Skip to main content
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian
  • Visit

    Visit

    Get the latest information about timed passes and tips for planning your visit
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Accessibility Options
    • Sweet Home Café
    • Museum Store
    • Museum Maps
    • Download Our Mobile App
  • Explore

    Explore

    Search the collection and explore our exhibitions, centers, and digital initiatives
    • Search the Collection
    • Exhibitions
    • The Curator Chats Series
    • Collection Stories
    • NMAAHC Digital Resources Guide
    • Blog
    • Many Lenses
    • Building
    • Museum Centers
    • Initiatives
    • Open Access
    • Publications
  • Learn

    Learn

    Online resources for educators, students, and families
    • Educators
    • Students
    • Adults
    • Early Childhood
    • Library
    • Talking About Race
  • Connect

    Connect

    Engage with us and support the Museum from wherever you are
    • Strategic Partnerships
    • Ways to Give
    • Volunteer
    • Internships & Fellowships
    • Contact
  • Events

    Events

    View a calendar of our public programs
    • Today at the Museum
    • Host an Event at NMAAHC
    • Upcoming Events
    • Ongoing Tours and Activities
    • Recent Events
  • About

    About

    Learn more about the Museum and view recent news
    • About the Museum
    • Leadership
    • Meet Our Curators
    • Founding Donors
    • Corporate Leadership Council
    • News
    • Image Files for Media Use
    • NMAAHC Annual Reports
  • Donate
  • Search

