Printed and illustrated seven-page pamphlet created by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to bring attention to the violence and murder erupting in Mississippi starting in 1954 to the fall of 1955. The front cover of the pamphlet has the title featuring three large, upper case M's formatted vertically with the center M in red while the top and bottom M's are gre
Sheet music for the song Ma Angeline. The front cover of the sheet music features a black and white photograph of a man in blackface. An image of the man not in makeup appears in bottom left corner. Red type on top portion of front cover reads: [Respectfully Dedicated to Mr. Carroll Johnson. / Ma / ANGELINE]. Type along proper left edge of front cover reads: [GREATEST / COON SONG / Of the Age / BY
This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
A hardback edition of Maggie’s American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family by James P. Comer, M. D. The book is paperboard bound with cloth spine tape. The front of the paper dust jacket features a large sepia tone photograph of James P. Comer’s parents, Maggie and Hugh Comer. Hugh is seated in a wooden chair on the right side of the photograph and Maggie stands next to him, on the left s
Digital image of Magic Johnson wearing a purple Los Angeles Lakers uniform. Magic is featured at center mid-jump. His proper right hand holds a basketball and his head is turned towards the right of the image. The edges of the image have information about the photograph negative. The text, in yellow reads: [RVP 10 / RVP] on the left side edge and [FUJI RVP / RVP 546] on the right side edge.The dig
A sepia toned digital image of a city street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cars are parked on the side of the road and driving away from the camera. A large vehicle is driving towards the camera. It is snowing in the image. Written below the image is “1/12/25/68 MAIN AND ARCHER – TULSA, OKLAHOMA.”
A softcover copy of Maine Coastal Cooking and the Accomplished Cook, Or, the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, Fitted for All Degrees and Qualities: Down East Recipes Dating from 1664 compiled by Ruth Wiggins and Gertrude Hupper. The book’s front and back covers are heavy weight paper and the pages are held together with a white, plastic, comb spine that is broken off at the top. The front cover i
Hardcover copy of "Making a Poster" with ninety-six (96) glossy pages. The binding is red and there is gold-colored text on the center front cover which reads [MAKING A POSTER]. There is a slight bevel before the spine. There is a small black and white bookplate on the first blank page in the lower left corner. It has a graphic of a woman standing in front of a frame and black text which reads [BO
A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album (2012.88.3a) titled "Message To The Grass Roots" by Malcom X released by Afro Records. The album has a green label with black text. Side 1 has "Excerpts from an Address Delivered at King Solomon's Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 1963 to the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference." There is a stamp and a sticker on the label. Side 2 has "Excerpts fro