Showbill for "Manhattan Made Me": Museum Object and Cultural History
Showbill for "Manhattan Made Me": Date: 1981. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Subject of: Negro Ensemble Company, American, founded 1967.
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Showbill for "Manhattan Made Me": Date: 1981. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Subject of: Negro Ensemble Company, American, founded 1967.

Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Robert Moses Williams: Date: 1968. Created by: Zion Baptist Church, American, founded 1934. Subject of: Rev. Robert Moses Williams, American, 1916 - 1991.

Film still for Buck and Bubbles Laugh Jubilee: Date: 1946. Distributed by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s. Subject of: Buck and Bubbles, American, founded 1919.
Name plate for Army uniform worn by General Colin L. Powell: Date: 1958-1993. Issued by: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775. Worn by: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021.

Token for membership in the Ku Klux Klan: Date: 1950s. Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946. Type: tokens.

Luke Cage, Hero for Hire No. 6: Date: February 1973. Published by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939. Written by: Steve Englehart, American, born 1947.

Flier for “The International Heavyweight Rappers Showdown Part 1”: Date: March 30, 1984. Designed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Grandmaster Flash, American, born 1958.

Officially Licensed New York World's Fair Comics 1940 Issue: date made: 1940. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.

Viewpoints of Diaspora Architects: Date: 1994. Created by: Carolyn Armenta Davis, American, born 1944. Subject of: John S. Chase, American, 1925 - 2012.

Poster for voter registration made by the NAACP: Date: 1964. Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909. Subject of: George Wallace, American, 1919 - 1998.

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School: Date: November 24, 1932. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913.

Theatre Program for As Thousands Cheer: Date: 1933. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Marilyn Miller, American, 1898 - 1936.

Advertisement card for Hon. W. H. Ward: Date: early 20th-mid 20th century. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Hon. W. H. Ward.
Ticket for the "Colored Balcony" of the Vernon Theatre: Date: 1950s. Used by: Vernon Theatre, American. Type: admission tickets.

Black Workers and the Class Struggle: Date: 1972. Published by: New Outlook Publishers, American. Written by: Roscoe Proctor, American, born 1921.

"Eruption!" Original Comic Splash Page: Date: 1992. Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965. Written by: Guy A. Sims, American.
Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand and Subordinate Temples, Daughters of IBPOE of the World: Date: 1929. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898.

White plastic bag advertising the film The Last Dragon: Date: 1985. Created by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968.

Pinback button with "I'm Voting Yes for the 272": Date: 2019. Owned by: Mélisande Short-Colomb. Subject of: Georgetown University, founded 1789.
Flier for "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom" meeting at Enon Baptist Church: Date: 1957. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Enon Baptist Church, American, founded ca. 1889.
World Council of Churches guest badge for James Baldwin: Date: July 1968. Created by: Unidentified. Used by: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987.

Cover of Black Enterprise Magazine owned by Robert L. Johnson: Date: March 2003. Published by: Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970. Subject of: Robert L. Johnson, American, born 1946.
Flyer promoting the second phase of the NCNW's Citizenship Education Project: Date: 1956. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987.

Pass for the 25th anniversary Edmonton Folk Festival used by Ira Tucker: Date: 2004. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008.

Postcard for the Grand Opening of the Wellington E. Webb Center for Primary Care: Date: 2006. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941.

Showbill for Colored People's Time: Date: March 1982. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Written by: Leslie Lee.

Pre-Centennial Program: 1852-1951: Date: 1951. Created by: Bethel A.M.E. Church, American, founded 1852. Subject of: Rev. C. Wayne Love, American, 1907 - 1978.

Broadside advertising a game between the Athletics and Zulu Cannibal Giants: Date: 1934-1937. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Zulu Cannibal Giants, American, 1934 - 1937.
Memorium ribbon for the G.U.O.O.F Lodge No. 4997: Date: ca. 1910. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843.
Poster reading "All night all day we will fight for freddie gray": Date: April 2015. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015.

Pennant for Morgan State University: Date: late 20th century - early 21st century. Manufactured by: Wincraft, Inc., American, founded 1961. Subject of: Morgan State University, American, founded 1867.

Identification tag for Pullman Porter Omer Ester: Date: 1941. Created by: Pullman Porters Benefit Association of America, American, founded 1915. Subject of: Omer Ester, American, 1884 - 1974.

Pendant for the centennial celebration of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Date: 2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908.

Pinback button for Kwanzaa: Date: after 1966. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
Pinback 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.
Poster reading "Race is not a crime" used at Baltimore protests: Date: April 2015. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015.

Advertisement card for Rev. Mrs. V.R. Robinson: Date: early 20th century. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Mrs. V. R. Robinson.
Advertisement card for Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw: Date: ca. 1910. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw.

BET jacket worn by Robert L. Johnson: Date: ca. 1995. Manufactured by: Identity Inc., American. Owned by: Robert L. Johnson, American, born 1946.

Game program for the 1998 Bayou Classic: Date: 1998. Distributed by: Bayou Classic, founded 1974. Subject of: Grambling State University, American, founded 1901.