Search form

Collection Home

Collection Search Results

Search:
Filter:
Close Facet Modal
Basic Advanced
  • Topic
    • Business 338 [-]
    • Clothing and dress 304 [-]
    • Fashion 250 [-]
    • Education 199 [-]
    • Photography 193 [-]
    • Social reform 127 [-]
    • Politics (Practical) 107 [-]
    • Sororities 107 [-]
    • Activism 97 [-]
    • Beauty culture 80 [-]
    • Communities 72 [-]
    • Suffrage 67 [-]
    • Resistance 65 [-]
    • Feminism 64 [-]
    • Religious groups 58 [-]
    • Politics 56 [-]
    • Art 54 [-]
    • Associations and institutions 46 [-]
    • Families 45 [-]
    • American South 44 [-]
    • Mass media 42 [-]
    • Men 41 [-]
    • Tennis 40 [-]
    • Children 39 [-]
    • Local and regional 39 [-]
    • Athletes 38 [-]
    • Fashion design 38 [-]
    • Caricature and cartoons 37 [-]
    • Group identity 37 [-]
    • Medicine 35 [-]
    • Urban life 35 [-]
    • HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) 34 [-]
    • Slavery 32 [-]
    • Justice 31 [-]
    • U.S. History, 1969-2001 31 [-]
    • Political organizations 30 [-]
    • Cvil Rights 28 [-]
    • Fraternal organizations 28 [-]
    • U.S. History, 1961-1969 28 [-]
    • Race relations 27 [-]
    • Advertising 26 [-]
    • Literature 26 [-]
    • Social life and customs 26 [-]
    • U.S. History, 2001- 26 [-]
    • Actors 25 [-]
    • Labor unions 25 [-]
    • Poetry 25 [-]
    • Professional organizations 23 [-]
    • Singers (Musicians) 23 [-]
    • Identity 22 [-]
    • African American - Latinx Solidarity 21 [-]
    • Civil rights 21 [-]
    • Hair 21 [-]
    • Beauty salons (Beauty shops) 20 [-]
    • Beauty schools 20 [-]
    • Fraternities 20 [-]
    • Government 20 [-]
    • Journalism 20 [-]
    • Communication 19 [-]
    • Black power 18 [-]
    • Cosmetics 18 [-]
    • Gender 18 [-]
    • Gender issues 18 [-]
    • Midwifery 18 [-]
    • Poor People's Campaign 18 [-]
    • Finance 17 [-]
    • Military 17 [-]
    • Popular music 17 [-]
    • Agriculture 15 [-]
    • Domestic slave trade 15 [-]
    • Freedom 15 [-]
    • Labor 15 [-]
    • Poverty 15 [-]
    • Costume 14 [-]
    • Craftsmanship 14 [-]
    • Sexuality 14 [-]
    • Civil Rights 13 [-]
    • Segregation 13 [-]
    • Society 13 [-]
    • American West 12 [-]
    • U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865 12 [-]
    • Violence 12 [-]
    • Antislavery 11 [-]
    • BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976) 11 [-]
    • Broadway Theatre 11 [-]
    • Cooking and dining 11 [-]
    • Hip hop (Music) 11 [-]
    • Law 11 [-]
    • Domestic life 10 [-]
    • Motherhood 10 [-]
    • Family 9 [-]
    • LGBTQ 9 [-]
    • Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877 9 [-]
    • African diaspora 8 [-]
    • Film 8 [-]
    • Funeral rites and ceremonies 8 [-]
    • Ornamentation 8 [-]
    • Television 8 [-]
    Search More Topics
    Show More Topics Show Fewer Topics
  • Name
    • Reeves, Mae 243 [-]
    • Mae's Millinery Shop 239 [-]
    • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated 75 [-]
    • National Council of Negro Women 66 [-]
    • Albrier, Frances M. 63 [-]
    • San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women 56 [-]
    • Women's March 38 [-]
    • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 27 [-]
    • Black Fashion Museum 26 [-]
    • Gibson, Althea 25 [-]
    • Anderson, Henry Clay 22 [-]
    • MelPat Associates 20 [-]
    • National Urban League 20 [-]
    • Patrick, C. Melvin 20 [-]
    • Brown, Lucille 19 [-]
    • Poor People's Campaign 19 [-]
    • Poro College 19 [-]
    • Catlett, Elizabeth 18 [-]
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 18 [-]
    • Shriners International 18 [-]
    • Smith, W. Eugene 18 [-]
    • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 17 [-]
    • Lowe, Ann 17 [-]
    • Nation of Islam 17 [-]
    • King, Martin Luther 16 [-]
    • Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc. 16 [-]
    • National Medical Association 16 [-]
    • National Newspaper Publishers Association 16 [-]
    • 369th Veterans Association 15 [-]
    • Callen, Maude E. 15 [-]
    • Lyons, Roderick J. 15 [-]
    • Obama, Barack Hussein 15 [-]
    • Walker, Madam C.J. 15 [-]
    • Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World 14 [-]
    • Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company 14 [-]
    • National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. 14 [-]
    • Williams, Serena Jameka 14 [-]
    • Williams, Venus Ebony Starr 14 [-]
    • Allen, Floyd Green 13 [-]
    • Chisholm, Shirley Anita 13 [-]
    • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity 13 [-]
    • Prince Hall Freemasonry 13 [-]
    • Rich, Margaret 13 [-]
    • Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc. 12 [-]
    • Claiborne, Wanda Calvin 12 [-]
    • Cox Studio 12 [-]
    • National Dental Association 12 [-]
    • National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc. 12 [-]
    • The Sun-Reporter 12 [-]
    • Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. 11 [-]
    • MC Lyte 11 [-]
    • National Association of Market Developers 11 [-]
    • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 11 [-]
    • Daughters of Isis 10 [-]
    • En Vogue 10 [-]
    • Jones, Leah L. 10 [-]
    • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. 10 [-]
    • Rouzee Family 10 [-]
    • Congressional Black Caucus 9 [-]
    • Howard, Michelle Janine 9 [-]
    • Howland, Emily 9 [-]
    • March, Ruth N. 9 [-]
    • Morehouse College 9 [-]
    • National Association of Black Social Workers 9 [-]
    • National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc. 9 [-]
    • San Francisco Independent 9 [-]
    • Shange, Ntozake 9 [-]
    • Sister Clara Muhammad Schools 9 [-]
    • United States Navy 9 [-]
    • Walker, Alice 9 [-]
    • Williams, Richard 9 [-]
    • Davis, Angela 8 [-]
    • Diggs, Charles Cole 8 [-]
    • Flynn, Danny 8 [-]
    • Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. 8 [-]
    • Jackson, Johnnie Ree 8 [-]
    • Muhammad University of Islam 8 [-]
    • National Pan-Hellenic Council 8 [-]
    • Tubman, Harriet 8 [-]
    • American Bridge Association 7 [-]
    • J.B. Coleman Photo 7 [-]
    • Johnson, Jason Miccolo 7 [-]
    • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 7 [-]
    • Miller, Jonette O'Kelley 7 [-]
    • National Association of Colored Women's Clubs 7 [-]
    • One Hundred Black Men, Inc. 7 [-]
    • Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc. 7 [-]
    • Swope, Martha 7 [-]
    • The Girl Friends, Inc. 7 [-]
    • The Links, Incorporated 7 [-]
    • Trump, Donald John 7 [-]
    • Wilkins, J. Ernest 7 [-]
    • Bey, Dawoud 6 [-]
    • Black Point Editions 6 [-]
    • Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 6 [-]
    • Goodlett, Carlton B. 6 [-]
    • Houston, Whitney Elizabeth 6 [-]
    • Interracial Council for Business Opportunity 6 [-]
    • Malone, Annie 6 [-]
    • Moore, Boliver B. 6 [-]
    Search More Names
    Show More Names Show Fewer Names
  • Object Type
    • portraits 123 [-]
    • gelatin silver prints 109 [-]
    • hats 44 [-]
    • Photographs 36 [-]
    • dresses 33 [-]
    • clippings 27 [-]
    • Buttons (information artifacts) 24 [-]
    • posters 24 [-]
    • Portraits 23 [-]
    • Magazines (periodicals) 21 [-]
    • digital media - born analog 20 [-]
    • books 18 [-]
    • digital images 17 [-]
    • buttons (information artifacts) 16 [-]
    • gloves 16 [-]
    • photographs 16 [-]
    • purses (bags) 16 [-]
    • digital media - born digital 15 [-]
    • logos 15 [-]
    • pamphlets 15 [-]
    • pins (jewelry) 15 [-]
    • linocuts 14 [-]
    • Mural paintings (visual works) 13 [-]
    • necklaces 13 [-]
    • caps (headgear) 12 [-]
    • Paintings 10 [-]
    • chromogenic color prints 10 [-]
    • financial records 10 [-]
    • magazines (periodicals) 10 [-]
    • Visiting cards 9 [-]
    • bracelets (jewelry) 9 [-]
    • Pamphlets 8 [-]
    • T-shirts 8 [-]
    • brassieres 8 [-]
    • earrings 8 [-]
    • hatpins 8 [-]
    • pumps (shoes) 8 [-]
    • badges 7 [-]
    • pendants (jewelry) 7 [-]
    • periodicals 7 [-]
    • textiles 7 [-]
    • Books 6 [-]
    • advertisements 6 [-]
    • brooches 6 [-]
    • dress uniforms 6 [-]
    • jackets 6 [-]
    • saucers 6 [-]
    • sports uniforms 6 [-]
    • teacups 6 [-]
    • Hardcover books 5 [-]
    • carbon prints 5 [-]
    • collars (neckwear) 5 [-]
    • handkerchiefs 5 [-]
    • headgear 5 [-]
    • letters (correspondence) 5 [-]
    • military uniforms 5 [-]
    • plates (dishes) 5 [-]
    • receipts 5 [-]
    • uniforms 5 [-]
    • Sculpture (visual work) 4 [-]
    • bikinis (underwear) 4 [-]
    • boxes (containers) 4 [-]
    • broadsides 4 [-]
    • clips (jewelry) 4 [-]
    • clutch bags 4 [-]
    • headcloths (headgear) 4 [-]
    • headdresses 4 [-]
    • jerseys 4 [-]
    • price lists 4 [-]
    • programs 4 [-]
    • scarves (costume accessories) 4 [-]
    • sheath dresses 4 [-]
    • stemware 4 [-]
    • trophies (prizes) 4 [-]
    • Bronzes (objects) 3 [-]
    • Hats 3 [-]
    • Headgear 3 [-]
    • Interviews 3 [-]
    • Oral histories (document genres) 3 [-]
    • Posters 3 [-]
    • Sales records 3 [-]
    • accessories 3 [-]
    • albumen prints 3 [-]
    • business cards 3 [-]
    • canisters 3 [-]
    • digital prints 3 [-]
    • diplomas 3 [-]
    • ear clips 3 [-]
    • fascinators 3 [-]
    • fliers (printed matter) 3 [-]
    • hat stands 3 [-]
    • hatboxes 3 [-]
    • journals (periodicals) 3 [-]
    • jumpers (dresses) 3 [-]
    • labels (identifying artifacts) 3 [-]
    • needles 3 [-]
    • perfume bottles 3 [-]
    • photographic postcards 3 [-]
    • political posters 3 [-]
    • recipes 3 [-]
    Search More Object Types
    Show More Object Types Show Fewer Object Types
  • Date
    • 1750s 1 [-]
    • 1760s 1 [-]
    • 1770s 1 [-]
    • 1780s 1 [-]
    • 1790s 2 [-]
    • 1800s 8 [-]
    • 1810s 2 [-]
    • 1820s 3 [-]
    • 1830s 4 [-]
    • 1840s 5 [-]
    • 1850s 8 [-]
    • 1860s 18 [-]
    • 1870s 15 [-]
    • 1880s 5 [-]
    • 1890s 7 [-]
    • 1900s 38 [-]
    • 1910s 49 [-]
    • 1920s 41 [-]
    • 1930s 18 [-]
    • 1940s 300 [-]
    • 1950s 161 [-]
    • 1960s 104 [-]
    • 1970s 129 [-]
    • 1980s 78 [-]
    • 1990s 312 [-]
    • 2000s 80 [-]
    • 2010s 70 [-]
    Search More Dates
    Show More Dates Show Fewer Dates
  • Place
    • North and Central America 802 [-]
    • United States 795 [-]
    • Pennsylvania 256 [-]
    • Philadelphia 251 [-]
    • California 113 [-]
    • Washington 95 [-]
    • District of Columbia 94 [-]
    • New York City 86 [-]
    • San Francisco 64 [-]
    • Illinois 38 [-]
    • Cook County 37 [-]
    • Chicago 36 [-]
    • Mississippi 27 [-]
    • South Carolina 27 [-]
    • Harlem 26 [-]
    • Missouri 24 [-]
    • Saint Louis 22 [-]
    • Greenville 21 [-]
    • Maryland 21 [-]
    • Washington County 21 [-]
    • Georgia 20 [-]
    • Virginia 20 [-]
    • Berkeley County 19 [-]
    • Los Angeles County 17 [-]
    • Massachusetts 17 [-]
    • Compton 14 [-]
    • Dukes County 14 [-]
    • Martha's Vineyard 14 [-]
    • Oak Bluffs 14 [-]
    • Los Angeles 13 [-]
    • New York 12 [-]
    • Alameda County 11 [-]
    • Baltimore 11 [-]
    • New York County 11 [-]
    • Texas 11 [-]
    • Atlanta 10 [-]
    • Essex County 10 [-]
    • Latin America 10 [-]
    • Caribbean 9 [-]
    • Fulton County 9 [-]
    • Alabama 8 [-]
    • Louisiana 8 [-]
    • Michigan 8 [-]
    • Talbot County 8 [-]
    • Connecticut 7 [-]
    • Detroit 7 [-]
    • North Carolina 7 [-]
    • Oakland 7 [-]
    • Wayne County 7 [-]
    • Auburn 6 [-]
    • Cayuga County 6 [-]
    • Europe 6 [-]
    • Mexico City 6 [-]
    • Tennessee 6 [-]
    • Charleston 5 [-]
    • Houston 5 [-]
    • Indianapolis 5 [-]
    • Marion County 5 [-]
    • Oklahoma 5 [-]
    • West Africa 5 [-]
    • Africa 4 [-]
    • Allegheny County 4 [-]
    • Florida 4 [-]
    • Harris County 4 [-]
    • Nashville 4 [-]
    • New Jersey 4 [-]
    • New Orleans 4 [-]
    • Orleans Parish 4 [-]
    • Pittsburgh 4 [-]
    • Prince George's County 4 [-]
    • Asia 3 [-]
    • Berkeley 3 [-]
    • Brevard County 3 [-]
    • Charleston County 3 [-]
    • Davidson County 3 [-]
    • Germany 3 [-]
    • Jamaica 3 [-]
    • Kentucky 3 [-]
    • Macon County 3 [-]
    • Manhattan County 3 [-]
    • Muskogee 3 [-]
    • Muskogee County 3 [-]
    • Pineville 3 [-]
    • Richmond 3 [-]
    • Suffolk County 3 [-]
    • Tuskegee 3 [-]
    • 14th Street 2 [-]
    • Albany 2 [-]
    • Alexandria 2 [-]
    • Anne Arundel County 2 [-]
    • Arkansas 2 [-]
    • Atlantic City 2 [-]
    • Atlantic County 2 [-]
    • Bahamas 2 [-]
    • Barbados 2 [-]
    • Boston 2 [-]
    • Brazil 2 [-]
    • Bronx 2 [-]
    • Brooklyn 2 [-]
    • Castries 2 [-]
    Search More Places
    Show More Places Show Fewer Places
  • On View
    • Yes 222 [-]
    Search More On Views
    Show More On Views Show Fewer On Views
  • Media Type
    • Maps 37 [-]
    • Images 757 [-]
    • Video recordings 3 [-]
    Search More Media Types
    Show More Media Types Show Fewer Media Types
  • Open Access (CC0)
    • Yes 227 [-]
    Search More Open Access (CC0)s
    Show More Open Access (CC0)s Show Fewer Open Access (CC0)s
Filter Results
Applied Filters: clear all filters
    Included:
  • topic: "Women"
Your search found 1,026 result(s).
Print
  • Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty

