Portraits in Black: Slide Show Narration
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- BartheĢ, Richmond, 1901-1989
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
- Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
- Drew, Charles Richard, 1904-1950
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Hastie, William, 1904-1976
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- Black people -- History
- Museum exhibits
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- See more items in
- Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records
- Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records / Portraits in Black: Outstanding Negroes of American Origin audiovisual records
- Biographical / Historical
- The exhibition, Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin, presented 36 portraits selected from the Harmon Foundation collection, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, as well as biographical information and memorabilia. The portraits depicted likenesses of blacks who made significant contributions in the fields of civil rights, law, education, medicine, the military, and the arts. Portrait subjects included Marian Anderson, Joe Louis, W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, George Washington Carver, Charles Drew, William Ayres Campbell, and Richard Barthe. The exhibition was on display from April 17, 1983 - August 21, 1983 at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Date
- 1983
- Custodial History
- Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Related to Harmon Foundation collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Narrator: Granison (?) Jones
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-002, Item ACMA AV003301
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Narration
- Citation
- Portraits in Black: Slide Show Narration, Exhibition Records AV03-002, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Narration
- Note
- 000950
- Scope and Contents
- Narration for the two slide shows which complimented the exhibition, Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin. Narrator repeats quotes from the words of W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Thurgood Marshall, William Henry Hastie, Charles Richard Drew, James Weldon Johnson, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joe Louis, Richard Barthe, and Paul Leroy Robeson.
- Narration. Part of Part of Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin Audiovisual Records. Dated 19830324.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1567602025780-1567602025811-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0