Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Museum Object and Cultural History
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.
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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.

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads: Date: 1983. Directed by: Spike Lee, American, born 1957. Written by: Spike Lee, American, born 1957.

FM: release date: 1978. manufacturer: MCA. Object Name: sound recording.

Shine: Date: 1942. Owned by: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998. Produced by: Sam Coslow, American, 1902 - 1982.

waistcoat fabric: Date made: 1750 - 1799. date made: c. 1775. Object Name: Waistcoat Fabric.

Brenda Holmes, Ph.D., Oral History Interview: Date: 2022. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Interviewed by: Kelly Elaine Navies, American.

Body and Soul: Date: 1925. Directed by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951. Written by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951.

Michael Holman Family Home Movie #4: Date: 1957-1958. Created by: Lt. Thomas Holman, American, born 1926. Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.

Martin Luther King Jr.: From Montgomery to Memphis: Date: ca. 1969. Directed by: Dan McCarroll. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.

Coming attractions slide promoting a screening of the 1936 film Showboat: date made: 1936. maker: Consolidated Film Industries. Object Name: slide, glass.

Boxing gloves, worn by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II: date made: 1978. user: Stallone, Sylvester. maker: Cleto.

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.

Digital film still of Boseman and Nyong'o on the set of Black Panther: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.

Poster for Jungle Fever: Date: 1991. Designed by: Art Sims, American, born 1954. Created by: Universal Pictures, founded 1912.

"Angela Mia (My Angel)": publishing date: 1928. depicted (sitter): Gaynor, Janet. depicted (sitter): Farrell, Charlie.

Apron worn in the play The Corn is Green: date made: 1906. user: O'Hara, Maureen. Object Name: Apron.

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

Film still of Julius Carry as Sho'Nuff from The Last Dragon: Date: 1985. Created by: Louis Goldman. Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968.

Count Us In: Date: July 1948. Produced by: Carl Marzani, American, 1912 - 1994. Produced by: Union Films, 1946 - 1953.

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.

From Here to Eternity: date made: 1953. depicted (sitter): Sinatra, Frank. Associated Name: Columbia Pictures.

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).
Poster for The Black Moses of Soul, Isaac Hayes Special: Date: 1973. Designed by: Creative Cinema Campaigns. Subject of: Isaac Hayes, American, 1942 - 2008.

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.