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Commissioned by:

Apollo Theater, founded 1934  Search this

Printed by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Sam Cooke, American, 1931 - 1964  Search this

Aretha Franklin, American, 1942 - 2018  Search this

Horace Silver, American, 1928 - 2014  Search this

Sonny Stitt, American, 1924 - 1982  Search this

James Moody, American, 1925 - 2010  Search this

Brook Benton, American, 1931 - 1988  Search this

Bunny Briggs, American, 1922 - 2014  Search this

Eddie Jefferson, American, 1918 - 1979  Search this

The Flamingos, American, founded 1953  Search this

Little Anthony and the Imperials, American, founded 1958  Search this

Owned by:

Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 × 4 1/4 in. (28 × 10.8 cm)

Type:

fliers (printed matter)

Date:

1961

Topic:

African American  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Rhythm and blues (Music)  Search this

Soul (Music)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett

Object number:

2016.161.8

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd585a5518e-fdc4-4110-9c97-7afdd50197a2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.161.8

Photograph by:

Robert Houston, American, born 1935  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 10592 pixels × 8873 pixels, 179.27 MB

Type:

portraits

digital images

digital media - born analog

Place depicted:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1969

Topic:

African American  Search this

Blues (Music)  Search this

Folk (Music)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number:

2014.116.27

Restrictions & Rights:

© Robert Houston

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5309a317d-6d8f-4dd7-aea3-64894b092bb3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.116.27

Photograph by:

Robert Houston, American, born 1935  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 9195 pixels × 8873 pixels, 155.62 MB

Type:

portraits

digital images

digital media - born analog

Place depicted:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1969

Topic:

African American  Search this

Blues (Music)  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Folk (Music)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number:

2014.116.28

Restrictions & Rights:

© Robert Houston

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d19d3274-c09b-4a56-b6ac-da912e1a7991

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.116.28

Photograph by:

Robert Houston, American, born 1935  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 10941 pixels × 9690 pixels, 202.23 MB

Type:

portraits

digital images

digital media - born analog

Place depicted:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1969

Topic:

African American  Search this

Blues (Music)  Search this

Folk (Music)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number:

2014.116.29

Restrictions & Rights:

© Robert Houston

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599af1dde-60b3-44cb-9e47-7bd5cd3f3734

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.116.29

Photograph by:

David D. Spitzer, American  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in. (34.8 x 23.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.6 cm)

H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place captured:

Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1977

Topic:

African American  Search this

Folk (Music)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Rhythm and blues (Music)  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number:

2012.164.125

Restrictions & Rights:

© David D. Spitzer

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aef07a27-2926-401d-93ec-7c82b2087f1a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.164.125

Directed by:

Julie Dash, American, born 1952  Search this

Recorded by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Subject of:

Linda Martina Young, American  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, born 1931  Search this

Medium:

acetate film, metal and plastic

Dimensions:

Duration: 8 Minutes

Length (Film): 300 Feet

Type:

color films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1975

Topic:

African American  Search this

Dance  Search this

Film  Search this

Identity  Search this

Stereotypes  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number:

2012.79.1.40.1abc

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51bd4be51-d8ef-4b92-93ed-770198aae8b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.40.1abc

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869  Search this

Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990  Search this

James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006  Search this

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008  Search this

Marlon Brando, American, 1924 - 2004  Search this

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster, American, 1913 - 1994  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type:

fliers (printed matter)

Place depicted:

Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1966

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

American South  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Entertainers  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Musicians  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection

Object number:

2011.109.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f0f55d83-62e6-4869-a2fe-417d29883641

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.109.5

Printed by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 2 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (5.7 x 9.8 cm)

Type:

advertising cards

Place depicted:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1954

Topic:

African American  Search this

Classical (Music)  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.132.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e353db53-8f11-4ae9-bd32-30ed154bbaf3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.2

Written by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Received by:

Andy Stroud, American, died 2012  Search this

Subject of:

American Society of African Culture, American, 1956 - 1969  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (letter): 10 1/4 x 8 in. (26 x 20.3 cm)

H x W (envelope): 4 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (10.3 x 22.2 cm)

Type:

letters (correspondence)

Place made:

Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

Date:

December 1961

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Correspondence  Search this

Families  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Travel  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.132.3a-e

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ec74b95-e684-48c6-abe7-2bcf007b1507

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.3a-e

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

Used by:

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867  Search this

Owned by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 2 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (5.4 x 13.3 cm)

Type:

passes (tickets)

Place used:

Morehouse College, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

April 9, 1968

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Funeral customs and rites  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.132.4.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cacc834d-8e2d-4fe6-bf45-84b5f02ae268

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.4.2

Published by:

Triola, Norweigan, 1957 - 1983  Search this

Composed by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Recorded by:

Webe Karlsen, Norwegian, born 1953  Search this

Medium:

vinyl , ink on cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W: 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (17.5 x 17.5 cm)

Type:

record covers

45 rpm records

Place made:

Norway, Europe

Date:

1970

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Rhythm and blues (Music)  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.132.8.4ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1970 Triola Records. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Audio Recordings

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd501ec29d4-d549-4004-974a-ae34e3f8796b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.8.4ab

Published by:

Sam Fox Publishing Company, American, founded 1906  Search this

Philips Records, American, founded 1950  Search this

Recorded by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Produced by:

Hal Mooney, American, 1911 - 1995  Search this

Medium:

vinyl , ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (17.5 x 17.5 cm)

Type:

record covers

45 rpm records

Date:

1964

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.132.9ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Audio Recordings

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f13ae961-8948-4337-a877-b3f8ccece6e2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.9ab

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Theodore Bikel, American, born 1924  Search this

James Forman, American, 1928 - 2005  Search this

Charles F. McDew, American, born 1938  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

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

Date:

1961-1962

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Entertainers  Search this

Photography  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Andy Stroud

Object number:

2011.152.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Freedom Riders

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58a192ba9-5bba-4960-bac0-a32c85f2ea74

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.152.1

Photograph by:

George Ball  Search this

Subject of:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Dick Gregory, American, 1932 - 2017  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

London, England, Europe

Date:

1968

Topic:

African American  Search this

Entertainers  Search this

Photography  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Andy Stroud

Object number:

2011.152.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5476cf580-71a8-4e37-a17f-b57f1aae0777

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.152.2