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"Pendulum"

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This is the “Pendulum" necklace designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The necklace is made of a sterling silver wire shaped as an open-ended torque necklace, or neck ring, with flattened ends to contain a movable sterling silver sphere the ring runs through. The back of the sphere has a hole. Attached to the bottom of the sphere is the pendant’s long, vertical metal rod that begins circular,

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"Platelet"

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This is the “Platelet" cuff designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The nickel-silver cuff is comprised of five rectangular shaped plates with organic cutout edges, with two differing in texture. The plates are held together with two attachment rings on each side. Some plates have extra holes next to the attachment rings. The cuff closes with a flat, circular box clasp placed on one of the end

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"Recollection" in The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772

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The Wheatleys manumitted Peters in 1773 under pressure from critics who saw the hypocrisy in praising Peters’ talent while keeping her enslaved. They died within a few years of this decision, and Peters soon met and married grocer John Peters. Her life afterwards was indicative of the troubled freedom of African Americans of the period, who were emancipated but not fully integrated into the promis

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"Right to Work" Laws - A Trap for America's Minorities

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A pamphlet made of blue and black ink on yellowed paper. The entire pamphlet is split down the middle; the left side is in English and the right in Spanish. On the cover, at center left is a black and white photograph of workers striking. At center right is a black and white photograph of a family sitting on the front porch gazing out. Above the left is the title ["Right to Work" Laws"]. Above the

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"Saturnian"

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H x W x D: 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 1/8 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 0.3 cm)

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"Say Her Name" protest, artist Janelle Monáe and Wondaland Records members perform "Hell You Talmbout" protest song, Atlanta, GA

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A digital, black-and-white image of Janelle Monáe performing "Hell You Talmbout" during a Black Lives Matter "Say Her Name" protest in Atlanta, Georgia. Monáe is standing left of center. She is wearing a white, long sleeve, polka dot bouse and white cap with a black band and visor. Her head is tilted towards her proper right shoulder, her chin is tilted slightly upwards, her eyes are closed, and s

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"September Morning," A Field of Cuckolds

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Rice Field near White Hall, SC. These fields are beautiful and mysterious in a strange way. I could almost say that "spirits" abound. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.

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"Shining Armor"

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This is the “Shining Armor" ring designed and created by Art Smith. The ring is made of one piece of flattened sterling silver band split into three at the shoulder of the ring. The edges of the base and three bands are all curved and warped with valleys and hills that appear to fit into one another like a puzzle, but the three bands are placed at different heights. The ends are soldered to the ri

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"Simplicity"

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H x W x D: 4 1/2 × 5 × 3/4 in. (11.4 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)

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"Some Account of Phillis, a learned Negro Girl" in The Gentleman's Magazine

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"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage

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A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage recorded by Moms Mabley. The front of album cover features a color photograph of Moms Mabley sitting on stage holding a microphone in her proper right hand. Yellow and white type at top of cover reads "'the funniest woman in the world' / MOMS MABLEY ONSTAGE / CHESS LP 1447." The back of the record cover consist

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"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage

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<I>"Pendulum"</I>

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<I>"Recollection" in The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772</I>

<I>"Right to Work" Laws - A Trap for America's Minorities</I>

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<I>"Say Her Name" protest, artist Janelle Monáe and Wondaland Records members perform "Hell You Talmbout" protest song, Atlanta, GA</I>

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