Current Traveling Inventory

Slavery (1400 - 1863)
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Reconstruction (1863 - 1877)
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Post-Reconstruction (1878-1950)
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Civil Rights (1954 - 1968)
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- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (Working Card)
- Sheet Music - Ain’t Misbehavin Sheet Music 1929
- Marian Anderson Signed Program 1951
- Sheet Music - Underneath the Harlem Moon 1932
- Sheet Music - Dapper Dan 1921
- NAACP Fundraising Card 1940’s
- Cast Iron Lawn Jockey
- The Negro Progress Newspaper - Macon, Georgia - December 1947
- Pullman Porter Photograph 1929
- Dixie Labor Agency Hiring Flyer (Colored Help our Specialty) St. Louis, MO 1926
- Dixie Labor Agency Hiring Inquiry Letters 1926
- Pullman Porter Handbook 1952
- Pullman Porter Ad 1945
- A.Philip Randolph Heritage Stamp
- Book - The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro 1897
- Pullman Porter Hat Badge and Uniform Button
- Pullman Porter Union Cards (Five (5) Cards) 1947
- Segregated Class Photograph 1933
- Book - The First Book of Negroes by Langston Hughes 1952
- Matchbook Hotel Barlow - Hope, Arkansas 1930’s
- Aunt Sally's Creole Candy Box (On the site of the old slave block)
- Newspaper Oscar DePriest 1st Black in Congress - Red Wing Daily Eagle - 1928
- Blanche K. Bruce - Signed Land Deed DC 1890 (1st to serve a full term as senator)
- Booker T. Washington Signed Letter (Alabama Legislature) 1907
- Frederick Douglass Signature on Deed 1886
- Judge Macon B. Allen 1st Black Licensed Attorney in the US 1878 Estate
- Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown signed program
- Anderson County - Colored Fair Ticket
- Marian Anderson Farewell Tour Flyer 1964-1965
- Various Product/Crate Labels and Advertisements with Racist Overtones
- Circa 1880 Press Photo of former slave Louisa Walter Hogan - Texas
- 1942 Jane Bolin 1st AA Women to Graduate from Yale Law (Board of NAACP and NUL)
- Wheat High School Glee Club Minstrel Show
- Negro History Week Poster 
- 1921 Tuskegee University fundraising letter - Robert Morton 
- 1945 Voting Restrictions in the 13 Southern States Report
- 1921 Tuskegee Institute Principal Fundraising Letter 
- 1939 Virginia State College Commencement Announcement Petersburg VA
- My Black Dolly Poem
- 1921 Prairie View Normal and industrial College letter and tuition receipts
- Blanche K. Bruce - Signed Land Deed DC 1892 (1st to serve a full term as senator)
- 1941 Thomas "FATS" Waller Piano Folio "BOOGIE WOOGIE" 
- April 1,1939 Sat. Eve. Post Magazine cover
- 1921 Fifth Annual Minstrel Show Presented by the Chittenango, NY Citizens Club 
- Tuskeegee Choir Series Chorus Book (William Dawson)
- Pullman Porter Rules Sheet Music
- Susie Monroe Campaign Poster 1950
- 1935 Porgy and Bess Sheet Music
- 1917 Lee County Colored Fair Ticket - Marianna, Arkansas
- December 1946 Color Magazine  - Madam CJ Walker Article and Ads
- October, 1932 issue of “The Southern Workman” published by the Hampton Institute
- 1948 - Joe Louis How To Box Book 
- 1948 - How Come Christmas Book
​- 1935 Amos 'n' Andy Radio Episode AMOS' WEDDING Script Premium w/ Mailer
- 1903 Stereoscopic Card - Children at Gate (SC)
- 1897 Stereoscopic Card - Picking Cotton (Md.)
