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Abbott's Monthly Vol. II No. 5

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The May 1931 (Vol. II No. 5) issue of Abbott's Monthly. The front cover features an image of a woman wearing a white hat looking off to the left. The cover shows significant wear along the edges with tape along the binding. There are approximately 87 pages.

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Abernathy Family Oral History Interview

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The oral history consists of twenty-nine digital files: 2011.174.108.1a, 2011.174.108.1b, 2011.174.108.1c, 2011.174.108.1d, 2011.174.108.1e, 2011.174.108.1f, 2011.174.108.1g, 2011.174.108.1h, 2011.174.108.1i, 2011.174.108.1j, 2011.174.108.1k, 2011.174.108.1l, 2011.174.108.1m, 2011.174.108.1n, 2011.174.108.1o, 2011.174.108.1p, 2011.174.108.1q, 2011.174.108.1r, 2011.174.108.1s, 2011.174.108.1t, 2011

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Abortion: Stories from North and South

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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.

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Acceptance Speeches: Communist Candidates in Presidential Elections

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A pamphlet featuring the 1936 candidates for the Communist Party. The cover has black print on yellowed paper. At center, there are two black and white photographs - one of Earl Browder, the other of James W. Ford. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text of speeches delivered by Browder and Ford. The back cover has an advertisement for Workers Library Publishers.

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Accordion Basket

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A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The basket is deep and circular in shape, with a flat bottom and a wide rim curving outward from the top. The body of the basket is formed from four horizontal pleats that resemble the shape of the bellows of an accordion. A uniform vertical pattern is made by alternating bands of darker-colored and lighter-colored grasses.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)

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A first edition, first printing hardcover of the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)” (2014.249a), by Mark Twain with a chemise (2014.249b) and slipcover (2014.249c). The front cover of the book is a dark green with the title embossed in various fonts that read, [Adventures / of / HUCKLEBERRY / FINN / (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) / BY / MARK TWAIN. / ILLUSTRATED.]. The "H" and the "F"

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Africa Calling: "Isolate the Racists!": The Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa

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A pamphlet discussing Apartheid in Africa. The front cover has white text at top on a yellow background. Beneath the text, in brown ink, the abstract faces of four people with fists raised is at center. The interior contains thirty-one pages of text. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for New Outlook Publishers.

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Africa Disturbed

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A softcover copy of Africa Disturbed by Emory and Myrta Ross. The softcover book has an adhesive binding with six sections stitched together. The front cover is dominated by an illustration of a man's face. His head is partially turned towards the left edge of the book, and he is looking at the viewer. To the right of the man’s head is an illustration of a city with gridded streets and tall buildi

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African American Women in Suburbia

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Moderated by Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, the program features a panel discussion on African American women in suburbia. It opens with Professor Celeste Finney providing opening remarks before turning the microphone over to interim president Dr. Jose Adames. After his remarks, Professor Finney again returns to the podium and introduces the program's moderator, Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, who

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African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape

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The program opens with Professor Maureen Ellis Davis offering comments on the importance of Black history and the development of Black History Month. She then passes the podium to Dr. Philip Dolce who presents the opening remarks and introduces the panelists. They are Arnold E. Brown, Deidre Rice-Reese, and Estina Baker. Some of the topics addressed in the discussion include why have African Ameri

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African Design

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Hardcover copy of “African Design” with two book jackets. There is a clear plastic book jacket cover over the patterned book jacket. The front cover of the patterned book jacket has a color image of a decorated ’Tandu’ skin vessel and Batik dyed cloth, featured before the title page inside the book. There is a black border on the right side and bottom edge. In white printed text on the bottom bord

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African Headdress

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A black-and-white linocut, African Headdress, by Hale Woodruff, printed at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Shop in New York City, 1996. The print depicts a nude female figure from the chest up. She wears a tiered headdress and is surrounded by lush tropical foliage. In the bottom margins is the edition, [78/100] at left and [© Hale Woodruff] at right. There are no markings on the reverse of the sheet.

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<I>Abbott's Monthly Vol. II No. 5</I>

<I>Abernathy Family Oral History Interview</I>

<I>Abortion: Stories from North and South</I>

<I>Acceptance Speeches: Communist Candidates in Presidential Elections</I>

<I>Accordion Basket</I>

<I>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)</I>

<I>Africa Calling: "Isolate the Racists!": The Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa</I>

<I>Africa Disturbed</I>

<I>African American Women in Suburbia</I>

<I>African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape</I>

<I>African Design</I>

<I>African Headdress</I>