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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 Woman or Women.
Wolcott/ Charles 3: Date: July 18, 1951. Subject of: Joe Walcott, American, 1914 - 1994. Subject of: Ezzard Mack Charles, American, 1921 - 1975.
Michael Holman Family Home Movie #7: Date: 1957-1958. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Subject of: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.
Film poster for A View to a Kill: Date: 1985. Commissioned by: United Artists Corporation, founded 1919. Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924.
Script for Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?: Date made: 1967. executive producer: Montague, Edward J.. author: Rose, S. I..
Film poster for Boyz n the Hood: Date: 1991. Commissioned by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: Ice Cube, American, born 1969.
Black suede vest worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000 - 2010. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
Little Miss Marker movie poster: date made: ca 1933. referenced: Temple, Shirley. Object Name: Poster, Movie.
David Lean: A Self-Portrait: Date: 1971. Directed by: Thomas Craven. Produced by: Thomas Craven Film Corporation, American, founded 1952.
Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti: Date: 1951. Created by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994. Subject of: Presidential Palace, Haitian.
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men: Date: September 1969. Written by: Lonne Elder III, American, 1927 - 1996. Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux, founded 1946.
Woodstock Two: release date: 1971. manufacturer: Cotillion Records. Object Name: sound recording.
"That Wonderful Something (Is Love)": publishing date: 1929. publisher: Robbins Music Corporation. Object Name: sheet music.
Digital film still of Chadwick Boseman on the set of Black Panther: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Matt Kennedy. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939.
Detroit Lions jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the film Beverly Hills Cop II: Date: 1987. Created by: Albion Knitting Mills, American, 1923 - 1998. Worn by: Eddie Murphy, American, born 1961.
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.
Black Journal: Color Us Black! (Part I): Date: 1968. Directed by: Dick McCutchen, American, 1925 - 2001. Produced by: National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970.
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: Date: 1982. Directed by: Jack Santino Ph.D., American, born 1947. Directed by: Paul Wagner, American, born 1948.
Bernard Johnson pants worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000 - 2010. Created by: Bernard Johnson, American, 1936 - 1997. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
Julie and Julia director plans: date made: 2008. Associated Name: Child, Julia. Object Name: plans.
Taj Mahal: Date: 2011; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: Taj Mahal, American, born 1942.
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.
Promotional photograph from the film Journey By Train: Date: ca. 1935. Created by: Text Film Corp., American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Photograph of DMC and JMJ with director Jonathan Demme on set- "Heal Yourself": Date: 1991. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964.
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.
J.T.: Date: 1969. Directed by: Robert M. Young, American, born 1924. Subject of: Kevin Hooks, American, born 1958.
Street Survival DVD: date made: 2013. depicted: Danforth, Bill. Object Name: DVD, skateboarding.
Street Survival Script: date made: 1988. date made: 1980s. maker: Hays, Michael Alan.
Mae West figurine: date made: ca 1930s. depicted (sitter): West, Mae. Object Name: chalkware figurine.
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.
Blacks Britannica: Date: 1978. Directed by: David Koff, American, 1939 - 2014. Subject of: Courtney Hay, British.
Double Deal: Date: 1939. Directed by: Arthur Dreifuss, German American, 1908 - 1993. Produced by: George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973.
Brown leather pants worn by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
Photograph of Erskine Hawkins: Date: 1938-1993. Distributed by: Bluebird Records, American, founded 1932. Photograph by: Unidentified.
Flag of 54th Regiment from Glory: Date made: 1989. Object Name: Flag. Physical Description: polyester (overall material).
Krush Groove jacket: date made: around 1984. user: Simpson, Donnie. Object Name: jacket.
Louis/Conn 2: Date: June 19, 1946. Produced by: RKO-Pathe, Inc., American, founded 1931. Subject of: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981.
The Boy King: Date: 1986. Directed by: Billy J. Parrott. Subject of: Rev. Martin Luther King Sr, American, 1899 - 1984.
Michael Holman Family Home Movie #3: Date: ca. 1957. Created by: Pauline Thompson Wood, American, born 1901. Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955.
Souvenir program for The Birth of a Nation: date made: 1915. Associated Name: Ku Klux Klan. Object Name: program, movie.