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

Created by

Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998

Subject of

Edwards, Sharon Kaye, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film

Dimensions

H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)

Type

negatives

portraits

Place made

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States

Date

1979

Caption

Anderson took this image of Sharon Kaye Edwards in his studio in 1979. The image was for her passport photo so that Edwards could travel to Germany with her husband who was in the military.

Description

A photographic negative of a woman, Sharon Kaye Edwards, sitting on a bench in the interior of Anderson's studio.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Photography

Segregation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2007.1.69.21.15.D

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Commissioned by

United States Congress, American, founded 1789

Created by

United States Mint, American, founded 1792

Subject of

51st Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1942

52nd Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1943

Medium

Medal: gold;

Sleeve: velvet;

Box: cherry wood, velvet

Dimensions

Diameter (medal): 3 × 3/16 in. (7.6 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (velvet case for medal): 3 7/8 × 5 × 3/16 in. (9.8 × 12.7 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (wooden case for medal): 3 × 6 1/8 × 5 in. (7.6 × 15.6 × 12.7 cm)

Type

medals

Place depicted

Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

2011

Description

Congressional gold medal in honor of Montford Point Marines has a relief on its obverse featuring three Marines on the left and three in the forefront with rifles. Text following apex of the medal's arc reads [MONTFORD POINT MARINES / 1942-1949]. On verso is a relief of a troop in formation with a tower in the background on the right; the text reads: [FOR / OUTSTANDING / PERSEVERANCE / and COURAGE / that INSPIRED / SOCIAL CHANGE / in the/MARINE CORPS / 2011 ACT OF CONGRESS].

A rectangular velvet sleeve encases the gold medal; a small tab at the top of the sleeve assists the medal's removal from the box.

The storage container is a cherry wood box with a brass hinged lid and push-release button on the front center which opens it. The lid has the gold embossed logo of the U.S. Treasury encircled with text which reads [Treasury / United States Mint] and [United States Mint] is in calligraphic script beneath the logo.

Topic

African American

Military

Montford Point Marines

Segregation

World War II

Credit Line

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

Object number

2015.237ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Awards and Medals

Exhibition

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005

Subject of

Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007

Medium

synthetic fiber and metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 47 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (120.7 × 42.5 × 3.2 cm)

Chest: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Waist: 28 1/4 in. (71.8 cm)

Hem circumference: 78 in. (198.1 cm)

Belt: 2 3/4 × 33 1/4 × 3/8 in. (7 × 84.5 × 1 cm)

Type

dresses

Place made

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1955 - 1956

Description

This dress (a) is a wrap style made from a plain weave viscose fabric with a printed design of dark brown and yellow flowers and leaves. The wrap effect is achieved by crossing the front bodice at the waist seam and gathered fabric on the proper left side of the waist. The skirt is flaired with six (6) gores and three pleats in the skirt at the center front add further to the wrap effect. The set-in full length sleeves are gathered at a 1 1/4" cuff that closes with two metal snaps. The dress has a small shawl collar and a v-neck. The dress closes at the proper left side waist with a zipper. It is unlined, and the seams are pressed open with raw edges exposed. It is machine-sewn except for the hem, which is turned up 2 inches and hand stitched. There are two belt loops made of a thin yellow braid, one at each side seam, which hold the accompanying belt (b) in place.

The belt (b) is made from the same fashion fabric as the dress, with a plain weave beige fabric backing. The front and back of the belt are machine stitched around the edge, and a layer of interfacing beteen them provides some stiffening. The belt has an oval-shaped metal single-prong buckle covered in the dark brown and yellow floral fabric, and five (5) white grommets on the opposite end of the belt for an adjustable closure.