- October 1932 - The Southern Workman
- Negro Digest - April 1945 
- 1947 Prairie View vs. Wilberforce First Annual Fruit Bowl Game
- World War I Recruitment Poster - No Slacker
- Angela Davis FBI Wanted Poster 1970
- 1968 Hubert Humphrey Campaign Brochure
- Marian Anderson Signed Letter 1962
- Press Photo - Edward Brooke Victory Speech 1966
- SNCC Student Voice Newspaper March 3, 1964
- 1964 Church Bombing Press Photo, Chase,  Louisianna
- 1962 Harvey Gantt Press Photo
- 1965 Selma, Alabama Marchers Singing, Press Photo
- 1967 Thurgood Marshall - Press Photo
- 1966 Julian Bond at Statue - Press Photo
- 1966 Chicago Civil Rights March - Press Photo
- 1955 Duke Ellington - Press Photo
- Langston Hughes “The Prodigal Son” Review Card 1965
- Oct. 1960 Saturday Evening Post Display Card on Negroes
- Southern Pacific Railroad “Whites Only” sign
- 1952-1958 Jackie Robinson Business Card
- April 10, 1971 Black Panther Party Newspaper
- August 1970 Tan Magazine - Aretha Franklin
- 1966 Malcolm X Autobiography Advertisement
- 1965 & 1970 NAACP Membership Pins
- June 28, 1963 Medgar Evers Life Magazine
- April 12, 1969 Martin Luther King, Jr. Life Magazine Death
- April 12, 1969 Martin Luther King, Jr. Life Magazine Funeral
- December 1, 1957 NAACP Harlem Fundraiser
- 1959 Sidney Poitier “A Raisin in the Sun” Playbill
- 1968  NAACP Youth Annual Report
- 1962 Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis Playbill “Purlie Victorious”
- 1964 Apollo Theatre Emcee Notes “Slappy White & Moms Mabley”
- 1971 Apollo Theatre Press Photo
- Dec. 1963 letter from Dora McDonald Martin Luther King's Personal Secretary
- 1961 Ralph Bunche Signed Letter of Regret for Joining Board
- 1960-1966 “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” LP set
- 1968 Ebony Picture Biography - Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Black Writers COnference - Philadelphia, PA.
- 1969 Alpha Kappa Alpha Women in Politics Booklet
- March 23, 1968 Amsterdamn News - Percy Sutton US Senate Run
- 7/4/1968  CORE James Farmer Press Photo
- 1967 James Meredith Shooting - Press Photo
- July 8, 1963 Senator Allen Ellender letter attacking the civil rights movement
- March 12, 1969 Sen. Allen Ellender Press Photo - Hunger/Nutrition Committee
- October 13, 1969 Press Photo Singer Odetta - Civil Rights Singer
- October 1, 1971 Dr. Ralph Bunch Press Photo
- August 13, 1971 Sadie Alexander Press Photo (1st AA women 1921 UPenn Law)
- March 7, 1965 Photo “2 Minute Warning”  Bloody Sunday March to Montgomery
- Negro Voting Picketting Photo
- August 1967 Negro Digest:  Tenant Issues
- 1968 Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Pin
- LIFE Magazine September 11, 1970 The Making of a Fugitive Angela Davis
- 1971 SIGNED PEARL BAILEY TALKING TO MYSELF 1ST ED
- 1975 SIGNED PEARL BAILEY DUEY’S TALE MOTHERHOOD CHILDHOOD 1ST ED
- 1961 Press Photo Wilma Rudolph Olympic star named AP Woman Athlete of Year
- 1955 HBCU Fisk Univ vs Howard University Homecoming Football Program
- 1961 SNCC Freedom in the Air Vinyl Record
- 1972 Shirley Chisholm Presidential poster with Ann Arbor, MI Field Office
- Martin Luther King Necklace 30" Chain
- 1970s NAACP Brock Peters Membership Pamphlet
- Jet Magazine Feb. 20, 1969 Frederick Douglass
- 1962 CORE Brochure
- Georgia Gilmore Obituary NYT (1990)
- Civil Rights panel discussion SUNY Albany - Press Photo
- 1963 Press Photo Civil Rights/Alabama - Press Photo
- June 28, 1965 NAACP Conference - Press Photo
- 1969 C.B. King Civil Rights Attorney - Press Photo 
- March 9, 1965 Johnson C. Smith Student Protest - Press Photo
- July 26, 1967 MLK Jr. Chicago Riots - Press Photo
- April 6, 1968 Washington Post - Aftermath of the assassination of MLK Jr.
