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Constellations

Explore history through objects

Reveal each object’s history and how it is connected to the African American experience in different ways throughout history to today.

ca. 1975

Black Studies Sign

Education

ca. 1950

Prairie View A&M’s Industrial Award

Education

2019

Delita Martin’s "The Seeker"

Art

2024

Robert Pruitt’s "Woman with ceramic headdress from TSU (study)"

Art

2005

Voodoo Guitar “Marie”

Music

1960

Malcolm X’s Tape Recorder

Activism

ca. 2000

André Leon Talley’s Sleeping Bag Coat

Fashion

1941

The Negro Motorist Green-Book

Business

ca. 1960

Black Roots Button

Africa & the Diaspora

1946

Tuskegee Airmen Kaydet

Military

1939

Lollaretta Pemberton’s Wedding Dress

Family

1990

David Hammons’s "African-American Flag"

Art

1996

Benny Andrews's "Militant"

Activism

1921

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller’s "Ethiopia"

Africa & the Diaspora

2022

"The Grim Work of Death" by Christopher Myers

Art

1818

Charleston Slave Badge

Slavery

ca. 1962

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Donation Box

Women's Voices

2023

Horace Pippin’s Fish Peppers

Food

1953

Lucinda Todd’s Dining Room Table

Activism

2018

Gail Anderson's Reclaiming My Time Poster

Design

1880

Freedman’s Bank Dividend Check

Economics

1865

Elizabeth Keckly’s Slippers

Fashion

1886

Chattahoochee Brick Company

Incarceration

1900

Ellis Family Bible

Slavery

1779

"Ocean" by Phillis Wheatley Peters

Literature

1924

“Lifting as We Climb” Banner

Organizations

1950

Dr. W. Montague Cobb's Calipers

Health

1965

James Baldwin’s Passport

Immigration & Migration

1974

Octavia Butler’s Typewriter

Literature

1691

Royal African Company Stock Certificate

Slavery

2016

Black Panther Suit

Africa & the Diaspora

1897

Harriet Tubman’s Shawl

Activism

1853

Point of Pines Slave Cabin

Slavery

1969

"This Child’s Gonna Live"

Literature

1971

The Ebony Test Kitchen

Food

1862

Emancipation Proclamation

Slavery

1996

The Mothership

Art

1800

Richard Allen’s Money Box

Religion

1900

Baltimore Afro-American's Paper Cutter

Business

1793

Benjamin Banneker’s Almanac

Science