Topic

African American

American South

Civil rights

Clothing and dress

Gender

Resistance

Segregation

United States--History--1953-1961

Urban life

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane

Object number

2007.3.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Black Fashion Museum Collection

Classification

Clothing-Historical

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

Created by

Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Freemasonry, American, founded 1730

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

portraits

Place made

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1948-1970s

Description

The men are all dressed in Masonic costume; their hats read "Bethel Lodge" above the freemason emblem of square and compass. Their individual names or initials are also on their hats. Eight stand in the image's middleground while five sit in the foreground.

Topic

African American

Associations and institutions

Photography

Segregation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson

Object number

2012.137.3.1

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

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

Created by

The Philadelphia Tribune, American, founded 1884

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 23 x 17 5/8 in. (58.4 x 44.8 cm)

Type

newspapers

Place printed

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

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

Date

August 7, 1943

Description

Pages 1 - 8 of the Philadelphia Tribune from August 7, 1943. The newspaper is folded in half. The headline at the top of the page reads "HOODLEMS WRECK $500,000 IN PROPERTY / Leaders Say Harlem Riot Set Group Back 20 Years."

Topic

African American

Mass media

Race relations

Segregation

United States--History--1933-1945

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud

Object number

2013.239.18a

Restrictions & Rights

© Philadelphia Tribune. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

The Philadelphia Tribune, American, founded 1884

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 23 x 17 1/8 in. (58.4 x 43.5 cm)

Type

newspapers

Place printed

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 7, 1943

Description

Pages 9 - 16 of the Philadelphia Tribune from August 7, 1943. The newspaper is folded in half. The headline at the top of the page reads "Fr. Soldiers Return To Martinique."

Topic

African American

Mass media

Military

Segregation

United States--History--1933-1945

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud

Object number

2013.239.18b

Restrictions & Rights

© Philadelphia Tribune. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960

Published by

J. B. Lippincott & Co., American, 1836 - 1978

Medium

ink on paper with cloth, cardboard, metallic paper and acetate film

Dimensions

H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/4 × 5 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (21 × 14.3 × 3.8 cm)

Type

hardcover books

Place printed

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Place made

Eau Gallie, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Eatonville, Orange County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Florida, United States, The Everglades, North and Central America

Date

1937

Description

A signed, first edition hardcover book with dust jacket and a clear, protective plastic cover. The book takes place in early twentieth century Florida. The book recounts the life story of the protagonist, Janie Crawford, a young woman born during the Reconstructionist Era. The dust jacket is gold with central, black and white illustration featuring a male God-like figure in against a stormy sky. The figure is throwing down gold-colored lightening and thunderbolts to the flooded land below. In the lower left corner of the image is a small grouping of trees blowing in the storm. Along the bottom of the illustration, roofs of structures can be seen just above the water. The image is bordered in black. Above and below the illustration on the front cover is text in black. At the top [THEIR EYES/WERE WATCHING GOD/A NOVEL]. Along the bottom [ZORA N· HURSTON]. The black text along the top of the white, back cover of the dust jacket reads: [Some Reviews / OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON’S PREVIOUS BOOK / “Mules and Men”], followed by five book review blurbs. The book has an orange cloth binding. The exterior spine is embossed with black text across the top and bottom of the spine. The text at the top of the spine reads [Their eyes / were / watching / God] above a black circle with a black dot in the center and [Hurston]. The name of the publishers [Lippincott] is embossed in black lettering across the bottom of the spine. The title of the book has been embossed on the front of the book in black lettering [Their eyes were / watching God / Zora Neale Hurston] just below seven black circles with black dots in the circles centers. The inside front cover is inscribed with red ink by the author [To/Miss Ruby Mc Knight/Using stars like stair-/steps -/Zora Neale Hurston]. The book is twenty chapters and two hundred and eighty-six pages long.