- 1965 Int. Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters Convention Guest Badge
- 1969 Rev. Jesse Jackson Patrolmen's League -  Press Photo
- 1971 Rev. Walter Fauntroy Election Victory - Press Photo
- 1964-1965 Johnson C. Smith University “The Bull“ yearbook 
- 1968 Hubert Humphrey Rally Flyer - BROWNS & BLACKS, GROOVE ON DOWN
- 1971 Walter Fauntroy letter confirming attendance at conference 
- 1971 House Representative Charles Diggs, Rangal and Stokes- Press Photo
- July 1, 1957 NAACP Conference - Press Photo 
- July 31, 1969 Whitney Young - National Urban League It’s up to Whites - Press Photo
- March 22, 1957 - The Fort Worth Mind Black Newspaper
- 1970 WATERMELON MAN MELVIN VAN PEEPLES Original One sheet
- Summer: 1966 - Journal of Negro Education
- Spring 1970 - Journal of Negro Education
- Summer 1971 - Journal of Negro Education
- July 27, 1966 Mississippi Civil Rights March - Press Photo
- April 4, 1969 Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young - Press Photo
- July 7, 1969 Charles Evers, Confederate Statue  - Press Photo
- January 27, 1966 President Johnson & Constance Motley, Press Photo
- August 31, 2966 - Lucas, Robinson & Oitto Illinois Housing March - Press Photo 
- July 11, 1963 - Jet Magazine - Medgar Evers death and Widow
- February 25,1965 - Jet Magazine -  Martin Luther King inside Alabama.
- February 25, 1964 CORE Goes Shopping - Press Photo
- July 26, 1967  Martin Luther King, Jr.  Press Photo Lawndale
- October 1968 Coretta Scott King Signed Letter about assasination
-  Alpha Kappa Alpha hand carved paddle Spring 1956
- Delta Sigma Theta 1953-1955 Regional Report
- Boston Herald - March 11, 1965 - Selma March Coverage
​- Boston Herald - March 22, 1965 - Selma March Coverage
- 1960’s NAACP Membership Station Poster
- June 17, 1963 Gloria Richardson Press Photo 
- Sept. 28, 1968 Amsterdamn News
-  Johnson C. Smith Student Protest - March 10, 2965 Press Photo
- Johnson C. Smith Student Protest,  March 10, 1965 Press Photo
-  W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Program February 23, 1964 Carnegie Hall, NYC
-  The Sun-Reporter
-  The Sun-Reporter
-  The Sun-Reporter
-  The Sun-Reporter
-  The Sun-Reporter
-  The Sun-Reporter

Post Civil Rights (1969-1977)
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Current (Post 1977)
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QR-PCR146- 1976 Navy Recruitment Advertisement
- August 1973 Ebony Magazine “Black Middle Class”
- 1975 Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther Party Press Photo
- 1970 Charles Rangel Press Photo - Harlem
- 1970 Census Flyer - Coalition for a Black Count
- 1973 Miles Davis “On the Corner” Advertisement
- 1976 Howard Univ. Conference for Afro-American Writers
- June 13, 1974 Senator Edward Brooke Letter - Watergate
- Miss Black America Television Promotional Advertisement
- 1977 “For Colored Girls” Playbill
- 1979 Andrew Young United Nations Letter defending the Carter Administration
- “Hustling and Other Hard Work” Book by Bettylou Valentine
- NAACP Membership Cards 1978/2011
- October 17, 1969 “Midnight Concert in Harlem” Jazz
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Robert Smalls
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Martin Luther King Jr.
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Harriet Tubman
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Frederick Douglass
- Golden Legacy Comic Book -  Benjamin Banneker
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Matthew Henson
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Toussaint L’ouverture
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Crispus Attucks
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Joseph Cinque’ and the Amistad Mutiny
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Ancient African Kingdoms
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Black Cowboys
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - The Black Inventors Latimer and Woods
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Alexander Pushkin
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Alexander Dumas and Family
- Golden Legacy Comic Book - Men of Action: White, Wilkins and Marshall
- The Soul of Christmas Book - Johnson Publishing Co.
