1980 - The Present

• 1980 - The Present
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans: "help" signs, plastic tarps, emergency items actually used during the hurricane and aftermath	2005		New Orleans, Louisiana
  Voting booth from Florida	2000		Florida
  Buttons, banners, posters, clothing from the Million Woman March	1997		Philadelphia, PA
  Buttons, banners, posters, clothing from the Million Man March	1994		Washington, DC
  Original copy of the 1992 "Cease Fire Agreement" signed by Crips and Bloods in Watts; or similar documents	1992
  Materials showing migration to the South	1990	2010
  Jail cell door, prisoner's clothing or products of prison labor, 1990s	1990	1999
  Police riot gear	1990	1999
  Materials from marches or protests against policy brutality, 1990s such as buttons, banners, posters, leaflets	1990	1999
  Symbolic jail door, prisoner clothing, products of prison labor and other signs of mass incarceration	1985
  Business signs, clothing, cultural artifacts showing immigration and national diversity	1980	2010

1970s and Beyond

• 1970s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  Any materials from the Congressional Black Caucus	1971
  TWWA manifesto book, Triple Jeopardy	1971
  First edition copy of Toni Cade Bambara, The Black Woman	1971
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Kirk Franklin	1970	2013
  Evidence of protests, marches or organizations dealing with welfare, housing, education, affirmative action such as posters, banners, buttons, leaflets, photographs	1970	2010
  National Welfare Rights Organization materials such as leaflets, posters, photographs	1970	2000
  Evidence of factory closings such as signs, fence gate with chain & padlock	1970	1989
  Evidence of the drug culture such as crack pipe or other paraphernalia	1970	1989
  Evidence of gang culture such as clothing, regalia, weapons, tattoo patterns	1970	1989
  Fashion Fair Cosmetics products/containers/ads	1970	1979
  Items related to hip hop culture such as B-boy / b-girl clothing and accessories, microphone and headphones, ephemera from park jams etc.)	1970	1979	The Bronx

1960s and Beyond

• 1960s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Black Feminist Organizations	1968	1980
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Amiri Baraka	1968	1976
  Black Panther beret, jacket or any other garb worn by the Black Panthers	1968	1975
  Food bags, curriculum materials, handbills, etc. associated with the Black Panther Community Programs	1968	1975
  Political handbills or personal objects that were utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Kathleen Cleaver	1966	1975
  Political materials or a personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Elaine Brown or Erika Huggins	1966	1973
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with the US Organization Karenga	1966	1971
  National Medical Association 1964 booklet/pamphlet	1964
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Whitney Houston	1963	2012
  Campaign material for one or more urban mayors: Gibson, Stokes, Bradley, Washington	1960	1989
  Programs, brochures and souvenirs from pioneering African American museums	1960	1980
  An artifact that is representative of the urban rebellions that took place in the 1960s in a variety of U.S. cities	1960	1970
  "Black is Beautiful" poster or graphic from the 1960s	1960	1969
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1960	1969

1950s and Beyond

• 1950s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Motown Records	1959	2013	Detroit, MI
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Prince	1958	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Stax Records	1957	2013	Memphis, TN
  Images of Al Sharpton with straightened hair and jewelry	1954	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Stevie Wonder	1950	2013
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1950	1959

1940s and Beyond

• 1940s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Lionel Richie	1949	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Jessye Norman	1945	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Angela Davis	1944	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Sly Stone	1943	2013
  Souvenir program National Negro Business League Convention	1943		Baltimore, MD
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Aretha Franklin	1942	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Bernice Johnson Reagon	1942	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Andrae Crouch	1942	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)	1941	1998
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Dionne Warwick	1940	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Smokey Robinson	1940	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with John Lewis	1940	2013
  NAACP pamphlets c. 1940s, titles: "Medical Care and Plight of the Negro" by Dr. M.Cobb; "Progress and Portents for the Negro in Medicine" by Dr. M. Cobb	1940	1949
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1940	1949

1930s and Beyond

• 1930s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Tina Turner	1939	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Simon Estes	1938	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Shirley Ceasar	1938	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Etta James	1938	2012
  Personal objects and artifacts utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Huey Newton, Bobby Seale and their work with the Black Panther Party	1936	1982
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with George Shirley	1934	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Quincy Jones	1933	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Little Richard	1932	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Sam Cooke	1931	1964
  Sweet Georgia Brown's Bleaching Cream Ad from 1930s	1930	1939
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1930	1939

