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Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Names

Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Collection Creator

Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum

Citation

Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

In this documentary, profiles of prominent Black Women provide an overview of the roles and contributions of Black Women in the course of historic and human events. Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Mary S. Kelsey Peake, Charlotte Forten [Grimke], Ida B. Wells Barnett, Rosa Parks, Laura Wheeler Waring, Lois Mailou Jones, Sarah Parker Remond, Jeanne Spurlock, Julia Pearl Hughes [Coleman], Maggie Lena Walker, Dorothy Bolden, Madame C. J. Walker, Abbie Mitchell, Florence Mills, Ruby Dee, Eunice Hunton Carter, Constance Baker Motley, Shirley Chisholm, and Barbara Jordan are among the many Black Women profiled.
Documentary film. Related to exhibition 'Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds.' Undated.
sova.acma.03-028_ref656

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7bc091497-3ba4-4e67-8838-5538e3b42da1

General

Title transcribed from contents of recording and physical asset.

Place

Washington (D.C.)
United States

Topic

African Americans
African American women
Women

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

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Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records
Black women: achievements against the odds exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-028: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds Audiovisual Records

Biographical / Historical

Photographs, artifacts, a slide show, and films form the exhibition - Black women: Achievements Against the Odds - that examines the contributions of 113 American black women in such areas as government, education, fine arts, civil rights, medicine, law, and industry. The women represent the world-famous as well as the little-known and include poet Phillis Wheatley, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Roberts Harris, educator Nannie Helen Burroughs, the first female editor-in-chief of the Boston University Law Review Clara Burrill Bruce, author Maya Angelou, sculptor Edmonia Lewis, and businesswoman Eartha M.M. White. The exhibition was created and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; and it was on display at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from February 8, 1976 - January 2, 1977 and October 21, 1984 - June 30, 1985.

Extent

1 Video recording (U-matic, 3/4")

Date

1986

Custodial History

A Prime Cable of Maryland Presentation. Copyright 1986.

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.03-028, Item ACMA AV000852

Type

Archival materials
Video recordings

Genre/Form

Video recordings

Note

010025

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.
ACMA.03-028_ref656
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7bc091497-3ba4-4e67-8838-5538e3b42da1
ACMA.03-028
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1554838807492-1554838807500-0

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