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Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Object Details

Created by
National Council for Black Studies, American, founded 1975
Description
A 1975 program for the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) first annual conference held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The cover is made of black paper with green writing on it. The cover reads: [Black Studies National Conference / Southeastern, U.S.A / Black Studies Paradox With a Promise / University of North Carolina at Charlotte / Charlotte, N.C. / March 18-21, 1975]. Next to the text there is a large question mark with writing in it reading: [Who Where When How]. The interior consists of green pages with black writing giving program details. The back of the program is green paper with a poem printed on it. The poem is titled: [Lift Every Voice and Sing / James Weldon Johnson].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey
1975
Object number
2012.22.17
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Type
programs
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (27.3 x 21.3 cm)
Place depicted
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition
A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
Title
Program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Associations and institutions
Education
Record ID
nmaahc_2012.22.17
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f46b556a-f726-41e9-9c82-d4212da91f9b
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