Electrified backlit sign with National Council for Black Studies logo: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large electrified backlit sign with the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) logo. The logo consists of a silhouetted man with the continent of Africa at the center of a globe above the letters [NCBS]. The back of the sign is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1975
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: National Council for Black Studies, American, founded 1975
• Type: signs
• Medium: metal , plastic and electric conductor
• Dimensions: 40 7/8 x 30 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (103.8 x 78.4 x 12.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Object number: 2012.22.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.