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Program for Harry James and Nina Simone with Buddy Rich, Ruth Price, John Byner: Date: 1964-1965. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
Boxing glove signed by Jack Johnson: Date: 1919-1945. Manufactured by: Ken-Wel Sporting Goods Company, American, 1919 - 1960. Signed by: Jack Johnson, American, 1878 - 1946.
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.
Pinback button for T.W.S.: Date: 1950-2000. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Lobby Card for Temptation: Date: 1935. Distributed by: Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940. Directed by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951.
Flier for an African American Resource Machine benefit with Eldridge Cleaver: Date: ca. 1990. Illustrated by: Unidentified. Subject of: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998.
Advertisement for The Pullman Company: Date: 1937. Created by: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Flyer advertising a Caribbean Fete: Date: 1977. Created by: Cross Section, American. Subject of: Charlene Victor, American, 1920 - 1991.
Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign: Date: 1988. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026.
Program from the 1957 National Council of Negro Women annual convention: Date: November 1957. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987.
Korak Son of Tarzan No. 49: date made: 1972-11. Associated Name: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. maker: National Periodical Publications, Inc..
Star Wars No.: date made: 1979. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian No. 11: date made: 1976. Object Name: comic book. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Tarzan No. 216: date made: 1973-01. Associated Name: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. maker: National Periodical Publications, Inc..
Tarzan No. 213: date made: 1972-10. Associated Name: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. maker: National Periodical Publications, Inc..
The Warlord No. 36: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. date made: 1977.
Ink drawing for the comic book Marvel Age Annual #4 owned by Dwayne McDuffie: Date: 1988. Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939. Illustrated by: Ernie Colón, Puerto Rican, 1931 - 2019.
Napkin from the Shabazz Restaurant: Date: 1956. Used by: Shabazz Restaurant, American. Owned by: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930.
Ticket to a championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton: Date: September 28, 1976. Printed by: Arcus - Simplex - Brown, Inc., American, founded 1945. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.
Pinback button with the slogan "Help a Black Man...": Date: 1960-1980. Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Pinback buttons for an African Street Festival: Date: 1990. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013.
Poster for the Harlem Better Business League: Date: ca. 1940. Created by: Harlem Better Business League, American, ca. 1940. Type: posters.
Pinback button with "Vote" from Stacey Abrams 2018 gubernatorial campaign: Date: ca. 2017-2018. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973.
Broadside No. 60: Five Poems: Date: 1972. Written by: Alice Walker, American, born 1944. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
MARTINIQUE Costumes Traditionnels: Date: 2009. Published by: Lauma Editions, Martinican, founded 2000. Distributed by: La Case A Rhum, Martinican, founded 1980.
Poster for Public Enemy album Greatest Misses: Date: 1992. Created by: Sony Music Entertainment, American, founded 1991. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.
Scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams about Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity: Date: 1954-1964. Created by: W.D. Williams, 1905 - 1984. Subject of: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906.
WBL promotional pamphlet owned by Elizabeth Galloway McQuitter: Date: 1978-1981. Published by: Women's Professional Basketball League, American, 1978 - 1981. Subject of: Elizabeth Galloway McQuitter, American, born 1955.
Beowulf Dragon Slayer No. 6: date made: 1975 - 1976. date made: 1976. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc..
The Warlord No. 3: date made: 1976. date made: 1978. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc..
Poster advocating for Angela Davis: Date: ca. 1971. Created by: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, American, founded 1971. Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944.
Black and white poster with a photograph of Muhammad Ali and Pelé: Date: 2000. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.
Poster of Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party Co-founder: Date: 1967-1970. Printed by: Berkeley Graphic Arts, American, 1965 - 1970. Photograph by: Alan Copeland, Canadian, born 1943.
Broadside announcing the sale of enslaved persons in Mercer County, Kentucky: Date: 1836. Subject of: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Pinback button for Project Youth: Date: 1950-2000. Manufactured by: Damer Advertising, Inc., American. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Photographic headshot of Slick Rick: Date: 1989. Distributed by: Columbia Records, American, founded 1888. Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965.
Pinback name tag from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Date: 1979-1981. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cheryl Bailey Solomon, American, born 1959.
Poster featuring Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and H. Rap Brown: Date: 1970. Created by: Unidentified Man or Men. Subject of: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998.
Notice for a meeting of the Harriet Tubman Union in Boston: Date: May 3, 1910. Written by: L. A. Smith, American. Subject of: Harriet Tubman Union, American, founded 1910.
Pinback button for the Million Family March: Date: October 16, 2000. Subject of: Million Family March, founded 2000. Type: buttons (information artifacts).