- 1970 Lydia Paper Doll Book
- 1978 Fannie Lou Hamer Children's Book
- Time Magazine June 17, 1976 - Middle Class Blacks,  Making it in America
- S is for Soul Sister ABC Black Cards
- March 25, 1977 Press Photo - Andrew Young - United Nations
- Press Photo - Shirley Chisolm Dillard Univ. Graduation
- January 16,1973  Press Photo - Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm
- Wheeler Airlines Travel Schedule
- Wheeler Airlines Ticket Jacket
- Shirley Chisolm Presidential Campaign Button 
- Black Enterprise Magazine, August 1972
- Black Enterprise Magazine, October 1975
- Black Enterprise Magazine, September 1975
- Black Enterprise Magazine, August 1975
- 1973 Afro-American Life Insurance Co. Advertising Items  (Jacksonville, FL)
- September 1972 BLACK SPORTS Magazine Tommie Smith Black Power
-1978 Alvin Ailey City Dance Theater Souvenir Book - Boston University
- 1976 Harlem Globetrotters 50th Anniversary Magazine
- 1973 Harlem Globetrotters Program
- 1971 The Strengths of Black Families: A National Urban League Research Study
- 1977 - ROOTS Trade print Ad - Alex Haley
- 1973 - Wattstax Jesse Jackson - Press Photo 
- 1972 - Cheyney State College Beacon yearbook 
- 1975 - Civil Rights James Farmer Chicago - Press Photo
- May 25, 1970 Chicago Defender Newspaper - Final Edition
- MLK Jr. Greatest Speeches Album - Johnnie Walker Marketing Piece
- 1922 Carol Mosley Braun - US Senate Poster
- October 19, 1988 Charles Rangel NY Congressman Letter
- March 1980 Ebony Magazine - Sammy Davis Junior
- September 1980 Ebony Magazine - The Jeffersons
- November 5, 2008 NY Times - "Obama Win" Newspaper
- ”We’ve got his back”. Obama voter registration poster
- 1993 “Black Americans of Achievement” Game
- June 4, 2008, New York Post - Obama Nomination
- January 20, 2009 The Examiner, Inauguration Guide
- Barack Obama Inauguration Committee Invitation
- USA Today Barack Obama Special Edition - The Historic Journey
- November 5, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times - Mr. President 
- Jan. 21, 2009 USA Today - Obama - Dawn of a New Era Newspaper
- January 19, 2009 USA Today - Obama Topic Newspaper
- Time Magazine Pictorial Book - President Obama
- December 1980 Ebony Magazine - page 72 - CBC 10th Anniversary 
- November 5, 1992 Chicago SU times - Carol Mosley Braun Senate Win
- Colin Powell Signed Autobiography 1995
- African American Discovery Board Game
- 1988 New York Students for Jesse Jackson Poster
- Chicago Transit Authority BLACK HISTORY MONTH POSTER Louis Armstrong 
- John Lewis Georgia U.S. Representative Official Business Card - Democratic Whip
- February 15, 2011 - Obama presents John Lewis 2010
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 
- 1988 DNC JESSE JACKSON campaign pin pinback button
- 1983 THURGOOD MARSHALL memorial program - NYC
- October 16, 1995 Million Man March Poster/Flyer/Button
- 1978/1979 - The Little Black Book -  Edition No.5 Jackie Robinson Foundation

Art
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- Elizabeth Catlett - “Sharecropper”
- Elizabeth Catlett - “Survivor”
- Charles Bibbs - Untitled
- Romare Bearden - “Open Door”
- Sande Society Helmet Mask
- Larry K. Martin -”T’anks Da Lawd”
- Susan Dyasigner - “Maxwell Street - Chicago”
- Carved wood sculpture of Mother and Children
- African Carved Large Woman Holding Bowl
- Ernest McCalman Round Obama Wood Carving
- Relief Wood Carving of Kenyan Villagers
- Ted Ellis - “Wade in the Water”
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Lele Style Folding Masks
-  Synthia Saint James “Extraordinaire” Hand Signed Artist Proof 
- Strivers Row - Oil on Canvas by Kenneth Davenport
- Large Carved West African Mask 1976
- Large Carved South African Mask
- Benin Bronze Head
- Helms Drawing of young black boy
- Don Robertson “Preacher with Choir”
- L. Evans - Women by Sea - Acrylic Painting
- Crowded Brown’s Chapel Rally Meeting
​- MLK Funeral Procession
- Romare Bearden - The Lantern “Artists Proof” 1979