR" is printed on the lamp shade in a font style that is evocative of the late 19th century. There is a circular opening at the top of the lamp shade. The style of the lamp body is evocative of oil lamps of the late 19th century, with a chrome-colored faux metal burner at center, where the lamp shade meets the stem. The brass lamp stem is hinged so that the lamp body can be angled. The chrome lamp base is flat and unadorned. The brown electrical cord extends from the rim of the base. The lamp is outfitted with a red light bulb.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Nightlife

Segregation

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith

Object number

2011.101.11ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

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

Created by

Unidentified

Used by

Muse, Isaiah, American, 1919 - 2012

Medium

wood, vinyl, padding and metal

Dimensions

30 x 16 x 16 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Type

cocktail lounges

barstools

Place used

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

Date

1970s

Description

A wood barstool with a red vinyl seat. The seat of the stool is thick foam covered by red vinyl that is stapled to a particle board seat base. The stool has four (4) legs made of lathe-shaped wood, with each leg tapering at the tip and finished with a metal cap. The legs bolt into the underside of the seat, so that the seat does not swivel. 1 foot up from the ground, a circle of metal is attached horizontally to the stool legs, which serves as a foot rest. The metal circle attaches to each leg by one (1) long metal screw that runs through each leg and screws into the metal.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Nightlife

Segregation

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith

Object number

2011.101.2.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Used by

Muse, Isaiah, American, 1919 - 2012

Medium

metal, vinyl and padding

Dimensions

30 x 16 x 16 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Type

cocktail lounges

barstools

Place used

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

Date

1970s

Description

A metal barstool with a black vinyl seat. The seat of the stool is constructed of two (2) seat sections that attach together. The top section of the seat is an approximately 1-1/2 inch thick piece of foam covered by black vinyl. The lower section of the seat is an approximately 3-1/8 inch piece of plywood wrapped in black vinyl and secured with glue and rivets. The stool has four (4) metal legs, each leg flaring out slightly at the bottom. The legs attach together to form a frame, and this frame is affixed to the underside of the seat with five (5) bolts, so that the seat does not swivel. Two (2) metal circles attach horizontally to the stool legs, serving as foot rests, one circle at 1 foot up from the ground, and the second circle at 18-1/2 inches up from the ground. The metal circles attach to each leg by metal screws that run through each leg and screw into the metal. Each leg is finished with a rubber cap, two (2) black caps and two (2) gray caps.

Topic

African American

Domestic life

Nightlife

Segregation

United States--Social life and customs

Urban life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith

Object number

2011.101.2.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture