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Directed by:

Steven York  Search this

Narrated by:

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Subject of:

Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976  Search this

Fredi Washington, American, 1903 - 1994  Search this

George Johnson  Search this

Lorenzo Tucker, American, 1907 - 1986  Search this

Lucia Lynn Moses, American, 1908 - 1984  Search this

Owned by:

D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896  Search this

Medium:

polyester film

Dimensions:

Duration: 31 Minutes

Length (Film): 1100 Feet

Type:

sound films

black-and-white films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place used:

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

Date:

1975

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Documentary films  Search this

Film  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race films  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2017.55.17.1a

Restrictions & Rights:

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Collection title:

DC Public Library Film Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53548d468-571b-431a-a2d4-62b1ae56ab99

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.55.17.1a

Directed by:

Bob Walsh  Search this

Leroy Morais  Search this

Subject of:

Benjamin Banneker, American, 1731 - 1806  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Louise Stubbs, American, 1930 - 2001  Search this

Leon Pinkney, American, born 1963  Search this

Produced by:

Jochen Breitenstein  Search this

Owned by:

D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 28 min.

Physical extent (film): 1000 ft

Type:

sound films

color films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place used:

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

Place depicted:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Families  Search this

Film  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Science  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2017.55.7.1a

Restrictions & Rights:

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Collection title:

DC Public Library Film Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56d67649f-4f9c-4e0d-84e9-cbf3162253fc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.55.7.1a

Written by:

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Arnold Perl, American, 1914 - 1971  Search this

Published by:

Davis and Lee Film Continuity Service, American  Search this

Subject of:

Chester Himes, American, 1909 - 1984  Search this

United Artists Corporation, founded 1919  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal on pressboard

Type:

continuities

Place depicted:

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

Date:

June 1, 1970

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Blaxploitation films  Search this

Film  Search this

Literature  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2016.26.4

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd597b0927b-cdec-4346-8db5-adf96ec6a3f6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.26.4

Directed by:

John W. Fletcher Jr., American  Search this

Edited by:

Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993  Search this

Subject of:

Inge Hardison, American, 1914 - 2016  Search this

Composed by:

Mal Waldron, American, 1925 - 2002  Search this

Ron Carter, American, born 1937  Search this

Eric Dolphy, American, 1928 - 1964  Search this

Narrated by:

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

acetate film and metal

Dimensions:

Duration: 10 Minutes

Length (Film): 412 Feet

Type:

black-and-white films (visual works)

short subjects

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

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

Date:

ca. 1962

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Art  Search this

Film  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Process films  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:

2012.79.1.9.1ac

Restrictions & Rights:

No known copyright restrictions

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Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c45b93d7-bdd0-4353-a4b6-600de94c0223

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.9.1ac

Published by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Louis Gossett Jr., American, born 1936  Search this

Lonne Elder III, American, 1927 - 1996  Search this

Diana Sands, American, 1934 - 1973  Search this

Douglas Turner Ward, born 1930  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (22.7 × 16.7 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

playbills

Place used:

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

Date:

1959

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Communities  Search this

Drama (Theatre)  Search this

Families  Search this

Men  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Tragedy (Theatre)  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted with pride from Ellen Brooks

Object number:

2014.167.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd514f3c18c-22a7-4c24-85c1-5a5cc0c9c142

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.167.1

Created by:

The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, American, founded 1972  Search this

New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, American, founded 1971  Search this

Subject of:

Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944  Search this

Jerry Butler Jr., American, born 1939  Search this

Carmen McRae, American, 1920 - 1994  Search this

Pete Seeger, American, 1919 - 2014  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Ray Barretto, American, 1929 - 2006  Search this

Cyril Philip  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type:

fliers (printed matter)

Place used:

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

Place depicted:

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

Date:

July 1972

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Black power  Search this

Latin jazz (Music)  Search this

Music  Search this

Politics  Search this

Prisons  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2015.97.27.135

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Nuyorican Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a2775f83-82e9-43d6-b0dc-aa5ec79d68ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.27.135

Created by:

Third World Women's Alliance, American, 1968 - 1980  Search this

Subject of:

Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944  Search this

Ron Dellums, American, born 1935  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Dick Gregory, American, 1932 - 2017  Search this

Sallye Bell Davis  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

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

Type:

advertisements

Place used:

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

Date:

September 1971

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Black power  Search this

Justice  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2015.97.27.201

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd595c43209-923c-41c2-b8a0-ec605a4beecb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.27.201

Created by:

American Committee on Africa, American, 1953 - 2001  Search this

Subject of:

William H. Booth, American, 1922 - 2006  Search this

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

Dick Gregory, American, 1932 - 2017  Search this

Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019  Search this

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014  Search this

Wilt Chamberlain, American, 1936 - 1999  Search this

Bill Cosby, American, born 1937  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990  Search this

Arthur Ashe Jr., American, 1943 - 1993  Search this

Roy Lichtenstein, American, 1923 - 1997  Search this

Pete Seeger, American, 1919 - 2014  Search this

Brock Peters, American, 1927 - 2005  Search this

Richard Roundtree, American, 1942 - 2023  Search this

Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990  Search this

Arthur Ashe Jr., American, 1943 - 1993  Search this

James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987  Search this

A. Philip Randolph Institute, American, founded 1965  Search this

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022  Search this

Rafer Lewis Johnson, American, 1934 - 2020  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

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

Type:

fliers (printed matter)

Place used:

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

Place depicted:

South Africa, Africa

Date:

1970s

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

Africa  Search this

Black power  Search this

International affairs  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2015.97.27.7

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Pan Africanism

Anti-apartheid movements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51acaddc6-ae3c-43f9-a931-74a6bb9c9082

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.27.7

Published by:

Playbill, American, founded 1884  Search this

Used by:

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928  Search this

Subject of:

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014  Search this

Louis Gossett Jr., American, born 1936  Search this

Diana Sands, American, 1934 - 1973  Search this

Ivan Dixon, American, 1931 - 2008  Search this

John Fiedler, American, 1925 - 2005  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 x 6 1/2 in. (22.9 x 16.5 cm)

Type:

theater programs

Place used:

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

Date:

1959

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Drama (Theatre)  Search this

Tragedy (Theatre)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens

Object number:

2011.45.84

Restrictions & Rights:

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59d139af8-1897-4d11-b170-d54c62fe17f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.45.84

Printed by:

E. J. Warner Poster Corp., American  Search this

Subject of:

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

Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023  Search this

Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972  Search this

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022  Search this

Shelley Winters, American, 1920 - 2006  Search this

Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019  Search this

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014  Search this

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

John Oliver Killens, American, 1916 - 1987  Search this

George Tabori, Hungarian, 1914 - 2007  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 24 3/16 × 18 1/16 in. (61.5 × 45.9 cm)

Place used:

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

Date:

1960

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Music  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2019.28.22

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50e467547-7b4c-4cc8-948a-9c8920d325d9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.28.22

Created by:

Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Subject of:

Frederick O'Neal, American, 1905 - 1992  Search this

Christine Spencer  Search this

Jimmy Randolph  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)

Type:

theater programs

Place used:

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

Date:

1963

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Musical Theatre  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens

Object number:

2011.45.6

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57af0981e-45af-4510-a7ea-0a538e399155

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.45.6