National Museum of African American History and Culture

Broadside announcing the sale of an enslaved man named Dick and an enslaved girl named Lydia in Cross Plains, TN. The broadside is on yellowed paper with black text. The broadside reads [NEGROES FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Circuit Court for Robertson County, made at its June Term, 1857, in the cause of E.F. MALLOY and others, to sell slaves, I will on Saturday, 25th day of Jul

Broadside announcing the sale of six or eight enslaved people in Mercer County, Kentucky. The broadside consists of printed black text on one side of a single sheet of yellowed paper. The broadside reads [Public Sale / Will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on hand, on / Tuesday the 14th day of June, / At Robard's & Curd's Store, about 3 miles from the mouth of Dick's river, Mercer county, Si

A broadside calling for violence against abolitionist George Thompson. The broadside is printed in black ink on a rectangular piece of off-white paper. At top, in large letters are the words [THOMPSON, / THE ABOLITIONIST]. This is underlined by a thick black line. Below the line are the words [That infamous foreign scoundrel THOMPSON, will / hold forth this afternoon, at the Liberator Office, No.

H x W: 93 3/4 × 46 1/4 in. (238.1 × 117.5 cm)

A broadside for the formerly enslaved musician Thomas Wiggins, known as "Blind Tom." The broadside is printed in black and red ink on cream-colored paper. Along the top edge of the broadside is large red text that reads [THE EIGHTH WONDER / of the world.]. An engraved image of Tom is in the top half of the broadside. He is shown from the chest up wearing a dark suit coat over a white collared shir

A broadside advertising a poetry reading by Essex Hemphill in London, England. Broadside is an electrostatic print on medium weight wove paper, green with black text. At center is a portrait of Hemphill framed by two mirrored figures holding flowers. Additional motifs include hearts, stars, and fish. Broadside lists Theresa Thadani as the photographer of the portrait and Ali Zaidi as the broadside

1834 Baltimore Front-Street Theatre broadside in black ink on dark yellowed paper. The main text reads: [Baltimore Theater, Front-Street. / The Third Night of the Engagement of / Mr. J. R. Scott. / The Second Night of the / New Indian Tragedy. / On Tuesday, Evening, May 13, 1834, / Will be presented, the New Iniman Tragedy, entitled / Kairrissah: / Or, The Warrior of Wanachtiki]. Under the main te

Promotional advertisement for the Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier heavyweight fight on October 1, 1975, printed in green and red ink with small portraits of Ali and Frazier, both in red. On the left side in the upper left quadrant is Ali and on the right side in the upper right quadrant is Frazier. In the upper right corner is a small rectangle with the date and time listed with the fight time start

A black-and-white broadside for a James Brown concert at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The broadside has white lettering at top that reads “BIG WORLD PRODUCTIONS presents / LOWELL / MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM / FRIDAY JANUARY 17 / 8:00pm / The Godfather of Soul.” At the center of the broadside is an image of James Brown singing with his eyes closed. He is holding a microphone close to his mouth with his ri

A broadside for a James Brown concert at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. The Broadside features a color image of James Brown singing with his eyes closed. Written in yellow and blue lettering at the top of the broadside is “James Brown.” On the bottom right corner in yellow and white text and blue and white text is “THURSDAY / OCTOBER 21 / 7 PM.” At the bottom left is the Soaring Eagle Casino’s l

A broadside advertising a James Brown concert at The Showbox. The broadside is white with a black-and-white image of a young James Brown in profile and black-and-white text. The image of James Brown is on the left side of the poster. The text on the right side of the poster reads “”MODERN PRODUCTIONS / & 1250 KYAC WELCOME / THE ONE AND ONLY / JAMES / BROWN / NOVEMBER 16…” The time ticket price add

A large broadside advertising a James Brown concert at the Blue moon Jazz festival in Cologne, Germany. The broadside features a color image of James Brown wearing a purple jacket and pants leaning against a concrete block in front of a building. “JAMES BROWN / The Godfather of Soul” is printed in purple text across the top. Below this is the name of the jazz festival and the date the festival occ