Magazine for the 2008 National Organization of Minorities Architects (NOMA) Year in Review. The black cover has images of NOMA members and buildings with [2008] in red text. The upper left corner has the NOMA logo. Articles include "Public Architecure's 1% Program," "2008 AIA Convention," and "Harlem in the Here and Now: What's in a Name?".The back cover has white printed text which begins [Dedica
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.
This image depicts musician Nancy Wilson singing. Wearing a black strapless dress, a single chain choker necklace, she stands holding a microphone cupped in both hands up to mouth level. She turns her face away from the microphone in front of her, towards the viewer, eyes closed. Taken from below, the angle gives her a monumental aspect.
This image depicts Nancy Wilson, singer and entertainer. Wearing a fitted strapless black dress, she holds a microphone up to her open mouth with her right hand. Her left hand is held loosely at waist height. She wears a ring on the fourth finger of her left hand, a simple chain choker, and small earrings. Shot from below, the angle of the picture gives her a monumental aspect.
A first edition, hardcover book of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth. The dark brown cover has a gold illustration of Truth at center. There is a frontispiece portrait of an engraving of a photograph of Truth opposite the title page. The title page reads, [NARRATIVE / SOJOURNER TRUTH; / A Bondswoman of Olden Time, / EMANCIPATED BY THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE IN THE / EARLY PART OF THE PRESENT CENTURY;
A first edition copy of the memoir and antislavery book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself. The hardcover book has a brown cover with an imprinted decorative border and scrollwork. The title is stamped in gold lettering in the center: [NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE / OF / FREDERICK DOUGLASS]. The frontispiece illustration is a portrait of Douglass, seated at
A magazine printed in red and blue ink on white paper. The front of the magazine has a cross within a crown at center. The text “BEAR THE CROSS” is written on the cross and “WEAR THE CROWN” is printed on the crown. Columns are printed in blue ink on the left and right sides of the cover. Red text on the left column reads “FOR GOD AND YOU.” Red text on the right column reads “FOR CHRIST AND YOUNG W
The necklace features a vertical pendant chain of ten (10) interlocking sterling silver rings with four (4) flat, oblong pieces of silver with rounded ends set horizontally through the vertical chain, with each piece decreasing in size from the top to the bottom. The circular necklace is composed of three pieces of sterling silver. The top or back piece, which would fit behind the neck, connects a
A prototype chaise lounge created by Simone Brewster titled Negress Chaise. Made of ebonized tulipwood, the chaise consists of an elongated platform (a) with a long, flat seat that angles into a reclining backrest with a flat shelf-like ledge at the top. A cushion (b) made of foam and upholstered in black leather fits onto the flat seat portion. The platform rests on four legs, two shorter legs at