Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #1: Museum Object and Cultural History
Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #1: Date: 1961-1962. Created by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998. Type: motion pictures (information artifacts).
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Maurice Sorrell Home Movie #1: Date: 1961-1962. Created by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998. Type: motion pictures (information artifacts).

"I Have a Dream": The Life of Martin Luther King: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Bailey Films, Inc., American, 1938 - 1969. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.

Cab Calloway Home Movie #4: Date: ca. 1950. Created by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994. Created by: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008.

A Salute to America's Greatest Movies / The American Film Institute Tenth Anniversary Gala: date made: 1977. Object Name: program. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

Photograph of a theater marquee promoting Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: ca. 1971. Subject of: Loews Cineplex Entertainment, American, 1904 - 2006. Photograph by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Gang War: Date: 1940. Directed by: Leo C. Popkin, Canadian, 1914 - 2011. Produced by: Harry M. Popkin, American, 1906 - 1991.

Film clip of "Stealin' Apples" from A Song is Born: Date: 1948. Directed by: Howard Hawks, American, 1896 - 1977. Subject of: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986.

Hat worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: date made: 1988. designer: Johnston, Joanna. designer: Powell, Anthony.

Technicolor Camera: date made: 1937. maker: Technicolor Corporation. Object Name: 35mm technicolor Df-24.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2: Date: 1924-1928. Directed by: Rev. S. S. Jones, American, 1869 - 1936. Type: silent films.

Michael Holman Family Home Movie #25: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.

California Raisin: date made: 1986 - 1991. user: California Raisins Advisory Board. producer: Will Vinton Productions.

Digital film still of Ryan Coogler and Letitia Wright on the Black Panther set: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.

A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle: Date: 1986. Directed by: Tom Davenport, American, born 1939. Subject of: Bertha M. Landis, American, born 1898.

Delegate: Date: 1982. Published by: MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986. Created by: C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985.
Oxford wingtip shoes worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: Mid to late 20th century. Created by: American Biltrite, American, founded 1908. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

waistcoat fragment: Date made: 1700 - 1750. Date made: 1700 to 1750. date made: 1760 - 1770.

Finial from Skeksis Throne from The Dark Crystal: date made: ca 1980. Associated Name: Henson, Jim. Object Name: finial, chair.

Mr. J. Crow figurine: producer: Disney, Walt. Object Name: Figurine. Measurements: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm.

Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film": Date: 2015. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Destini Camera Movement, Car Sequence: Date: 2014. Photograph by: Unidentified. Type: photographs.

Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train: Date: ca. 1935. Created by: Text Film Corp., American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees award received by Wilbert Rideau: Date: 1999. Issued by: Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees, American, 1981 - 2007. Received by: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942.

Studs' Place: Date: 1949. Created by: WENR-TV Chicago, American, 1948 - 1953. Subject of: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972.

Jumpsuit worn by Max Julien in the film The Mack: Date: 1973. Designed by: June. Designed by: Mr. Marcus.
Bottle of custom made “Lena” perfume gift with drawstring bag and card: Date: after 1950. Created by: Unidentified. Manufactured by: Saint-Gobain Desjonquères, French, founded 1665.

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #2: Date: ca. 1941. Created by: J. Max Bond, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991. Type: home movies.

Caught Plastered Movie Banner: date made: 1931. date made: ca 1931. referenced: Woolsey, Robert.

Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved Stars (Reel 1): Date: 1981. Directed by: Bob Walsh. Subject of: Benjamin Banneker, American, 1731 - 1806.

Frame enlargement of Len Glascow on the set of "The High Chaparral": Date: 1968. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" Inc., American, founded 1966.

Fashionable Little Boy at Penn Station, NY: Date: 1947; printed 2017. Photograph by: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.

Cab Calloway Home Movie #5: Date: 1948-1951. Created by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994. Created by: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008.

Photographic History Collection: Early Cinema: Film and Ephemra: date made: 1885 - 1930. Object Name: Early Motion Picture Film & Ephemra. Object Name: Early Cinema Film and Ephemra.

ASCAP Plaque, presented to Harry Warren: presentation date: 1989. recipient: Warren, Harry. presenter: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Navy blue baseball cap for the Black Stuntmen's Association: Date: 1995-2013. Created by: LIDS Sports Group, American. Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967.

Wedding Invitation Suite: Wedding Handkerchief: Date: 2016. Created by: Tan's Club, American, founded 1997. Designed by: Hadiya Williams, American, born 1978.

Carlos Riley, Portrait: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Destini T. Riley, American. Subject of: Carlos Riley, American.

Mounted Suit of Armor fom the Motion Picture Ben-Hur: Date made: 1926. designer: Kaufmann, Hermann J.. maker: Kaufmann, Hermann J..

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Digital film still of Danai Gurira and Ryan Coogler on the set of Black Panther: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.