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Getting the Public Excited About Exploring Mars

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-10-18T20:12:33.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this
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airandspace
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
YouTube Channel:
airandspace
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_gQNH9nKAuiE

Harlem Focus | Public Monuments: Art in Collaboration with Landscape Design

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-05-09T00:11:20.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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cooperhewitt
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_5K_LVkcVq-g

My bondage and my freedom Frederick Douglass

Author:
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895  Search this
Physical description:
464 pages illustrations, portrait 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Maryland
États-Unis
Date:
1968
1855
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
Enslaved persons--Social conditions  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Plantation life--History  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slaves--Social conditions  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Esclaves fugitifs  Search this
Esclaves--Conditions sociales  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes--Histoire  Search this
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Plantation life  Search this
Call number:
E449 .D737 1968
E449.D737 1968
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9885

Free at last the life of Frederick Douglass [by] Arna Bontemps

Author:
Bontemps, Arna 1902-1973  Search this
Physical description:
x, 310 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
collective biographies
History
Place:
United States
Maryland
États-Unis
Date:
1971
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
Enslaved persons--Social conditions  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Plantation life--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Abolitionnistes  Search this
Esclavage--Histoire  Search this
Esclaves fugitifs  Search this
Esclaves--Conditions sociales  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes--Histoire  Search this
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Plantation life  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Call number:
E449 .D7513X
E449.D7513X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7594

The Negro in the abolitionist movement by Herbert Aptheker

Author:
Aptheker, Herbert 1915-2003  Search this
Physical description:
48 pages 20 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1941
Topic:
African American abolitionists--History  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Black or African American  Search this
Esclavage--Mouvements antiesclavagistes  Search this
Noirs américains  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains--Histoire  Search this
African American  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163255

Life and times of Frederick Douglass / Edited and abridged by Genevieve S. Gray. Illustrated by Scott Duncan

Author:
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895  Search this
Author:
Gray, Genevieve  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Maryland
États-Unis
Date:
1970
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Enslaved persons--Social conditions  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Plantation life--History  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Plantation life  Search this
Enslaved Persons  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Abolitionnistes  Search this
Esclaves fugitifs  Search this
Esclaves--Conditions sociales  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes  Search this
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E449 .D7382X
E449.D7382X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4554

200 years later commemorating the 200 year anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade edited by Nadja Ofuatey-Rahal

Title:
Two hundred years later
Author:
Ofuatey-Rahal, Nadja  Search this
Werkstatt der Kulturen in Berlin  Search this
AfricAvenir (Organization)  Search this
Physical description:
138 pages illustrations, portraits 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
America
Afrique
Pays étrangers
Date:
2008
Topic:
Slave trade  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Africains  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162192

Unsung unheralded narratives of American slavery & abolition The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; foreword by series editor Kevin Young ; edited with an introduction by Michelle D. Commander

Title:
Unheralded narratives of American slavery & abolition
Writer of foreword:
Young, Kevin 1970-  Search this
Writer of introduction:
Commander, Michelle D. 1978-  Search this
Issuing body:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xxxii, 619 pages)
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Slave narratives  Search this
Enslaved persons' writings, American  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Récits d'esclaves  Search this
Écrits d'esclaves américains  Search this
Esclaves fugitifs  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Abolitionnistes  Search this
Esclaves  Search this
Esclavage--Histoire  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Call number:
E444 .U57 2021 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161969

