Cheryl Bailey Solomon Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of 2016.129.10.1a and 2016.129.10.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.

Cheryl Bailey Solomon was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Solomon donated several Delta Sigma Theta items including bucket hats, pledge pins, a water glass, and a floor mat, to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In this oral history interview Cheryl Bailey Solomon talks about why she pledged Delta Sigma Theta while attending the HBCU Coppin State College and what that experience was like.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 27, 2016
• Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
• Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
• Interview of: Cheryl Bailey Solomon, American, born 1959
• Interviewed by: Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, American
• Subject of: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
• Subject of: Coppin State University, American, founded 1900
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.10.1a): 35.57 min.
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.10.2a): 35.03 min.
• Dimensions: 53.03 GB
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2016.129.10.1a-.2a
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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