    Written by
    Ferrell, Pamela, American, born 1959
    Published by
    Cornrows & Co., American, founded 1980
    Edited by
    Lattimore, Carmen
    Photograph by
    Andre Richardson Photography, American
    Date
    1993
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    ink on paper with glue
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 3/8 in. (28.1 × 21.8 × 0.9 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 11 1/16 × 17 3/16 × 7/8 in. (28.1 × 43.6 × 2.3 cm)
    Description
    A first edition paperback of Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty Book by Pamela Ferrell with a forward written by Jacquelin Celeste Peters. The front cover is white with a tan-outlined, centrally featured, black-and-white photograph. The photograph depicts the heads and necks of five (5) women with different hairstyles. Four of the women are angled away from each corner of the image towards the center of the photograph and have their eyes closed. The fifth woman is depicted in the center of the photograph with her eyes open and staring directly at the viewer. The full title of the book is printed along the top third of the front cover in brown and tan text. Below the central image is more black and tan text that reads, [Featuring step-by-step braided and natural hair styles. / By Pam Ferrell of Cornrows & Co] followed by a trademark symbol. The back cover of the book is white with a tan outline. It features a small black-and-white image of the author in the top left corner followed by biographical information. Below the author’s information is a blurb summarizing the book’s purpose and contents. There is a white barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. On the book spine is the title of the book and the publisher’s information in black type. The interior pages, one hundred and twenty-nine (129) in total, are white with black type with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
    Place printed
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    paperback books
    Topic
    Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
    Caricature and cartoons
    Hair
    Identity
    Resistance
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joanne Hyppolite
    Object number
    2016.37
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fb7971cc-ae4e-4192-aa84-231d4e0ac4c4
  • Diary of Frances Anne Rollin