Topic

African American

American South

Language

Literature

Rural life

Segregation

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.315ab

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Cultural Expressions

On View

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

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Printed by

LeMaitre, American

Subject of

Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965

Hilldale Daisies, American, 1910 - 1932

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/8 × 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 × 0.3 cm)

Type

souvenirs

programs

Place depicted

Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1924

Description

A 20-page souvenir program for the 1924 World's Colored Championship baseball series. The front of the program features an illustration of two baseball players being pulled toward a large magnet that reads: [World’s Series] held by a man in a hat smoking a cigar. The cover text reads: [EAST versus WEST / FOR / World's Colored Championship / 1924 / HILLDALE / CHAMPIONS / EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE / vs / KANSAS CITY / CHAMPIONS /NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE / Offical [sic] Souvenir Program / PRICE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS / LEMAITRE, PRINT.] The interior contains photos and biographies of players on both teams as well as a program for the series and blank box scores. Sections on the first page are underlined in black pen. The back cover features an advertisement for the Philadelphia Tribune. There is an inscription near the drawing of the illustrator's name.

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Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Baseball

Segregation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.89.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Palfi, Marion, American, 1907 - 1978

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 11/16 x 7 15/16 in. (24.6 x 20.2 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date

1950s

Description

A black-and-white photograph of a sign on the side of a building that says HOTEL CLARK, and a sign below that says FOR COLORED ONLY 144.

Topic

African American

Photography

Segregation

Travel

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.107.25

Restrictions & Rights

© MARION PÁLFI. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

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 and graphite on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (19.7 x 10.8 cm)

Type

report cards

Place used

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date

1957 - 1958

Description

Carlotta Walls' 10th grade report card from Little Rock High School. The report consists of a pre-printed form on a folded card. The form has been filled out in a combination of handwritten blue ink, handwritten graphite, and stamped black ink. The front of the card reads [ REPORT / of / Pupil's Progress ].

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

2012.117.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials

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

Printed by

Unidentified

Subject of

Paige, Satchel, American, 1906 - 1982

Tatum, Goose, American, 1921 - 1967

Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990

Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965

New York Harlem Stars, American, 1931 - 1931

Medium

ink on cardboard

Dimensions

H x W: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm)

Type

posters

Place printed

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

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

Date

1945

Description

A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢. Below this in white text in a blcak square is "NEGRO American LEAGUE / BASEBALL." Printed in black ink on a red background is “25 TIMES WORLD’S / Champions / Kansas City / Monarchs / VS / Harlem Stars / FEATURING THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL GOOSE TATUM.” Images of Goose Tatum and Stchel Page are also printed on the red background. At the bottom of the poster in white text on a black background is “SEE – IN ACTION – LE ROY ‘SATCHEL’ PAIGE / ‘THE AGELESS WONDER’ REPUTEDLY THE / GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME!”

Topic

African American

Athletes

Baseball

Segregation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.135.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Enon Baptist Church, American, founded ca. 1889

Rev. Kilgore, Thomas, American, 1913 - 1998

Dr. Licorish, David Nathaniel, Barbadian American, 1904 - 1999

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 1/8 × 8 in. (33.3 × 20.3 cm)

Type

ephemera

fliers (printed matter)

Place made

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1957

Description

Flier for a meeting in Baltimore for the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.” The yellowed flier has black printed text. The top of the flier reads [ON TO WASHINGTON - / JOIN THE / PRAYER PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM / to WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17th, 1957]. Larger text below a line break reads [MASS MEETING / Tuesday, May 14, - 8 p.m.]. The location for the meeting is listed as Enon Baptist Church where attendees will [Hear the National Director, Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr. / of New York City and Dr. David Licorish.] There is contact information for Rev. Luke G. Reynolds and Rev. Theodore Jackson. There are four (4) churches listed at the bottom where busses will depart for Washington, D.C. The round trip fare is $1.25. Printer information for [Wells Printers, 601-03 Dolphin Street, VErnon [sic]] is in small text at the bottom. The back is blank.

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Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Activism

Civil rights

Communication

Freedom

Religious groups

Segregation

United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family

Object number

2017.14.11

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

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

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

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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

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Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture