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Created by:

Victor Ekpuk, Nigerian American, born 1964  Search this

Subject of:

Saartjie Baartman, Khoekhoen, died 1815  Search this

Medium:

acrylic paint with paper, plastic and glass on Masonite

Dimensions:

H x W: 72 × 42 × 2 5/16 in. (182.9 × 106.7 × 5.8 cm)

Place made:

United States

Place depicted:

Africa

Europe

Date:

2012

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Art  Search this

Gender  Search this

Religion  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this

Violence  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2019.23

Restrictions & Rights:

© Victor Ekpuk

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

Slave Narrative

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a2f00436-3383-4cd6-84bb-3e56bf0e26d5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.23

Created by:

Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977  Search this

Subject of:

Craig Fletcher  Search this

Medium:

22k gold leaf and oil paint on wood panel with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall- framed): 40 × 24 × 4 1/8 in. (101.6 × 61 × 10.5 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

portraits

mixed media

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Identity  Search this

Religion  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, Miami, FL

Object number:

2017.105

Restrictions & Rights:

© Kehinde Wiley

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504f25cb5-03cf-4b86-b462-49b6fcf4a2c6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.105

Written by:

Unidentified  Search this

Photograph by:

Paul Natkin, American  Search this

Edited by:

Robert Edward Johnson, American, 1922 - 1996  Search this

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 7 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (18.9 × 13 × 0.4 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 7 3/8 × 10 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (18.8 × 25.9 × 2.8 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

December 19, 1988

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Television  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs

Object number:

2017.72.2

Restrictions & Rights:

© Jet Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bbacb27-101a-4a0c-ba16-13cd8253dec1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.72.2

Created by:

Nelson Stevens, American, born 1938  Search this

Subject of:

Arlene Turner Crawford, American  Search this

AfriCOBRA, founded 1968  Search this

Medium:

acrylic paint on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 50 × 50 × 2 in. (127 × 127 × 5.1 cm)

Type:

acrylic paintings

portraits

Date:

1970

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Art  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Identity  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2016.73

Restrictions & Rights:

© Nelson Stevens

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd591fce4d5-cf44-40ac-90f9-618341612a89

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.73

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942  Search this

Edited by:

John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005  Search this

Ben Burns, American, 1913 - 2002  Search this

Edward T. Clayton, American, 1921 - 1966  Search this

Subject of:

Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990  Search this

Jurema Sampaio, Brazilian  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.7 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Brazil, Latin America, South America

Date:

December 13, 1951

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Education  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC

Object number:

2015.122.11

Restrictions & Rights:

© Jet Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd546a7f9dc-9bcc-48f0-979e-7a79132134b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.122.11

Created by:

Adger W. Cowans, American, born 1936  Search this

Subject of:

AfriCOBRA, founded 1968  Search this

Medium:

printing ink on rag paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 44 1/4 × 29 7/8 in. (112.4 × 75.9 cm)

H x W (Image): 30 1/8 × 22 1/2 in. (76.5 × 57.2 cm)

H x W (Impression): 33 1/8 × 23 7/8 in. (84.1 × 60.6 cm)

Type:

etchings

Place depicted:

Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa

Date:

1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Art  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2013.146.1

Restrictions & Rights:

© Adger Cowans. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d3b57d4d-5275-4a23-9799-2dd53d2a6d60

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.146.1

Manufactured by:

Tecsonic, South Korean  Search this

Owned by:

Chuck D, American, born 1960  Search this

Subject of:

Public Enemy, American, founded 1982  Search this

Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984  Search this

Terminator X, American, born 1966  Search this

Flavor Flav, American, born 1959  Search this

Professor Griff, American, born 1960  Search this

Chaf-Pozi Soweto, South African  Search this

Medium:

metal, plastic, paper

Dimensions:

14 x 27 x 7 1/8 in. (35.6 x 68.6 x 18.1 cm)

Type:

radio receivers

Date:

ca. 1986

Topic:

African American  Search this

Hip-hop (Music)  Search this

Technology  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy

Object number:

2013.149.1.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Tools and Equipment-Audiovisual