    Written by
    Rollin, Frances Anne, American, 1845 - 1901
    Manufactured by
    Taggard & Thompson, American, c. nineteenth century
    Subject of
    Rollin, Frances Anne, American, 1845 - 1901
    Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
    Whipper, William J., American, 1834 - 1907
    Date
    1868
    Medium
    ink on paper with leather and adhesive
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (closed): 4 15/16 × 3 1/16 × 11/16 in. (12.5 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm)
    Caption
    Frances Rollin and her four sisters, Charlotte, (Chair of the SC Woman Suffrage Association), Katherine, Louise, and Florence were 19th century suffragettes who actively advocated for equal rights for women. During Reconstruction, they operated a successful political salon in Columbia, SC where blacks, whites, women and men discussed civil, social and political rights for all Americans.
    Frances Anne Rollin was also a writer and the author of Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany which upon appearing in 1868 became the first full-length biography written by an African American. Rollin also kept a diary in 1868, making it the earliest known diary by a southern black woman.
    Major Martin Delany, the highest ranking black in the military, was so impressed by the young teacher that he commissioned her to write his biography. Rollin traveled to Boston to write and to seek a publisher. Her account describes her writing experience as well as her meetings with notable abolitionists and luminaries of the Civil War era and notes Delany’s financial challenges once the Civil War ended.
    Returning to South Carolina in 1868, Frances Rollin was employed by a Pennsylvania-born black attorney, William J. Whipper, who had been recently elected to the South Carolina Legislature. Rollin and Whipper married a few months later.
    Rollin continued her diary during their brief courtship and first year of marriage. The diary allowed a rare glimpse into the social life of Columbia, the South Carolina capital, and recorded the anti-black, anti-Republican violence then ongoing in the state during Reconstruction.
    Description
    Personal diary of Frances Anne Rollin, written during the year 1868. The content of the diary covers the publication of Rollin's book, her courtship and first year of marriage to William J. Whipper, member of the South Carolina state legislature, and life in Reconstruction-era Columbia, South Carolina. The diary is wrapped in black leather with a flap extension on the right that slips inside a strap on the body of the book. On top of the strap is the manufacture's mark in gold that is a circular shape with a starburst design on top. Underneath is the text, [DIARY / 1868]. The inside cover of the diary has many inscriptions in pencil. The text begins with the numbers, [62 / 135.] Underneath reads, [F. Rollin / 16 Blossom [illegible] / Boston / Mass]. On the right cover is a list of objects including the diary and their prices listed on the left with a total of 3.75. Another math equation below lists more objects and ends with 1.90.
    The inside title page is covered in decorative floral and leaf scroll work. The title reads, [ILLUMINATED / DIARY / for / 1868.]. Underneath is an illustrated image of the sea with a mast ship. The publisher below reads, [PUBLISHED BY / TAGGARD & THOMPSON, No. 29 CORNHILL, / BOSTON.] The diary begins with a calendar, differences in time in each state and city, postage information, and eclipses. There are gaps in entries between July 13-26, October 20-21, November 19-January 1, 1869. After the diary dates is a page of [MEMORANDA.] with a list of objects bought and their prices. Following are pages devoted to [CASH ACCOUNT] by month. The back cover has an inscription of two quotes from R. Waldo Emerson, but the quotes are mostly illegible as the graphite has faded. Below the quotes are two more math equations.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place made
    Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Place used
    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    diaries
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Caricature and cartoons
    Domestic life
    Families
    Literature
    Politics (Practical)
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    Social life and customs
    Suffrage
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carole Ione Lewis Family Collection
    Object number
    2018.101.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a9e1565e-9c5d-48e4-b96f-633bbf4852ff
  • I Am A Black Woman

    Written by
    Evans, Mari, American, 1923 - 2017
    Published by
    William Morrow and Company, Inc., founded 1926
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    2018.38.1.1: ink on paper (fiber product) with cloth and cardboard;
    2018.38.1.2: ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/4 × 7/16 in. (21.7 × 14.6 × 1.1 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 8 9/16 × 11 1/4 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 28.5 × 0.5 cm)
    H x W (Jacket): 8 7/16 × 17 1/2 in. (21.5 × 44.4 cm)
    L x W (Bookmark): 6 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (16.5 × 10 cm)
    Description
    2018.38.1.1
    A first edition, hardback copy of I Am a Black Woman by Mari Evans. The book has a black paper dust jacket with yellow and red type and a black-and-white headshot of Evans on the left side of the front jacket. Evans looks at the viewer, unsmiling. The proper left side of her face is covered in shadow. The front of the jacket reads, [I AM A BLACK / WOMAN / Poems by / Mari Evans]. Yellow and red text printed on the spine of the jacket reads, [I AM A BLACK / WOMAN / Poems by / Mari Evans / [William Morrow & Company, Inc. logo] / Morrow]. The back of the jacket is white with black text blurbs from Sam Allen, Tuskegee Institute and Hoyt W. Fuller. At the bottom of the name and address of the publisher, the William Morrow & Company, Inc. Black text is printed on the front and back interior flaps of the jacket with a synopsis and author biography. The hardback book itself is black with gold metallic text on the spine that reads, [Evans I AM A BLACK / WOMAN / [William Morrow & Company, Inc. logo] / Morrow]. The front and back end papers are dark red. The book has twenty-six (26) poems. The interior pages, ninety-five (95) in total, front and back, are off-white paper with black type and several black-and-white photographs.
    2018.38.1.2
    A blue cardboard review copy notice found inside the hardback copy of I Am a Black Woman by Mari Evans. The black and dark blue text on the notice reads: [THIS IS YOUR REVIEW COPY OF / I AM A BLACK WOMAN / by Mari Evans / Publication date: October 28, 1970 / Please do not publish your review before above date. / WE WOULD APPRECIATE / RECEIVING TWO COPIES OF / YOUR REVIEW / [William Morrow & Company, Inc. logo] / WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY, INC. / FIELDING PUBLICATIONS / REYNAL AND COMPANY / 105 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016]. The back of the notice is blank.
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Feminism
    Identity
    Literature
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.38.1.1-.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Mari Evans. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57880e0b6-53bb-4965-8c76-867e3ed12ee3
  • In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

    Written by
    Walker, Alice, American, born 1944
    Published by
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, founded 1970
    Date
    1983
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product) with cloth and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 6 × 1 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm)
    H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 12 7/16 × 13/16 in. (21.6 × 31.6 × 2 cm)
    H x W: 8 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (21.6 × 52 cm)
    Description
    A first edition hardback copy of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker. The book has a purple and white paper dust jacket with black type and a purple-and-white headshot of Walker on the front jacket. Walker looks at the viewer, smiling. She holds her proper left under her chin and rests her cheek on her raised, proper left index finger. She is wearing a woven wrap, patterned with rectangular blocks. There is a framed, white text box with the title of the book printed in black text that reads [IN / SEARCH / OF OUR / MOTHERS' / GARDENS / Womanist / Prose by / ALICE / WALKER]. At the top of the spine is the title of the book printed in black text that reads [IN SEARCH OF OUR / MOTHERS' GARDENS]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s logo, a black oval with [HBJ] printed in the center with white text. Below is the name of the publisher, [HARCOURT / BRACE / JOVANOVICH] printed in black text. The back of the jacket is white with a purple text box with white text blurbs from Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The ISBN number is printed in the bottom right corner in purple text. Black text is printed on the front and back interior flaps of the jacket with the price, a synopsis of the book, the author biography, and the publisher information. The hardback book itself is dark and light purple. The front cover has two black squares with stylized square crosses in the center. Gold metallic text on the spine that reads [IN SEARCH OF OUR / MOTHERS' GARDENS]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s logo, a gold oval outline with [HBJ] printed in the center in gold text. Below is the name of the publisher, [HARCOURT / BRACE / JOVANOVICH] printed in gold text. The ISBN number is printed in the bottom right corner on the back cover in gold text. The front and back end papers are off white. The interior pages, three hundred and ninety-seven (397) in total, front and back, are off-white paper with black type and several graphics of black squares with stylized square crosses.
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Activism
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Feminism
    Literature
    Motherhood
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.38.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Alice Walker. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d424f1e7-cf2e-441a-974b-f709455f4d68
  • The Black Woman: An Anthology

