National Museum of African American History and Culture

Harry, Hannah, and Philis went to James Spencer, brother of Elizabeth Roberts. Ben, Franny and Lucy went to William and Eleanor Spencer, nephew and niece of Elizabeth Roberts. The accounting of the estate is dated January 22, 1802 in Charleston. The division of property is entered as February 9, 1802 in St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District of South Carolina. The document is signed by Isaac Perry,

Folder with documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University. The cover of the folder has a central image of unidentified students working at drafting tables. There are architectural drawings and building images in the background. Printed black text above the image reads [CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE / Tuskegee, Alabama / Planning Workshop #4 / January 17-18, 1980 / Tuskegee

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Wanted poster depicting four mug shot photos of the Black Panther leader, Eldridge Cleaver. Text at the top reads: [Wanted / By The / FBI / Interstate Flight - Assault With Intent To Commit Murder / Leroy Eldridge Cleaver / FBI No. 214,830 B]. The back of the poster is blank.

A broadside advertising a series of performances of the Chicago Jubilee Singers in Burnley, England. The billet is printed on green paper and features text printed in black ink in various fonts and sizes detailing the performance schedule and promoting the group. In the center right of the flyer is a photo of the group. A woman (Booke) and man (Lango) sit in the front left of the frame while the r

Fourteen clipping from magazines and newspapers that were hung on the walls of Mae's Millinery Shop. The clippings vary in size and age but all feature hats in some way. [1] is a newspaper clipping of C. Delores Tucker and Rosa Parks, likely taken in the mid-1980s, [2] is a newspaper clipping of a dress advertisement, [3] is a newspaper clipping of an article about the Color of the 50s, [4] is a c

A framed quote by United States President Abraham Lincoln, given to General Colin L. Powell. Printed in large black text on a cream paper background: [“I can make a / Brigadier General / in five minutes, but / it is not easy to replace / 110 horses / A. Lincoln”]. The paper (a) is set behind a brown mat in a black wood frame (b). On the reverse of the frame is an inscription on the cardboard backi

H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

A single page document adhered to page 23 of Frances Albirer's scrapbook (2010.60.1) introducing a section of photographs in the scrapbook. The page has a heading with "CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION PROJECT" typewritten in black ink across the top center of the page. In the center of the page, typewritten in black ink inside a box are the words, "PICTURES - FIRST & SECOND PHASE."

A land indenture document transferring land from Gerrit Smith to John Bics or Bice, a possibly formerly enslaved man, for the sum of one dollar. The document contains printed and handwritten text, both in black ink, on both sides of a single sheet of off-white paper. The beginning states [THIS INDENTURE, made the First day of September / one thousand eight hundred and forty six between Gerrit Smit

A single-sheet document of handwritten brown ink on off-white paper that lists soldiers, both black and white, and the cost of supplies for each man for the year 1781. The document begins at the top with [The Account of Supplies (illegible) to the Officers + Soldiers / families that belong to the Town of Glastonbury; doing duty in the Continental Line]. The bulk of the page consists of a table lis

Two handwritten depositions from a court case, Valdec v. Gravier in Kingston, Jamaica. Document a is Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout’s deposition and b is a deposition given by an unidentified person with the surname of Gravier who appears to be the defendant. It appears that Doctor M. Joubert sold an enslaved woman, Zaire to Marie Anne Valdec when the British entered Port-au-Prince, Haiti during th

An original one-page commendation cable (a), with note (b), sent from the U.S. Department of State's Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, George Moose, to U.S. Consul General for Durban, South Africa, Pamela E. Bridgewater, May 3, 1994 for the role she played aiding South Africa’s transition to democracy, amid civil unrest in the KwaZulu-Natal province. The commendation is type