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/fd56c55864c-615b-4a15-9e49-1ee0f1cfd8b4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.149.1.1

Illustrated by:

Corrado Mancioli, Italian, 1904 - 1958  Search this

Printed by:

Salomone, Italian  Search this

Distributed by:

Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Italian, 1958 - 1960  Search this

Owned by:

Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 3 13/16 x 6 1/16 in. (9.7 x 15.4 cm)

Type:

admission tickets

Place depicted:

Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe

Date:

1960

Topic:

African American  Search this

Athletes  Search this

Olympics  Search this

Sports  Search this

Track and field  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family

Object number:

2012.140.4

Restrictions & Rights:

© International Olympic Committee. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition:

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

On View:

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

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c397a4ac-00f3-4618-b260-506eb39d0229

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.140.4

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022  Search this

Hilda Simms, American, 1918 - 1994  Search this

Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 5 15/16 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

November 24, 1955

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Entertainers  Search this

Film  Search this

Hate crimes  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III

Object number:

2011.17.10

Restrictions & Rights:

© Jet Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c69bcd77-0fcd-4c32-a678-b97282218c4f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.17.10

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942  Search this

Subject of:

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

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 6 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 10.5 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Date:

May 9, 1968

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III

Object number:

2011.17.28

Restrictions & Rights:

© Jet Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f6a01328-67dc-49c4-a503-41b0562c3125

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.17.28

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, founded 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955  Search this

Beverly Weathersby  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 6 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 6 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (15.2 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 15, 1955

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Education  Search this

Hate crimes  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III

Object number:

2011.17.5

Restrictions & Rights:

© Jet Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aaecffac-b23d-4adb-93b3-cc72fe546213

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.17.5

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975  Search this

Dew Drop Inn, American, 1938 - 1972  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)

Type:

programs

Place used:

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1949

Topic:

African American  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Nightlife  Search this

Rhythm and blues (Music)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.

Object number:

2011.145.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c3d2175-9625-4b84-8741-4e7e6bbc78cf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.145.2

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986  Search this

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, American, founded 1954  Search this

Teddy Pendergrass, American, 1950 - 2010  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (15.6 x 23.5 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1975

Topic:

African American  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Nightlife  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 Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.

Object number:

2011.145.7

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/fd5c6491473-3294-4fd7-93a0-0c886aaeee1e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.145.7

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Sam Cooke, American, 1931 - 1964  Search this

Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986  Search this

Betty Jo Spryopulos, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)

Type:

black-and-white photographs

portraits

Place depicted:

Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1963-1964

Topic:

African American  Search this

Nightlife  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 Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.

Object number:

2011.145.9

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd536e5935d-4ec3-47d6-9431-19c5f39efe58

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.145.9

Manufactured by:

A. H. Andrews & Co., founded 1865  Search this

Used by:

Hope School, 1925 - 1954  Search this

Medium:

iron and hardwood

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 26 1/4 × 20 1/8 × 24 7/8 in. (66.7 × 51.1 × 63.2 cm)

Type:

desks

Place used:

Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Place made:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1925-1954

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Education  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC

Object number:

2010.22.6

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5625b65c6-66a6-4df0-88da-5c48d1f3bc1b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.22.6

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:30:00 -0000

Topic:

Smithsonian Sidedoor  Search this

See More From Collection:

Sidedoor

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_077e3c42bcdc4556d343ee4a963a9c7a

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:01:00 -0000

Topic:

Smithsonian Sidedoor  Search this

See More From Collection:

Sidedoor

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_1e94b09c2b282d82b70a7b3323658748

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0000

Topic:

Smithsonian Sidedoor  Search this

See More From Collection:

Sidedoor

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_308185f2d902919e63d14725ba01422c

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:59:00 -0000

Topic:

Smithsonian Sidedoor  Search this

See More From Collection:

Sidedoor

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_6c6abdf88a80fa7db65804c83a15d67a

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Conversations and talks

Podcast

MIME Type:

audio/mpeg

Uploaded:

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:01:00 -0000

Topic:

Smithsonian Sidedoor  Search this

See More From Collection:

Sidedoor

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_7533087301461f82a2b85e32a40244d2