    Edited by
    Cade Bambara, Toni, American, 1939 - 1995
    Published by
    New American Library, Inc., American, founded 1948
    Written by
    Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
    Lorde, Audre, American, 1934 - 1992
    Marshall, Paule, American, born 1929
    Walker, Alice, American, born 1944
    Lincoln, Abbey, American, 1930 - 2010
    Cade Bambara, Toni, American, 1939 - 1995
    Patton, Gwendolyn M., American, born 1943
    Covington, Francee, American
    Brown, Carole
    Lindsey, Kay, American
    Williams, Sherley Anne, American, 1944 - 1999
    Clark, Joanna
    Grant, Joanne, American, 1930 - 2005
    Sanders, Fran
    Beal, Frances M., American, born 1940
    Stokes, Gail, American
    Bond, Jean Carey, American
    Peery, Pat, American
    Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, American, 1937 - 2016
    White, Maude
    Green, Joyce, American
    Williams, Helen, American
    Jones, Adele, American
    Robinson, Pat, American
    Boggs, Grace Lee, American, 1915 - 2015
    Brehon, Helen Cade, American
    Cook, Ann, American
    Subject of
    Baker, Ella Josephine, American, 1903 - 1986
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 × 4 3/16 × 11/16 in. (17.8 × 10.7 × 1.7 cm)
    Description
    A paperback, fifth printing edition of The Black Woman: An Anthology published by New American Library. The front cover depicts a color headshot of a woman against a black background. The woman is depicted from the shoulders up, standing in profile with her head turned towards the viewer. She is looking over her proper left shoulder and her shoulders are nude. White text in the top right corner reads [The Black / Woman / AN ANTHOLOGY / BLACK WOMEN SPEAK OUT. / A BRILLIANT AND CHALLENGING / ASSEMBLY OF VOICES THAT / DEMAND TO BE HEARD. / EDITED AND WITH A PREFACE BY / TONI CADE]. Printed vertically in the top left corner is publisher and pricing information printed in white text that reads [SIGNET NON-FICTION · Q4317 · 95c] followed by the Signet logo of a circle divided with the letter [S]. The spine is black with white text. At the top is the Signet logo above the text [Q / 4317]. Below is the text [THE BLACK WOMAN An Anthology edited by Toni Cade]. At the bottom of the spine is the publisher's number [451-Q4317-095]. The back cover is white and has a synopsis of the book printed in black text. At the bottom is the publisher’s information, also printed in black text. The interior pages, two hundred and fifty-six (256) in total, front and back, are off-white paper with black type.
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
    Type
    paperbacks
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Feminism
    Literature
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.38.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Toni Cade Bambara. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559126e0f-81bc-454a-b37a-db0da3eae088
  • The Third Generation

    Written by
    Himes, Chester, American, 1909 - 1984
    Illustrated by
    Zuckerberg, Stanley M., American, 1919 - 1995
    Published by
    The World Syndicate Publishing Company, American, 1908 - 1974
    Date
    1954
    Medium
    ink on wove paper and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 5 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (21 × 14.2 × 3.5 cm)
    Caption
    Chester Himes’ literary legacy has been largely forgotten, particularly outside literary circles. But before there was Walter Mosley, there was Chester Himes (1909 – 1984), whose seminal mid20th century detective novels laid the foundation for African American urban crime fiction of today. The Third Generation, which examines family life, is Himes’ fourth novel and, like Himes’ first novel, is also scarce. The title refers to being the third generation out of slavery and the implications for family.
    Description
    A hardcover first edition of Chester Himes' fourth novel, The Third Generation. The title of the book represents a fictional family three generations post-slavery, whose story unfolds tragically, amidst racism and disenfranchisement. The book is protected by a plastic-covered brown and white dust jacket, which depicts a family of four. The dark-haired father wearing a bright shirt and dark tie, sits at a table with his fists clenched. Eyeglasses rest across from his hands and his expression is anxious. A woman wearing a short sleeve pink dress stands over his proper left shoulder, at the frame of an open door. A light-colored coat hangs over her proper right arm and she holds a suitcase in her proper left hand. Beside her stands a young boy wearing a bright long sleeve shirt and dark pants. Across from the mother stands another young boy wearing a checkered jacket and brown pants. He carries a tan and blue bag in his proper left hand. Mother and sons gaze at the father with mixed expressions. They are flanked by a telephone pole, visible from the open door. The illustrator’s signature [Zuckerberg] is written in the bottom right corner in bright ink. The reverse side of the dust jacket features a black-and-white photograph of Chester Himes wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and patterned tie. Below the image in black font is: [photography by Michael Low, London / CHESTER HIMES / 1609].
    Place depicted
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Literature
    Men
    Race relations
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.46.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Chester Himes. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d6bef429-4966-40a6-9dcc-29238bb99d57
  • Head Off & Split: Poems

    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Published by
    TriQuarterly Books, American, founded 1992
    Northwestern University Press, American, founded 1893
    Written by
    Nikky Finney, American, born 1957
    Date
    2011
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    ink on paper with adhesive
    Dimensions
    8 1/2 × 6 3/16 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 15.7 × 1 cm)
    Description
    First edition, first printing, paperback of Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney. The book has white front and back covers with a white spine. On the front cover, centered in the upper half, is an image of a pair of fish wrapped in a newspaper. In the upper left corner is a gold, round sticker with black text that reads [NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / WINNER] above and below a black graphic of an open book. In the lower half of the front cover, also centered, is the book title and author, listed in red and black text that reads [HEAD / OFF & / SPLIT / POEMS / NIKKY FINNEY]. The back cover of the book features a small black-and-white photograph of the author in frontal view, with her chin resting on her fist in the bottom left corner. To the right of the photograph is some biographical data about the author, photo credits and a cover design credit. Above the photograph are five endorsements of Head Off & Split and Nikky Finney. There is a barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. The top third of the book spine is the last name of the author, [FINNEY], in red text, followed by the title of the book in black and red text that reads [HEAD OFF & SPLIT]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information and logo in black type. There are ninety-seven (97) interior pages that are white with black type as well as an addition section entitled, [Nikky Finney’s Acceptance / Speech for the National / Book Award for Poetry / November 16, 2011 · Cipriani’s, New York].
    Place printed
    Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    paperbacks
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.266
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 2011 Nikky Finney. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ff6b2477-b66f-4b29-be01-35d9dd5354fb
  • Annie Allen