Catherine Burt vertical file on Black women

Creator:
Burt, Catherine  Search this
Names:
Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989  Search this
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955  Search this
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000  Search this
Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-  Search this
Coppin, Fanny Jackson  Search this
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-  Search this
Dunham, Katherine  Search this
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911  Search this
Lee, Jarena, b. 1783  Search this
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005  Search this
Parsons, Lucy E. (Lucy Eldine), 1853-1942  Search this
Powers, Harriet, 1837-1911  Search this
Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-  Search this
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937  Search this
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883  Search this
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913  Search this
Walker, Alice, 1944-  Search this
Walker, Maggie  Search this
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931  Search this
Wright, Jane Cooke., Dr., 1919-  Search this
Extent:
1.42 Linear feet ((2 boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Articles
Photocopies
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Brochures
Clippings
Date:
circa 1980s
Summary:
The collection, which dates from the 1980s and measures 1.42 linear feet, was compiled in the course of preparations for the "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds" exhibit, which was staged at the Anacostia Museum from February 1976 to December 1976. This collection documents the lives and achievements of African American women in a variety of fields, including law, medicine, education, politics, science and the arts. The collection is comprised of documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, correspondence, photocopies, brochures and pamphlets.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African American women educators  Search this
African American women jazz singers  Search this
African American women executives  Search this
African American women journalists  Search this
African American clergy  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
African American women artists  Search this
African American women athletes  Search this
African American women authors  Search this
African American women civil rights workers  Search this
African American women scientists  Search this
African American women political activists  Search this
African American women poets  Search this
African American women physicians  Search this
African American women librarians  Search this
African American women legislators  Search this
African American women lawyers  Search this
African American women judges  Search this
African American women singers  Search this
African American women social reformers  Search this
Women clergy  Search this
African American military personnel  Search this
African American women  Search this
African American women entertainers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Articles
Photocopies
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Brochures
Clippings
Citation:
Catherine Burt vertical file on Black women, circa 1980s, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Catherine Burt.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-065
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa72f05569f-6fb5-427f-836d-79558d0d8eb9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-06-065

The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman; a narrative of real life

Author:
Loguen, Jermain Wesley 1814-1872  Search this
Physical description:
444 pages portrait 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1968
1859
Topic:
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Underground Railroad  Search this
Esclaves fugitifs  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes  Search this
Call number:
E444 .L83 1968
E444.L83 1968
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_245

Black abolitionists

Author:
Quarles, Benjamin  Search this
Physical description:
x, 310 pages 22 cm
Type:
Books
Biographies
collective biographies
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1969
Topic:
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Abolitionnistes  Search this
Esclavage--Mouvements anti-esclavagistes  Search this
Mouvements antiesclavagistes  Search this
abolitionists  Search this
Esclavage--Mouvements anties clavagistes  Search this
Noirs--Activité politique  Search this
Call number:
E449 .Q16
E449.Q16
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_486

Frederick Douglass. Edited by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer

Author:
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this
Author:
Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson 1868-1936  Search this
Physical description:
365 pages portrait 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
collective biographies
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1969
1907
Topic:
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionnistes noirs américains  Search this
Abolitionnistes  Search this
Call number:
CT275.D73 W3
CT275.D73W3
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_519

To Achieve These Rights Exhibition Display 4: Clip of Mary Church Terrell on Americans All radio program

Creator:
Anacostia Museum  Search this
Whitehead, Henry Preston, 1917-2002  Search this
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954  Search this
Todd, Tomlinson D., 1910 -1987  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Sound recordings (cartridge, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1992
Scope and Contents:
A clip from "Americans All" radio program broadcasted on February 12, 1950 in celebration of Frederick Douglass' birthday. Tomlinson Todd, leader of Institute on Race Relations, interviewed Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist and friend of Douglass. Terrell spoke of her friendship with Douglass - how they met and visiting World's Fair in Chicago with Douglass. She proposed February 14 as Frederick Douglass day. Narration and radio program provides brief description of Todd, Terrell, Institute on Race Relations, and "Americans All."
Narration and radio broadcast clip for one of four displays used in exhibition: To Achieve These Rights: The Struggle for Equality and Self-Determination in the District of Columbia, 1791-1978. Part of To Achieve These Rights: The Struggle for Equality and Self-Determination in the District of Columbia, 1791-1978 Audiovisual Records. Dated 19920101.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003342
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Civil rights leaders  Search this
Activists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Collection Citation:
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
ACMA.03-033, Item ACMA AV003341
See more items in:
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records / Series 2: AudioVisual Materials
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa773105fe7-b4be-4ff1-9ef9-56b0dafe77be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-033-ref508

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /written by himself.

Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Author of introduction, etc.:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879  Search this
Extent:
1 Book (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches.)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Books
Books
Narratives
Date:
1845
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Abolitionists -- United States  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Antislavery movements -- United States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Collection Citation:
Collection on Frederick Douglass, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Collection of Frederick Douglass materials
Collection of Frederick Douglass materials / Series 2: Publications
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c9eb935d-3d18-4819-8656-58971fbd6a05
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-046-ref511

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass/ written by himself, his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history / written by himself ; with an introduction by George L. Ruffin.

Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Publisher:
Park Publishing Company  Search this
Extent:
1 Book (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 15/16 inches.)
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Books
Books
Date:
1882
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists -- United States  Search this
Plantation life -- History  Search this
Slavery -- United States -- Maryland  Search this
Antislavery movements -- United States  Search this
Collection Citation:
Collection on Frederick Douglass, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Collection of Frederick Douglass materials
Collection of Frederick Douglass materials / Series 2: Publications
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa747e2551d-c7e8-47e5-a849-492112fda062
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-046-ref514

Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Vance, Jim  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Twelfth Baptist Church (Boston, Mass.)  Search this
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862  Search this
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879  Search this
Grimes, Leonard A., 1815-1873  Search this
Minkins, Shadrach  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Place:
Boston (Mass.)
United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
circa 1987
Scope and Contents:
Narrator Jim Vance presents a very short history of the Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston and the life of Reverend Leonard Grimes. The church's and reverend's work with the Underground Railroad and antislavery movement, and after the passing of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 are highlighted. The arrests of Shadrach and Anthony Burns are also addressed. Members of the Twelfth Baptist Church wanted the right to bear arms as part of the Union Forces during the Civil War; William L. Garrison and Frederick Douglass argued for this right.
Narration only. Might be part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. Production elements: AV003356 and AV003428 [narration]. AV003356: begins at 000115 [first minute of recording related to The Times of Richard Allen]. Undated.
Biographical / Historical:
Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston might be related to the Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition which explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.;Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston was formed by a small group of dissentients who split from the First African Baptist Church in 1848. It served as an anti-slavery meetinghouse, and provided refuge and spiritual guidance to free blacks and fugitive slaves. Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston was also known as the Fugitives Church or the Church of the Fugitive Slave.;Reverend Leonard Grimes was pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston from 1848 to 1874. Born to free parents in Leesburg, Virginia, Grimes first became involved in the antislavery movement through his work with the Underground Railroad in Washington, D.C.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003428
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American churches  Search this
Churches  Search this
Church history  Search this
Religion  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Jacob's ladder (Biblical dream)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Series Citation:
Climbing Jacob's Ladder audiovisual records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
ACMA.03-036, Item ACMA AV003356
See more items in:
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records / Series 3: Audiovisual records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa741899a7b-fa69-44d3-a38d-1caef5b36309
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-036-ref889

The Ballad of the Black Dragon Rehearsal

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Collection Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Drama
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents:
Dramatic performance of The Ballad of the Black Dragon, a play based on the life and work of Frederick Douglass. Includes excerpts of speeches delivered by Douglass. Recording does not contain entire play.
Performance. Poor sound quality. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Slaves -- Emancipation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Drama
Citation:
The Ballad of the Black Dragon Rehearsal, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003500-2
See more items in:
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7db3d4716-7e23-485b-8fd8-430a919848ad
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-09-023-ref648

Sketches from Life Slide Show for the Black Women Exhibit

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000  Search this
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911  Search this
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005  Search this
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883  Search this
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913  Search this
Walker, Maggie Lena, 1867-1934  Search this
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
3 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Music
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1984
Scope and Contents:
Narrator, for the Sketches from Life slide show, provides biographical vignettes of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Rosa Parks, Maggie Lena Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Narration and music. Part of Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds Audiovisual Records. AV00310, AV003315, AV003383-1: same content. AV003315-1: narration until 001130, followed by static and beeps. AV003315-2: narration begins at 001234, preceded by static and beeps. AV003310: dated 19841031. AV003315 and AV003383: undated.
Biographical / Historical:
Photographs, artifacts, a slide show, and films form the exhibition - Black women: Achievements Against the Odds - that examines the contributions of 113 American black women in such areas as government, education, fine arts, civil rights, medicine, law, and industry. The women represent the world-famous as well as the little-known and include poet Phillis Wheatley, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Roberts Harris, educator Nannie Helen Burroughs, the first female editor-in-chief of the Boston University Law Review Clara Burrill Bruce, author Maya Angelou, sculptor Edmonia Lewis, and businesswoman Eartha M.M. White. The exhibition was created and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; and it was on display at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from February 8, 1976 - January 2, 1977 and October 21, 1984 - June 30, 1985.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003315-1

