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Published by:

Playbill, American, founded 1884  Search this

Edited by:

Judy Samuelson  Search this

Subject of:

Suzan-Lori Parks, American, born 1963  Search this

George Costello Wolfe, American, born 1954  Search this

Mos Def, American, born 1973  Search this

Jeffrey Wright, American, born 1965  Search this

Ambassador Theatre, American, founded 1928  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 8 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in. (21.5 × 13.6 × 0.2 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 8 7/16 × 10 1/2 × 11/16 in. (21.5 × 26.7 × 1.8 cm)

Type:

theater programs

Place used:

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

Date:

March 2002

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Families  Search this

Poverty  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Theatre companies  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number:

2015.64.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition:

Taking the Stage

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5992d63b2-db1b-4fd0-b62f-3a167cb61179

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.64.13

Published by:

Playbill, American, founded 1884  Search this

Written by:

James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987  Search this

Printed by:

Unidentified  Search this

Edited by:

Blake Ross  Search this

Subject of:

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

Kenny Leon, American, born 1956  Search this

Denzel Washington, American, born 1954  Search this

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, American, born 1949  Search this

Sophie Okonedo, British, born 1968  Search this

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Open): 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.7 × 26.3 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Closed): 9 × 4 1/4 (22.8 × 10.8 × 0.1 cm)

H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Open): 9 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (22.8 × 32 × 2.5 cm)

L x W (2015.64.14.3): 9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23 × 10.3 cm)

Type:

theater programs

Date:

April 2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Domestic life  Search this

Drama (Theatre)  Search this

Families  Search this

Poverty  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Theatre companies  Search this

Tragedy (Theatre)  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick

Object number:

2015.64.14.1-.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition:

Taking the Stage

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56bcb8360-0dcf-45bb-baf3-3795638a0ac4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.64.14.1-.3

Creator:

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937  Search this

Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944  Search this

Subject:

Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1914 May 25

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)7211

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Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_7211

Creator:

Slavin, Arlene, 1942-  Search this

Wechter, Vivienne Thaul  Search this

Subject:

Loving, Al  Search this

Miller, Brenda  Search this

Slavin, Arlene  Search this

WFUV (Radio station: New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

circa 1973

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Sex discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11950

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WFUV radio interviews relating to art, 1969-1973

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_11950

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8508

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8508

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8509

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8509

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8511

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8511

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8512

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8512

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8513

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8513

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8514

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8514

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8515

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8515

Creator:

Jackson, Billy Morrow  Search this

Type:

Artworks

Date:

196-

Topic:

Race discrimination  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)8516

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Billy Morrow Jackson prints, [ca. 1965]

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8516

Artist:

William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this

Sitter:

W.E.B. DuBois  Search this

Medium:

cast plaster on plaster base

Dimensions:

12 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (32.1 x 21.9 x 23.4 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1956

Topic:

Ethnic\African-American  Search this

Occupation\writer\author  Search this

Portrait male\head  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar

Object number:

1968.154.141

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 47A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77b276f43-4ed4-45a3-8480-682f25e728af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1968.154.141

Printed by:

Pierre Prault, French  Search this

Medium:

ink , paper , cardboard , leather

Dimensions:

closed: 4 7/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (12.4 × 8.4 × 2.9 cm)

open: 4 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 13.3 × 8.3 cm)

Type:

pamphlets

Place collected:

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Place printed:

Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe

Place depicted:

Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Saint Lucia, Caribbean, North and Central America

Grenada, Caribbean, North and Central America

Date:

1767

Topic:

African American  Search this

Colonialism  Search this

French colonialism  Search this

Law  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2014.67

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5adcc64ec-c10a-49e7-a90a-587a63406e3e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.67

Written by:

James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987  Search this

Published by:

Dial Press, 1923 - 1985  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product) with cardboard and synthetic fiber

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 8 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7/8 in. (21.1 × 14.4 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 8 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 7/8 in. (21.1 × 30 × 2.2 cm)

Type:

books

Date:

1963

Topic:

African American  Search this

Literature  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2014.76.18

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1963, 1962 James Baldwin. 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:

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56faee17a-bfc7-4a4c-ad41-7cb9c0281389

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.76.18

Created by:

Bryan Walsh, American  Search this

Emily Bland, American  Search this

Subject of:

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

paint on cloth

Dimensions:

H x W: 72 × 240 in. (182.9 × 609.6 cm)

Type:

banners

Place used:

Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Communities  Search this

Justice  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bryan Walsh and Emily Bland

Object number:

2015.109

Restrictions & Rights:

© Bryan Walsh/Emily Bland

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50ec7add4-7cc2-4581-a9e0-3bc06e69a519

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.109

Created by:

Sarah Griesbach, American  Search this

Subject of:

VonDerrit Myers Jr., American, 1996 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

ink, paper and pressure-sensitive tape on Fome-Cor (TM)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 12 × 35 13/16 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 91 × 0.5 cm)

Type:

signs

Place used:

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Communities  Search this

Justice  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Darian Wigfall and Sarah Griesbach

Object number:

2015.110

Restrictions & Rights:

© Darian Wigfall/Sarah Griesbach

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504a2d210-886e-4f7e-9646-e2c42de0618f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.110

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014  Search this

Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012  Search this

Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014  Search this

Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014  Search this

Akai Gurley, 1986 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

cotton (textile)

Dimensions:

H x W: 35 × 29 in. (88.9 × 73.7 cm)

Type:

T-shirts

Place collected:

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

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Children  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Justice  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Men  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Harriet G. McCombs

Object number:

2015.136.3

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

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/fd526e0968e-25cd-4fa4-9afe-15f82065a5db

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.136.3

Created by:

Sherie M. Randolph, American  Search this

Subject of:

Millions March NYC, American, founded 2014  Search this

Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955  Search this

Medium:

ink and graphite on Fome-Cor (TM) with ribbon

Dimensions:

H x W x D (with ribbon): 39 3/4 × 20 1/16 × 3/16 in. (100.9 × 51 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (without ribbon): 30 1/16 × 20 1/16 × 3/16 in. (76.3 × 51 × 0.5 cm)

Type:

placards (information artifacts)

Place used:

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

Place made:

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

Date:

2014

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Communities  Search this

Justice  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Race riots  Search this

Religion  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Social reform  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mariama Richards

Object number:

2015.217.3

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ab67780-7f5e-40ff-996a-34449b72a816

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.217.3

Written by:

John Latrobe, 1803 - 1891  Search this

Published by:

Lucas Bros. Inc., founded 1804  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper, leather, and bast fiber string

Dimensions:

H x W x D (closed): 24 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (61.6 × 15.9 × 6 cm)

Type:

books

Place printed:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1861

Topic:

African American  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

Law  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2015.222.7

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd527e77c91-0f7d-420d-8baa-84f71cae113c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.222.7