African American - Melikian Collection

Rixley Family Bible

By Americana

African American, Bibles, Slavery, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
Harlem Globetrotters Program – British Tour

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Basketball
Satchel Paige Signed Game Used Baseball (Single) and Photo

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Baseball
Woman’s Suffrage: Satirical Bisque Figurine

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
All-Time Heavyweight Tournament and Championship Fight Promotional Folder and Booklet

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
“The Super Fight” Film Reel and Ephemera

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
“I am the Greatest” Promotional Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, Angelo Dundee & Rocky Marciano Broadside Segmen

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) Training Used Speed Gloves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Althea Gibson Collection of Newspaper Articles, Letters

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Tennis
American Tennis Association Fourteenth National Championships-Official Bulletin

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Tennis
Muhammad Ali Signed Islam Pamphlet

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Islam, Muhammad Ali
Hall-Davis Presidential Campaign Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Correspondence for Angela Davis Trial

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Letters of Congratulation for Walter White

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Record with Racist Songs

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Malcolm X Assassination Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Voter Registration Poster for African Americans

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Anti-Vietnam War Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Students for a Democratic Society Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Poster Against Police Brutality

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Print of Washington and His Slaves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
“Gold & Glory” Sweepstakes Program

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Republican Poster aimed at African Americans

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Bulletin for African-American Tennis Championships

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Tennis
Anti-Civil Rights Bill Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Father Divine Photographic Portrait

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Christianity
WWI Uniform of African American “Doughboy”

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Lobby-Cards for “Black Rodeo” with Muhammad Ali

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Muhammad Ali
Poster for Malcolm X Film

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Anna Julia Cooper Letter to Supreme Court

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Anna Julia Cooper Letter to Howard University

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Slavery
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Political Cartoon

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.’s copy of “Jefferson’s Manual”

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Telegram from John F. Kennedy to Juanita Jackson

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Harry Truman Letter on Anti-Lynching Bill

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Confederate Estate Sale with Slaves

By Americana

African American, Slavery
Patrick Henry Letter on Selling Slaves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Slave Collar

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Johnson & Johnson Cotton Advertisement depicting Slaves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Archive of “Ink Spots” Band Memorabilia

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Cigarette Ad for African-Americans

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) vs. Sonny Liston I & II Wire Photographs

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Angelo & Chris Dundee Ephemera

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay/Sonny Liston Photograph

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
South Africa “Whites Only” Swimming Baths Sign

By Asia / Africa

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Angela Davis Voting Rights Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Mormon Publication

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Oddities
Medger Evers Assassination Newspaper

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Medgar Evers Assassination
Civil War Confederate Covers

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK, Slavery
Freedman’s Bank Letter

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Photographic Collection of Malcolm X

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Black Integration NAACP Zionists

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
FBI Black Crime Reports

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Martin Luther King Charm Necklace

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Rosa Parks Signed Check

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Integration in Washington DC

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Pamphlet Attacking Desegregation Decision

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Murder of Black Panther Booklet

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
“Free Billy Dean Smith” Booklet (#2)

By Americana

African American, All Americana
“Up from the Bottom” Black Newspaper Featuring Vietnam

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
“Here and Now for Bobby Seale” Booklet

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Black Unity Americana Newspaper

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
“Up from the Bottom” Black Newspaper

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Black Panther Party Newspaper – Christmas Edition

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Guardian Newspaper feat. Angela Davis

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
“Up from the Bottom” Black Newspaper

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Black Panther Magazine

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
“Free Billy Dean Smith” Booklet (#1)

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Black Power Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Underground Railroad Bible

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, Slavery, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
Jim Crow Letter

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Malcolm X Movie Posters & Pressbook

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Black TV Product Ban

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
National Negro Health Week Booklet

By Americana

African American, All Americana
African-American Folk Art Painting

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Black Panther Posters

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Runaway Slave Reward Document

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
NAACP Flyer to Bycott Stagg Beer

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Slave Wooden Doll

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Black Heritage Bible

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles
African-American Family Heirloom Bible

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity
Letter Seeking Black Families

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
New Orleans Slave Document

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
The History of the Slave Trade

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Slavery
Slave Triple Shackles

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
A KKK Robe, Hood, I.D. Card & Newsletters

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Middle Passage Slave Shackles

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Two Plantation Slave Shackles

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Valmor Product Labels

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Advertisement for Black & Irish Slaves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
Confederate Covers with Racist Rhymes

By Americana

African American, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Pamphlets Defending Slavery

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
The ‘New Negro’ Directory

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Althea Gibson American Tennis Association Nationals Championship Trophy

By Americana

African American, Tennis
Bell Street Baptist Church Bombing Debris

By Americana

African American, Civil RIghts, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Lobo Comic Book Series – Issue #1

By Americana

African American
Newspapers Relating to the Young Lords

By Americana

African American, Civil RIghts
Young Lords – A Rifle, a Militant, a Casket.

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Basketball, Civil RIghts
Items from the Film The Jackie Robinson Story

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Baseball
Reverend Major Jealous Divine Devotional Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Press Kit for the 1972 Film Malcolm X

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Martin Luther King with Baseball Star Monte Irvin and Ralph Abernathy – Photograph

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Vote for President Dick Gregory Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
New Testament Bible with Record of Slaves

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, Slavery, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
Rocky Marciano vs. Muhammad Ali “The Super Fight” Multi-Signed Display

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Vietnam War Protest Rally Poster

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) Signed WBC Replica Championship Belt

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Training Used Jump Rope

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Hospital Guestbook from Birth of Angelo Dundee’s Son Signed by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Sonny Liston Mink Gloves Created to Promote First Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) Bout

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali, Oddities
Contract Between Willie Mays and Ed Sullivan

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Julius Erving Ebony Magazine American Black Achievement Award

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Basketball
Muhammad Ali vs. Rocky Marciano “The Super Fight” Theater Standup Display

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Muhammad Ali
Mickey Mouse Annual with Racist Comics

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Oddities, Racism, White Supremacy, KKK
Program for for Medgar Evers Funeral Service

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Medgar Evers Assassination
Medgar Evers Memorial Photograph

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Medgar Evers Assassination
Medgar Evers signed NAACP Convention Book

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts, Medgar Evers Assassination
First Comic Strip with an African-American Title Character

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Black Heritage Bible

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
Plantation Wooden Banjo

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Music, Slavery
Mears and Moss Family Bibles

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, Slavery, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
Deacon’s Bench from Slave Prayer House

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Slavery
King James Bible Made for African-American Audience

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, The Bible, Racism and Slavery
John Johnson Publishing Archive

By Americana

African American, All Americana
Malcolm X Posters

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Civil RIghts
Separatist Black Bible

By Americana

African American, All Americana, Bibles, Christianity, Civil RIghts
Italian Racist Propaganda Poster

By Americana

African American, Oddities

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