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- Segregation Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Commissioned by
- Universal Negro Improvement Association, American, founded 1914
- Manufactured by
- TharpeRobbins Company, Inc., American, founded 1892
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Medium
- bronze and leather
- Dimensions
- 2011.57.18a: 1 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/16 in. (4.5 × 4.2 × 0.2 cm)
- 2011.57.18b: 6 5/16 × 11/16 × 13/16 in. (16 × 1.8 × 2 cm)
- Description
- A bronze African Redemption medal produced for the Universal Negro Improvement Association (2011.57.18a) with leather strap (2011.57.18b). The medal itself is in the shape of an eight-pointed star with a bar across the top two points for affixing a leather strap. The front of the medal has a five pointed star in relief in the center with the words [AFRICAN / REDEMPTION] above and below the design. Each cardinal orientation has a letter of U.N.I.A. stamped in relief, with [U] on top, [N] on the PR, [I] on the PL, and [A] on the bottom. The back of the medal is bare except for the manufacturer's mark, which appears stamped at the center bottom. The leather strap is black and has a metal buckle clasp and several tooled holes for fastening.
- Place made
- Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards, Medals, and Insignia
- Movement
- Pan Africanism
- Type
- medals
- Topic
- Africa
- Associations and institutions
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.18ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