    Published by
    Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
    Written by
    Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000
    Date
    1949
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    paper, ink, cardboard, plastic
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 5/8 in. (19.2 × 13.7 × 1.6 cm)
    Description
    A first edition hardcover copy of Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks, with printed dust jacket; it is 60 pages in length. The book details different aspects of Annie's (a young African American girl) interior and exterior life as she matures into womanhood. The dust jacket is a dark russet shade with a large salmon-colored central rectangle on the front cover. Within the rectangle are eight lines of white and russet text of varying sizes [Annie /Allen / POEMS BY / Gwendolyn Brooks / Author of A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE / "She is mature in her craft . . . She is / distinctive as an artist." / -Rackham Holt]. Along the bottom in the center of the russet border is additional text in white [HARPER & BROTHERS]. On the back of the dust jacket is an illustration of the author. The author is seen in profile with her proper left side facing the viewer; she is depicted from the neck up.
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Literature
    Poetry
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.281
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1949, 1977 Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55564ff94-12bc-4cad-8e98-7370d7547750
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Written by
    Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960
    Published by
    J. B. Lippincott & Co., American, 1836 - 1978
    Date
    1937
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    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)
    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.
    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
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Movement
    Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    American South
    Caricature and cartoons
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bc7f66a-781a-4234-997b-ff836efdf860
  • Some Men

    Written by
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Illustrated by
    Holup, Wopo, American
    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Date
    1981
    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)
    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.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd535132cb6-9cff-452c-ba06-12864f666219
  • 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
    Date
    1975
    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)
    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.
    Place printed
    San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    pamphlets
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d8461bc6-8709-466a-b826-5baf1c9f4f10
  • 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
    Date
    1976
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
    Exhibition
    Taking the Stage
    Medium
    ink on paper.
    Dimensions
    H x W: 46 1/8 × 22 15/16 in. (117.2 × 58.3 cm)
    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.
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    posters
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59841d4c4-a1f4-42b8-a75f-2ca3e0a0fca2
  • Printer's full print sheet of Some Men

    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Written by
    Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
    Illustrated by
    Holup, Wopo, American
    Date
    1981
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
    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.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    sheets (information artifacts)
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd558bd0965-0b8e-403b-9f3e-b690004ee8e9
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Date
    1984
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 9/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.5 cm)
    Description
    A 1984 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white with an image of the Olympic rings, all red except the bottom left ring, which has been replaced by a blue ribbon badge with text that reads [1984 / DELEGATE]. Below the rings is a grid of black and white photographic portraits. Twenty-two (22) men and women are pictured, with the name of everyone printed under his or her image in blue. Blue text at the bottom right corner reads [The / Olympics / Past and / Present / page 159]. The spine of the magazine is white with red text that reads [DELEGATE, 1984 - The 8th Year of the 3rd Century].
    The magazine’s content opens with a masthead, set in white text against a black background reading [DELEGATE, 1983], and a table of contents, followed by an untitled editorial note about the 1984 presidential election.
    The content then continues with profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, events, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Urban League, NAACP, Harlem YMCA Sports Hall of Fame, Pan-Hellenic Council, American Bridge Association, Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, Delegate Magazine reception, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Chesebrough-Pond’s Inc., Ciba-Geigy, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, John Hunter Camp Fund, The Girl Friends, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner, Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Phelps-Stokes Center for Human Development, Mamie Phipps Clark, Northside Center, National Newspaper Publishers Association, 100 Black men, AME Zion Church, Top Ladies of Distinction, Carats, Inc., Links, Republican Party, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, National United Church Ushers Association of America, National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Eddie Atkinson, National Association of Market Developers, Suzanne de Passe, Negro Ensemble Co., Dance Theatre of Harlem, Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, Democratic Party, CBS Records, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Edgar B. Felton, Black Congress on Health, Law and Economics, National Black Nurses’ Association, National Bar Association, National Pharmaceutical Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, National Medical Association, Morehouse School of Medicine, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Association of University Women, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Tuskegee Airmen, Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 100 Black Women, Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Boys Choir of Harlem, Cardinal Cooke, Oliver C. Sutton, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Black Caucus Weekend, National Council of Negro Women, 369th Veterans’ Association, Beaux Arts Ball, The Edges Group, and Comus Social Club. In the middle is a large feature on the Olympics, one titled “The Story of the Past” and the other “The Story of the Future.” There are also features on black Hollywood and the cities of Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Oak Bluffs.
    There are approximately 511 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
    San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
    Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Dance
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    Hollywood (Film)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Olympics
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.18
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a99826b2-563a-492a-9d22-e03c2c02f99c
  • Welcome to New York... - it’s a small world after all….

