America’s Greatest Comics No. 3: Museum Object and Cultural History
America’s Greatest Comics No. 3: date made: 1942. maker: Fawcett Publications, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
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America’s Greatest Comics No. 3: date made: 1942. maker: Fawcett Publications, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.

Milestone Media trading cards set: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.

Broadside No. 28: black and white: Date: 1968. Written by: Tony Rutherford, American, born 1945. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
Ticket for boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston: Date: 1965. Issued by: Intercontinental Promotions Inc., American. Printed by: National Ticket Company, American, founded 1907.

Pinback button promoting the Million Women March: Date: 1997. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010.

Poster for the Young Lords Breakfast Program: Date: 1969-1970. Created by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Print for the USPS Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp: Date: ca. 2013. Created by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962. Subject of: President Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865.
Postcard of a produce vendor: Date: 1907. Published by: Adolph Selige Publishing Company, American, 1900 - 1920. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Broadside No. 62: Green Apples: Date: 1972. Written by: Dudley Randall, American, 1914 - 2000. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.

Flier for "Super Jam Throw Down Disco" at the Bronx River Center: Date: 1980. Designed by: Eddie Ed, American. Subject of: Funky 4 + 1, American, 1977 - 1983.
Poster for Oct/Nov 1966 performances at Slugs’ Saloon / Slugs' in the Far East: Date: 1966. Created by: Slugs' in the Far East, American, 1964 - 1972. Subject of: Benny Powell, American, 1930 - 2010.

Broadside No. 12: Letter from a Wife: Date: 1967. Written by: Sarah Carolyn Reese, American. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.

Member badge for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Date: after 1908. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908.

Pinback button for CORE's Freedom Rides: Date: ca. 1961. Created by: ACE, American. Subject of: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942.

Flier for the Ku Klux Klan: Date: 2017. Produced by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946. Type: fliers (printed matter).

Flier of Wu-Tang Clan and staff members of Hot 97: Date: 1995. Created by: Hot 97, American, founded 1948. Subject of: Wu-Tang Clan, American, founded 1992.

Static No. 1: Date: June 1993. Published by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Published by: DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934.

Journalist pass for the 2012 Democratic National Convention owned by Jim Vance: Date: 2012. Distributed by: Democratic National Committee, American, founded 1848. Printed by: Unidentified.
Folding tab button for Kennedy - Johnson 1960 presidential campaign: Date: 1960. Manufactured by: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004. Subject of: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963.

Color drawing of the comic book character Icon, owned by Dwayne McDuffie: Date: ca. 1993. Produced by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Owned by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.

Open Door Revival: Healing Time Testimonies: Date: 1955. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Lucille Light.

Business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop: Date: 1941-1994. Printed by: Unidentified. Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016.
Program for Club Ebony: Date: 1947-1948. Printed by: Unidentified. Distributed by: Club Ebony, American, 1947 - 1948.

Flier for P.A.L. Productions event featuring The Herculords: Date: September 1979. Illustrated by: B. Hicks. Illustrated by: A. Riley.
Flier advertising an evening with Gordon Parks, Jr.: Date: 1976. Created by: Loisaida Center, American, founded 1975. Subject of: Gordon Parks Jr., American, 1934 - 1979.

Admission ticket for the Second Annual Monterey Jazz Festival: Date: 1959. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: Ralph Joseph Gleason, American, 1917 - 1975.

Playbill for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Date: 2003. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Used by: Royale Theatre, American, founded 1927.

US Olympic patch owned by Marilyn White: Date: 1964. Issued by: United States Olympic Committee, American, founded 1894. Created by: Unidentified.
Invitation for commencement at Fisk University: Date: 1948. Printed by: Hemphill Press, American. Subject of: Fisk University, American, founded 1866.

Pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as John Kerry’s running mate: Date: ca. 2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954.

AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation: Date: 1970. Created by: AfriCOBRA, founded 1968. Printed by: Wadsworth Aikens Jarrell Sr., American, born 1929.

Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Mechanic: Date: 1993. Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993. Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011.

VIRGINIA OX TEAM.-(130): Date: early 20th century. Printed by: J. P. Bell Company, founded 1859. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Lobby card for The Bronze Venus: Date: 1943. Distributed by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s. Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010.

Lobby card for the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?: Date: 1967. Manufactured by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: Isabel Sanford, American, 1917 - 2004.

Lobby card for Pinky: Date: 1949. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935. Subject of: Darryl F. Zanuck, American, 1902 - 1979.

Batman No. 10: date made: 1942. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.

Star Wars No. 32: date made: 1980. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.

Martha's Vineyard NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Souvenir Journal: Date: August 1988. Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909. Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993.
Plaque for Vietnam War service presented to Major Colin L. Powell: Date: September 1969. Created by: 1st Infantry Regiment. Received by: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021.