Broken Rainbow: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broken Rainbow: Date: 1985. Directed by: Maria Florio. Directed by: Victoria Mudd, American, born 1946.
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Broken Rainbow: Date: 1985. Directed by: Maria Florio. Directed by: Victoria Mudd, American, born 1946.

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

Slow Fade to Black: Dorothy Jean Dandridge: Date: 2009-2010. Photograph by: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953. Subject of: Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965.

Chromogenic print of of Julius Carry as Sho'Nuff: Date: 1985. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968.

Film still of The Last Poets during the filming of Right On!: Date: ca. 1970. Created by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927. Subject of: David Nelson, American.

Preparing Shot Schedule: Date: 2014. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Slow Fade to Black: Lena Horne: Date: 2009-2010. Photograph by: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953. Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010.

Film of the first Soap Box Derby, 1933: date made: 1990. Object Name: film, soap box derby. Physical Description: film (overall material).

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

Film still of The Last Dragon cast: Date: 1985. Created by: Louis Goldman. Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968.

Activism: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

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

"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.

Pen and ink drawing of an animation still for the short film I, Destini: Date: 2013-2016. Created by: Destini T. Riley, American. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Black Journal: 3; Biafra / The Bandits: Date: 1968. Produced by: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970. Directed by: Jim Morris.

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

Sidney Poitier Wins Oscar, 1964: date made: September 1986. depicted (sitter): Poitier, Sidney. maker: Wiener, Leigh.

Shoes worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave: Date: 2013. Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015. Worn by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977.

Academy Award, Best Sound, Dances with Wolves, presented to Russell Williams, II: Date: 1991. Issued by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American, founded 1927. Received by: Russell Williams II, American, born 1952.

Shooting Prison Sequence: Date: 2015. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nicholas Pilarski, American.

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark: Date: 1970. Directed by: St. Clair Bourne, American, 1943 - 2007. Produced by: William Greaves, American, 1926 - 2014.

Lawman Lunch Box: Date made: 1961. depicted: Russell, John. depicted: Brown, Peter.

Joe E Brown Bike Club: date made: ca 1934. Associated Name: Quaker Oats Company. maker: Parisian Novelty Company.

Mainframe Computer Component, Burroughs Thin Film Memory: date made: 1959. maker: Burroughs Manufacturing Corporation. Object Name: Mainframe Component.

Elvis in Hawai'i book: date made: 2002. referenced: Presley, Elvis. Object Name: book.

Archival process photo for "I, Destini": Date: 2013-2016. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.

Jet Vol. IX No. 3: Date: November 24, 1955. Published by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019. Subject of: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022.
Newsboy cap worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: Mid to late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Nightmare Before Christmas promotional wristwatch: date made: 1993. Associated Name: Burton, Tim. Object Name: wristwatch.

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

Doris Day Coloring Book: Date made: 1956. publisher: Whitman Publishing, LLC. associated institution: MGM.

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.

Juke Joint: Date: 1947. Directed by: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969. Written by: True T. Thompson, American, 1896 - 1973.

Michael Holman Family Home Movie #30: Date: 1957-1958. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Subject of: Linda Holman, American, born 1953.

Wedding Invitation Suite: RSVP token: Date: 2016. Designed by: Hadiya Williams, American, born 1978. Subject of: Shantrelle P. Lewis, American, born 1978.

Albert Nellums, President of A. L. Nellums and Associates Inc.; Mayor Marian S. Barry Jr. and actor Billy D. Williams Jr.: Date: April, 1980. Photograph by: Milton Williams, American, born 1940. Subject of: Billy Dee Williams, American, bor

Film clips from the documentary American Music - From Folk to Jazz and Pop: Date: 1966; re-issued 1967. Directed by: Stephen Fleischman, 1919 - 2011. Directed by: Jonathan Donald.

Michael Holman Family Home Movie #16: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.

Jet Vol. 68 No. 2: Date: March 25, 1985. Published by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019. Subject of: Vanity, Canadian, 1959 - 2016.

Dance Black America: Date: 1985. Directed by: Chris Hegedus, American, born 1952. Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker, American, 1925 - 2019.