ACMA AV003315-2

ACMA AV003383-1
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American women  Search this
Women  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Human Rights  Search this
Women's rights  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Traveling exhibitions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Music
Citation:
Sketches from Life Slide Show for the Black Women Exhibit, Exhibition Records AV03-028, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-028, Item ACMA AV003310-1
See more items in:
Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records
Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-028: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds Audiovisual Records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ad5f6a50-224d-41b3-9b60-a4b79c1ccdaa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-028-ref659

To Achieve These Rights Exhibition Display 2: Frederick Douglass narration

Creator:
Anacostia Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Sound recordings (cartridge, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1992
Scope and Contents:
Narration that weaves together excerpts from a speech by Frederick Douglass from April 1883 on the anniversary of Emancipation in Washington, D.C. Douglass speaks about Emancipation, status and future of the negro, and prejudice despite freedom. He also states that negroes should be American citizens to the fullest extent, including the right to a fair trial, vote, serve on a jury, and attend public schools.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003340
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Slavery -- Law and legislation  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Civil rights leaders  Search this
Activists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Collection Citation:
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
ACMA.03-033, Item ACMA AV003339
See more items in:
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records / Series 2: AudioVisual Materials
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7651b5fa3-08df-46da-ac5e-d92182fa5d36
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Frederick Douglass Home

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Frederick Douglass Memorial Home  Search this
United States.. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)  Search this
Brown, John, 1800-1859  Search this
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898  Search this
Cardozo, Francis Lewis, 1837-1903  Search this
Douglass, Anna Murray, -1882  Search this
Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895  Search this
Douglass, Helen, 1838-1903  Search this
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879  Search this
Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897  Search this
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  Search this
Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920  Search this
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910  Search this
Collection Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (cartridge, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Place:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Talbot County (Md.)
New Bedford (Mass.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Rochester (N.Y.)
United States
England
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
Narrator provides an overview of abolitionist Frederick Douglass' life, work, and spirit from his birth as a slave in Talbot County, Maryland to his death in Washington, D.C. Douglass' experiences with racial prejudice and segregation as well as his involvement in the Underground Railroad and civil rights movements, including women's rights, are explored. Douglass lived in New Bedford (Mass.), Rochester (N.Y.), the neighborhood of Anacostia in Washington, D.C., and England, where he fled for two years after writing "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" in 1845. Douglass and his son Frederick Jr. recruited black men for the Civil War while his sons Lewis and Charles joined the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. While championing many reform causes, Douglass worked alongside William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, Blanche Kelso Bruce, John Mercer Langston, Francis Cardozo, and May Wright Sewall.
Narration. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. AV002692-1 and AV002692-2: same content. AV002692-1: sound beeps throughout recording. Dated 19731201.
Biographical / Historical:
Frederick Douglass Memorial Home was built between 1855 and 1859 for John Welsh Van Hook, an architect from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Uniontown (also known as Anacostia). In 1877, Frederick Douglass purchased the home and 9 3/4 acres of land, which he named Cedar Hill. Over several years, Douglass purchased additional land and converted the home into a 21 room mansion. In 1900, Douglass' second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass, urged U.S. Congress to charter the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, which received the property in 1903 upon Helen's death. On September 5, 1962, the Frederick Douglass estate became a part of the National Park Service. Groundbreaking ceremonies for a visitor center were held in September 1980. The visitor center opened to the public in February 1982. Douglass' home and estate became a National Historic Site in 1988 and underwent several restorations between 1922 and 2007.;Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore but fled north in 1838 to settle in Massachussetts. He soon became an abolitionist in the antislavery movement, and by the mid-1840s his commanding eloquence in offering firsthand testimony to the oppressions of slavery had transformed him into one of the movement's most persuasive spokesmen. Douglass' reforming zeal remained strong all his life. After the Civil War put an end to slavery, he continued to be a leading defender of the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV002692-2
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American abolitionists  Search this
Abolitionists  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Civil rights leaders  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Civil rights movements  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Underground Railroad  Search this
Racism  Search this
Race discrimination  Search this
Segregation  Search this
Slaves -- Emancipation  Search this
Women's rights  Search this
Historic sites  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Narration
Collection Citation:
Anacostia Community Museum Programs and Projects, 1967-1989, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV002692-1
See more items in:
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa71d477f7c-e508-42f6-81d9-32d88ee7b79c
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