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Photographic postcard to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend from Emma Azalia Hackley: Date: November 4, 1915. Photograph by: P. L. Huckins, American. Written by: Emma Azalia Hackley, 1867 - 1922.
Fliers for a march in memory of Mike Brown in Washington, DC: Date: 2014. Created by: National Black United Front, American, founded 1970s. Subject of: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014.
Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 135: Date: ca. 1940s. Created by: Unidentified. Issued by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898.
Flyer about the Namibia Three and International Women's Day 1976: Date: 1976. Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977. Created by: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961.
Flier for “NY’s Best in Concert” at the Audubon Ballroom: Date: September 12, 1980. Designed by: Unidentified. Printed by: Unidentified.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf: Date: 1976. Illustrated by: Paul Brooks Davis, American, born 1938. Subject of: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018.
Pinback button advocating for a boycott of Portuguese products: Date: ca. 1973. Manufactured by: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955. Issued by: The Committee for a Free South Africa, American, founded 1973.
Pen used by Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Date: 1965. Created by: Esterbrook Pen Company, American, 1947 - 1967. Used by: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Organizing Manual No. 1: Date: 1963. Distributed by: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963. Written by: Bayard Rustin, American, 1912 - 1987.
Pinback buttons for the National Mobilization for Domestic Unity: Date: ca. 1973. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: National Mobilization for Domestic Unity, American, founded 1973.
White plastic cup commemorating the 2013 Bayou Classic: Date: 2013. Distributed by: Bayou Classic, founded 1974. Subject of: Grambling State University, American, founded 1901.
Conan the Barbarian No. 48: date made: 1973. date made: 1974. date made: 1975.
Milestone Media trading card featuring Jeong Lee and Ann Kim: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
Funeral program of Gloria Quinn Jackson: Date: April 28, 2006. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Gloria Jackson, American, 1921 - 2006.
Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Templo: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
Flier advertising a silde presentation by Ole Gjerstad: Date: 1976. Created by: Liberation Support Movement, American, 1969 - 1981. Subject of: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan, founded 1956.
Brochure for the National Council for Black Studies: Date: late 20th Century. Created by: National Council for Black Studies, American, founded 1975. Type: brochures.
Member token used by Nelda Rowan to ensure safe passage in South Carolina: Date: 1950s. Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944. Owned by: Nelda S. Rowan, American, 1929 - 1997.
Flier for “The Final Countdown - The Battle, Cosmic Force vs. The Funky 4”: Date: December 19, 1981. Designed by: Eddie Ed, American. Printed by: Unidentified.
Superman Peace on Earth: date made: 1937. Object Name: magazine. Object Name: book.
Photographic postcard of a woman standing next to a wooden chair: Date: 1904-1918. Photograph by: Unidentified. Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889.
Ticket for the Pickwick Theatre: Date: ca. 1940. Used by: Pickwick Theatre, American, 1935 - 1961. Type: admission tickets.
Lobby card for Lem Hawkins' Confession: Date: 1935. Created by: Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940. Subject of: Alice B. Russell, American, 1889 - 1984.
Handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D.: Date: February 15, 1956. Distributed by: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936. Distributed by: United Christian Youth Movement of North America, American, founded
Kull the Destroyer No. 16: date made: 1974. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
Claw the Unconquered No. 11: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc..
A picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion: Date: 1911-1928. Photograph by: Lay Brothers Photography, American, 1911 - 1928. Subject of: Roger Williams University, American, 1866 - 1929.
Pinback button advocating for a Civilian Review Board: Date: ca. 1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Fade: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
Memorial service program for Stella Christina Jones: Date: January 17, 1998. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Stella Christina Jones, American, 1914 - 1998.
Louis Jordan "Blue Light Boogie": Mr. Personality, In Person!: Date: 1949. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975.
Broadside for the estate sale of Robert Skeen including ten enslaved people: Date: March 18, 1862. Written by: Ira F. Jordan, 1810 - 1887. Written by: William Skeen, 1818 - 1893.
Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Sideshow: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.
Brochure for the National Council for Black Studies: Date: late 20th Century. Created by: National Council for Black Studies, American, founded 1975. Type: brochures.
Service card of Pullman porter Percy Davis: Date: 1919-1963. Printed by: Unidentified. Commissioned by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969.
Pin commemorating the mayoral terms of Wellington E. Webb: Date: 2003. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941.
Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?: Date: 1967. Manufactured by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: Katharine Hepburn, American, 1907 - 2003.
Broadside for a revival at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Clarence M. Long: Date: 1936. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Clarence M. Long, American, born 1890.
"Game ball" football from Super Bowl XLI: Date: February 4, 2007. Created by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914. Owned by: Tony Dungy, American, born 1955.
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party: Date: 1969. Written by: The John Brown Society, American. Edited by: Radical Education Project, American, 1960s - 1970s.