1920s and Beyond

• 1920s and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Berry Gordy	1929	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Martin Luther King Jr.	1929	1968
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Leontyne Price	1927	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Harry Belafonte	1927	2013
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Big Mama Thornton	1926	1984
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with John Coltrane	1926	1967
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Malcolm X	1925	1965
  Issues of The Crisis magazine, 1925-1927 (published by the NAACP)	1925	1927
  Issues of Opportunity magazine, 1925-1927 (published by the National Urban League)	1925	1927
  Black theater memorabilia from the Harlem Renaissance era (1920s-1930s), especially productions by the Lafayette Players (organized by Anita Bush) and the Krigwa Players (Crisis Guild of Writers and Artists, organized by W. E. B. Du Bois)	1920	1939	New York
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1920	1929

1900 and Beyond

• 1900 and Beyond
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with the individudals defined as a Harlem Renaissance artists, performers, writers and educators	1919	1939	New York
  Artifacts and personal objects that were utilized, collected and/or created by Mississippi Democratic Party, most prominently by its vice-chair and mouthpiece, Fannie Lou Hamer	1917	1977	Mississippi
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Muddy Waters	1913	1983
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Dorothy Height	1912	2010
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Bayard Rustin	1912	1987
  Artifact that delineates the early history and building of the National Urban League including those that were collected and used by its founders and early leaders Dr. George Edmund Haynes, Ruth Standish Brown and Lester Granger	1910	1949
  Artifacts and materials that delineates the early history and building of the NAACP including those that were collected and used by its founders and early leaders W.E.B. DuBois, Archibald Grimke, Ida B. Wells, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling, Florence Kelley, Charles Edward Russell	1909	1930
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Justice Thurgood Marshall	1908	1993
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	1908	1972
  Artifacts and materials that delineates the early history and building of the Niagara Movement including those that were collected and used by its founders and early leaders (including but not limited to) W.E.B. DuBois, John Hope, Fredrick L. McGhee and William Trotter	1905	1910
  Issue of The Colored American Magazine, circa 1900-1909	1900	1909
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1900	1919

Late 1800s to early 1900s

• Late 1800s to early 1900s
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Paul Robeson	1898	1976
  An artifact that was created, collected and/or associated with the Negro Club Women's Movement specifically the National Federation of African American Woomen, National League of Colored Women, its subsequent merger of the National Association of Colored Women and its early leaders Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell and Mary McLeod Bethune	1896	1939
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with William Grant Still	1895	1978
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Charles Hamilton Houston	1895	1950
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with A. Phillip Randolph	1889	1979
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Marcus Garvey	1887	1940
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Daddy Grace	1884	1960
  Ball/chain, uniform or other object utilized at a prison farm camp historically known for the imprisonment of African and Native Americans	1880	1935
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with Mary McLeod Bethune	1875	1955
  Bert Williams, vaudeville and Broadway star: personal object and/or entertainment memorabilia	1874	1922	New York
  A personal object that was utilized, collected and/or created by and associated with W.E.B DuBois	1868	1963
  Medal of Honor awarded to an African American	1863	1969

1800s

• 1800s
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  Objects associated with the 1850 compromise; Louisiana Purchase; DOI; Constitution; Bill of Rights	1850	1870
  David Walker's 1829 Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World	1829
  Newspapers from black press related to the Abolition movement	1820	1850
  Absalom Jones 1808 Thanksgiving Sermon on ending of the Slave Trade	1808
  Objects associated with a rural black Baptist church	1800	1999
  Objects associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 19th or early 20th century	1800	1925
  Items related to African Americans in the West prior to 1900 (historical and unknown figures, rural and urban, photographs, memorabilia from families, individuals and institutions)	1800	1899	Western U.S.

Before 1800

• Before 1800
  Object, Title, Artist or Maker	Beginning Year	End Year	Associated Location
  Copper plate of James DeWolf	1764	1837
  Objects relating to Mum Bett to include kitchen shovel, Mob cap, 30 Colonial Shillings, etc.	1750	1781
  Painting or artifact from Portuguese Caravel	1700	1800
  Violence associated with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade including adult shackles, children's shackles, manacles, cat-o-nine-tails, etc.	1700	1800
  Religious and spiritual artifacts typical of some African Cultures to include shell balls, Asens with cross, bracelet with gris gris inside, etc.	1600	1700	Africa
  Artifacts and items associated trade between Europe and Goree Island to include pottery, plates, Amsterdam Gin bottles, glazed and ceramic imports, pipes, trade goods, spice, cloth, pepper, block of salt, etc.	1600	1700	Goree Island, Europe
  Artifacts that are indigenous to Africa prior to initial contact with Europe, to include Mali manuscripts, sculpture, weaponry, masks, tools, dance rattle, etc.	1400	1500	Africa