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Motley, Constance Baker, American, 1921 - 2005
    Wagner, Robert F., American, 1877 - 1953
    Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
    National Insurance Association, American, founded 1921
    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
    National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
    Harlem Cultural Council, Inc., American
    New York Giants, American, founded 1925
    Powell, Adam Clayton Jr., American, 1908 - 1972
    Frontiers International, Inc., American, founded 1936
    National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
    Date
    1965
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    A magazine titled [Welcome to New York... - it’s a small world after all….] published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is divided into two horizontal sections. The top section features a blue and white image of a globe against a sky with black text printed across the top reading [WELCOME TO NEW YORK]. The bottom section is yellow and pink with an image of dolls playing instruments. The image is black and white except for the musicians' shirts, which are red and pink striped. The image is set in front of a bright yellow background and on top of a bright pink background, with white text across the bottom reading [...it's a small world after all...]. The magazine content begins with tourist information on the Statue of Liberty, a portrait of Manhattan borough president Constance Baker Motley, a message from the mayor, Robert F. Wagner, and an article entitled "The Day RFK Came to Harlem." The content continues within additional tourist information on New York City, including Harlem and Brooklyn, profiles of professional organizations coming to New York for conventions or other events, and profiles of many different prominent people including business leaders, labor leaders, fraternity and sorority members, funeral directors, Democratic party leaders, prominent Republicans, church leaders, journalists, artists, and others. There are approximately 67 pages, with black and white photographs and advertisements. The back cover has a color advertisement for Vat Gold scotch.
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Brooklyn, New York City, King County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternities
    Funeral customs and rites
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Sororities
    Travel
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd535eb7d6a-0b74-48ed-9b6f-4c5b2ac2313f
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Attucks, Crispus, American, 1723 - 1770
    Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
    Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
    Roberts, Sarah C., American, born 1844
    McKinney Steward, Susan, American, 1847 - 1918
    Scott, Dred, American, ca 1800 - 1858
    Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
    Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915
    Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943
    W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
    Joplin, Scott, American, 1867 - 1917
    Garvey, Marcus, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940
    Johnson, James Weldon, American, 1871 - 1938
    Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965
    Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
    Powell, Adam Clayton Jr., American, 1908 - 1972
    Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
    Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
    Bethune, Mary McLeod, American, 1875 - 1955
    National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
    Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
    Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
    Republican Party, American, founded 1854
    Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
    National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
    National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
    Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
    Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
    Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    369th Veterans Association, American
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
    Robeson, Paul, American, 1898 - 1976
    Charles, Ezzard Mack, American, 1921 - 1975
    Date
    1976
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1 cm)
    Description
    A 1976 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a collage of cropped black and white photographic portraits. In the center is an angled blue square with text that reads [DELEGATE] in white text and [76] in striped red and white text, with a circle of stars in the center of the six [6]. Black text on the white spine reads [BI-CENNTENNIAL EDITION - DELEGATE 1976].
    The magazine’s content opens on the first page with an editorial note titled “The Long Journey from the back of the bus,” about how this issue of the Delegate will focus on “200 years of Contributions Blacks gave this nation as part of our Bicentennial Celebration.” There is also a masthead reading [DELEGATE, 1976] and a table of contents.
    The majority of this issue consists of a 137 page article titled “The Negro in America, 1550-1976.” The content then continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Association of Black Social Workers, The National Caucus of Black School Board Members, Prince Hall Masons, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Empire State Medical Association, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Links, Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, NAACP, Navy, Elks of the World, Democratic Party, Chi Eta Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Common Cause Ladies, National Association of Business and Professional Negro Womens Club, National United Church Ushers Association, Eta Phi Beta Sorority, National Bar Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Urban League, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, NBC, National Medical Association, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, National Association of Negro Women, CBS, Shriners, Daughters of Isis, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Republican National Convention, Museum of Art, Whitney M. Young Classic, Black Caucus, 369th Veterans Association, Phi Beta Sigma, Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, Edges,
    The issue concludes with a “Lest We Forget” page with a list of individuals who had passed away, including Ezzard Charles and Paul Robeson. There are approximately 348 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775
    United States History
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e57ffdd9-2ab1-46da-b6e7-10757007351f
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Universal Network Television, American, founded 1950
    Haley, Alex, American, 1921 - 1992
    Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009
    Columbia Records, American, founded 1888
    Brown & Williamson, American, born 1894
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
    National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
    National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
    National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
    Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., American, founded 1906
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
    Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
    President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
    Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    National Urban League Guild, American, founded 1946
    Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
    Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
    Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
    National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
    Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
    369th Veterans Association, American
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
    Northside Center for Child Development, Inc., founded 1946
    Date
    1977
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 5/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 0.8 cm)
    Description
    A 1977 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a collage of black and white portrait photographs with a bright blue tint. Red text at the center reads [THE / 1st / year / of the / 3rd / Century]. The spine of the magazine is white with black text that reads [DELEGATE 1977 - 'THE FIRST YEAR'].
    The magazine’s content opens on the first page with an untitled editorial note recounting events of the past year, including the election and administration of Jimmy Carter. There is also a masthead reading [DELEGATE, 1977] and a table of contents.
    The content then continues with articles on the mayoral campaign of Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, the reaction to “Roots” on ABC, and “Blacks on the Carter Team,“ followed by profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes Gil Noble, CBS, NAUC, Brown & Williamson, Lambda Kappa Mu, General Food, Prince Hall Masons, National Market Developers, Empire State Medical, Chi Delta Mu Society, Negro Publishers Association, NAACP, Wilbert Tatum, National Medical Association, Ford, Pan Hellenic Council, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Sigma Fraternity, Georgia Club, Monteford Point Marines, Somerset, Phi Delta Kappa, National Urban League, National Dental Association, Church Ushers, Jane Edwards, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Carol Jenkins, Andrew Young, Shriners, Daughters of Isis, O.I.C. National Business and Professional Negro Women Clubs, National Bar Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Schlitz, Tuskegee Airmen, Media Women, Elks, Muhammad Ali, National Council of Negro Women, 369 Veterans Association, Lionel Hampton, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Congressional Black Caucus, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and Howard University. There are also articles about tennis tournaments in Forest Hills, New Orleans, and Oak Bluffs, as well as feature on Labor Day at Oak Bluffs.
    There are approximately 256 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    Tennis
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a191f832-64ab-4d62-81fe-a2bc53493bea
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
    Morris Brown College, American, founded 1881
    Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
    Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964
    Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
    General James, Daniel Jr., American, 1920 - 1978
    Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
    Shorter, Rufus B., American
    National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    Howard University, American, founded 1867
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), International, founded 1844
    Avon, founded 1886
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
    National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1929
    Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943
    National Association of University Women, American, founded 1910
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
    American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932
    Ashe, Arthur Jr., American, 1943 - 1993
    The Salvation Army, American, founded 1865
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    Davis, Sammy Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
    Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
    Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
    Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    National Urban League Guild, American, founded 1946
    Association for the Study of African American Life and History, American, founded 1915
    369th Veterans Association, American
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    One Hundred Black Men, Inc., American, founded 1963
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    Date
    1978
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 7/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.1 cm)
    Description
    A 1978 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a pink ribbon that reads [1978 / DELEGATE] on a collage of cropped black and white photographic portraits with an orange tint. The magazine has a white spine with black text that reads [DELEGATE 1978 - The 2nd Year of the 3rd Century].
    The magazine’s content opens on the first page with an untitled editorial note recounting events of the past year, including the failed mayoral campaign of Percy Sutton, affirmative action, and the disappointments of the Carter administration. There is also a masthead, set in white text against a bright blue background reading [DELEGATE, 1977], followed by a table of contents.
    The content then continues with a feature on Senator Edward W. Brooke and an article about the Bakke case, followed by profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes Boggs Academy, Opportunities Industrial Centers, Canadian Club, Bottle and Cork Club, Johnson & Johnson, Rufus Shorter, National Association of Black Social Workers, National Urban Affairs Council, Association of Market Developers, Empire State Medical, Ponds, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dr. George Alexander, National Newspaper Publishers Association, NBC, Clifford Alexander, Kraft, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, NAACP, Links, National Church Ushers, National Medical Association, National Dental Association, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Jeffrey Goldsen, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, National Urban League, ABC-TV, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Eta Phi Beta Sorority, National Association of University Women, CBS Records, National Bar Association, Gulf Oil, Whitfield, American Bridge Association, Shriners and the Daughters of Isis, Center for Social Change, Elks of the World, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, 369th Veterans Association, Brenda Schofield and Willa Benge, and Judge Constance Motley. There are sections on California, Houston, Minneapolis, Detroit, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York, as well as a travel section featuring Jamaica, Barbados, Oak Bluffs, and West Africa.
    There are approximately 284 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    California, United States, North and Central America
    Houston, Texas, United States, North and Central America
    Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
    Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
    Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
    Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    West Africa, Africa
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    Travel
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e8bb6cbd-99b9-4ce0-8851-3b3bef3dd0e8
  • Delegate

