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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 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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"Tent City" family, Fayette County, TN

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A black-and-white photograph of Walker and Dorothy Mason with their five young children, in front of a tent in "Tent City," an encampment of African Americans displaced from their homes in retaliation for registering to vote. The encampment was located on the land of William Shepard Towles and lasted from 1960 to 1962. Walker stands on the left with Dorothy on the right, holding a blanket-wrapped

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"The Big" Checkers Match Sign

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H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

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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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"Three Gap"

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An unfinished brass wrist cuff template for the Three Gap cuff. The flat metal has scalloped edges and three teardrop-shaped holes. There is an additional scallop edge cut into the center of the piece. This central scallop takes up about three quarters of the piece. The teardrop-shaped holes have a star-burst pattern radiating outwards from the holes. There are four straight lines drawn in graphit

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"To A Gentleman of the Navy" in Royal American Magazine

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An edition of The Royal American Magazine for December, 1774, edited and published by Joseph Greenleaf in Boston. Pages 473 and 474 feature the poem "To a Gentleman in the Navy" by Phillis Wheatley. The poem is given a preface that begins [By particular request we insert the following Poem addressed, by Phillis, (a young African, of surprising genius) to a gentleman of the navy, with his reply.] a

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"To a Clergyman on the Death of his Lady" in Observations upon Negro-Slavery

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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>

<I>"September Morning," A Field of Cuckolds</I>

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<I>"Simplicity"</I>

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

<I>"Tent City" family, Fayette County, TN</I>

<I>"The Big" Checkers Match Sign</I>

<I>"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage</I>

<I>"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage</I>

<I>"Three Gap"</I>

<I>"To A Gentleman of the Navy" in Royal American Magazine</I>

<I>"To a Clergyman on the Death of his Lady" in Observations upon Negro-Slavery</I>