Portraits in Black Narration and Music
Object Details
- Creator
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Narrator presents short historical and biographical profiles of outstanding Americans of negro origin: W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Thurgood Marshall, William Henry Hastie, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joe Louis, James Weldon Johnson, Richmond Barthe, and Paul Robeson. Quotes written by these outstandings Americans and read by narrator are included. Music played between biographical profiles.
- Narration and music. Part of Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin Audiovisual Records. AV003484 and AV003508: same content but AV003484 has beeps throughout recording. Undated.
- Date
- circa 1983
- Extent
- 2 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Narration
- Music
- Occupation
- Lawyers
- Artists
- Topic
- African Americans
- African American women
- Civil rights
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights leaders
- African American diplomats
- Diplomats
- African American educators
- Educators
- African American lawyers
- African American clergy
- Clergy
- African American authors
- Authors
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African American artists
- African American athletes
- Athletes
- Armed Forces
- African American military personnel
- Soldiers
- Segregation
- Education
- Black people -- History
- Museum exhibits
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- Portraits in Black Narration and Music, Exhibition Records AV03-002, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-002, Item ACMA AV003484
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV003508-1 ACMA AV003508-2