    Published by
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Rangel, Charles, American, born 1930
    The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
    Avon, founded 1886
    Vice President Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, American, 1908 - 1979
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
    Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
    Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
    Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964
    Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    Sovereign Military Order of Malta, founded 1099
    Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Universal Network Television, American, founded 1950
    Freedom National Bank, American, 1964 - 1990
    Gilbert, Jarobin Jr., American, born 1946
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
    National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
    National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
    National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., American, founded 1906
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    National Pharmaceutical Association, American, founded 1947
    Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1929
    Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
    Brown, Roscoe C., American, 1922 - 2016
    Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), International, founded 1844
    New York Yankees, American, founded 1901
    Jackson, Reggie, American, born 1946
    The Doll League, Inc., American, founded 1958
    National Urban League Guild, American, founded 1946
    Morehouse Alumni Association, American, founded 1900
    Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
    National Bar Association, American, founded 1925
    National Business League, American, founded 1900
    National Bankers Association, American, founded 1927
    Alliance for Women in Media, American, founded 1951
    369th Veterans Association, American
    Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    The Salvation Army, American, founded 1865
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    Written by
    Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition, American, founded 1977
    Subject of
    One Hundred Black Men, Inc., American, founded 1963
    Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
    Date
    1979
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 7/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.1 cm)
    Description
    A 1979 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a blue ribbon that reads [1979 / DELEGATE] on a collage of cropped black and white photographic portraits with a yellow tint. The spine of the magazine is white with black text that reads [DELEGATE 1979 - The 3rd Year of the 3rd Century].
    The magazine’s content opens on the first page with an untitled editorial note recounting events of the past year, focusing on the effects of the Bakke decision and reinterpretations of the Equal Employment Opportunity law. There is also a masthead, set in white text against a dark blue background reading [DELEGATE, 1979], followed by a table of contents.
    The content then continues with a feature on Charles B. Rangel, an article titled “Black in the Board Room,” and a feature on beauty and cosmetics titled “Black is Beautiful.” This is followed by profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes Boggs Academy, Links, Bottle and Cork Club, National Urban League, Association of Black Social Workers, ICBO, Aubrey Lewis, Philip Morris, National Urban Affairs Council, Franklin Thomas, National Association of Market Developers, Queens Clinical Society of New York, National Medical Association, Eastern Stars, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Black Music Association, Opportunities Industrial Centers, Chi Delta Mu, Othan Mondy, National Publishers Association, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Steven Lockett, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, NAACP, Kellogg, Chesebrough-Ponds, NBC, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Gulf Oil, National United Church Ushers Association of America, National Business and Professional Negro Women’s Clubs, National Medical Association, William Toles, National Dental Association, Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha, National Pharmaceutical Association, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shriners, Daughters of Isis, Herb Wright, Negro College Fund, Roy Campanella, Reggie Jackson, The Doll League, John Hunter, American Airlines, Morehouse College, Norman J. Johnson, Jr., Sag Harbor, Eastern Airline, National Association for Sickle Cell, Oak Bluffs, National Bar Association, Congressional Black Caucus, The Edges Group, National Business League, Council of Concerned Black Executives, National Bankers Association, National Association of Media Women, Donald McGannon, 369th Veterans, George Alexander, WBLS radio, Brenda Scofield, Budweiser, Alice Kornegay, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, the IBPOE of W, and the Broadway musicals “Eubie!” and “Ain’t Misbehavin.’”
    There are approximately 352 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Sag Harbor, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Radio
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    Television
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cc6b172d-2d13-4670-95ea-2e52493801a5
  • Delegate

    Subject of
    MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
    Created by
    Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
    Subject of
    Rawls, Lou, American, 1933 - 2006
    United Negro College Fund, American, founded 1944
    President Carter, Jimmy, American, born 1924
    Wilma Rudolph, American, 1940 - 1994
    National Urban League, American, founded 1910
    American Association of Blacks in Energy, American, founded 1977
    One Hundred Black Men, Inc., American, founded 1963
    National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
    Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
    National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, American, founded 1969
    American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932
    African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, American, founded 1821
    National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
    The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
    Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
    Sears, Roebuck & Co., American, founded 1893
    Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
    Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964
    National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
    National Pharmaceutical Association, American, founded 1947
    Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
    Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
    Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., American, founded 1964
    National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
    The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
    Republican Party, American, founded 1854
    Charms, Inc., American, founded 1952
    Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
    National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
    Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943
    National Pharmaceutical Association, American, founded 1947
    National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
    National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
    National Association of University Women, American, founded 1910
    Shriners International, American, founded 1870
    Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
    American Tennis Association, American, founded 1916
    Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
    CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
    Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
    Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1929
    Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
    369th Veterans Association, American
    Hooks, Benjamin, American, 1925 - 2010
    National Bankers Association, American, founded 1927
    Association for the Study of African American Life and History, American, founded 1915
    Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
    Alliance for Women in Media, American, founded 1951
    Date
    1980
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 7/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.1 cm)
    Description
    A 1980 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features a red ribbon that reads [1980 / DELEGATE] on a collage of black and white portrait photographs. The magazine has a white spine with black text that reads [DELEGATE 1980 - The 4th Year of the 3rd Century].
    The magazine’s content opens with an untitled editorial note recounting events of the past year, including the presidential campaign and the death of A. Phillip Randolph. There is also a masthead, set in white text against a black background reading [DELEGATE, 1980], followed by a table of contents.
    The content then continues including a feature on black Olympic athletes and an article titled, “Black Businesses Need Black Conventions.” This is followed by profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes American Association of Blacks in Energy, One Hundred Black Men, Jewell Jackson McCabe and 100 Black Women, National Association of Black Social Workers, Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, Boggs Academy, Jackie Robinson Awards Dinner, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, American Bridge Association, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, National Association of Market Developers, The Girl Friends, Gay Northeasterners Club, Bottle & Cork Club, Eureka Grand Chapter, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Sears, Roebuck, Morehouse College, John Hunter Camp Fund, Bob Douglas, Opportunities Industrialization Centers, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Pharmaceutical Association, Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Top Ladies of Distinction, Black Music Association, The Links, Inc., NAACP, National Urban League, Julius A. Thomas Society, National Medical Association, National Association of Negro Musicians, National Association of University Women, Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine, Daughters of Isis, American Tennis Association, Inc., History of Harlem Commonwealth Council, Inc., Democratic National Convention, CBS, A. Phillip Randolph, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Pope John Paul II, Oak Bluffs, Black Caucus, ABC, 369th Veterans Association, D. Parke Gibson, NBC, The Edges Groups, National Distillers, Dr. Benjamin Hooks, National Bankers Association, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life & History, William H. Toles, Patricia Roberts Harris, Arthur Ashe, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and the National Association of Media Women.
    There are approximately 368 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Kool cigarettes.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
    Place made
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Communities
    Fraternal organizations
    Fraternities
    Government
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Journalism
    Labor
    Mass media
    Men
    Political organizations
    Politics (Practical)
    Professional organizations
    Religious groups
    Social life and customs
    Sororities
    Television
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Urban life
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
    Object number
    2012.167.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533a4aa5f-52b1-4ee7-8dd0-1df51498bd61

Pages

  • Currently on page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • …
  • Page 52
  • Next page
  • Last page
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Museum Address

1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560

  • Become a Member
  • Make a Donation

Get Updates

 
    Please leave this field empty
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Snapchat
  • YouTube

Privacy | Terms of Use

Back to Top