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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.

Tempy Bryant’s Emancipation-Era Dress

Freedom

The Vanilla Orchid

Nature

Black Studies Sign

Education

Prairie View A&M’s Industrial Award

Education

Delita Martin’s "The Seeker"

Art

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

Art

Voodoo Guitar “Marie”

Music

Malcolm X’s Tape Recorder

Activism

André Leon Talley’s Sleeping Bag Coat

Fashion

The Negro Motorist Green-Book

Business

Black Roots Button

Africa & the Diaspora

Tuskegee Airmen Kaydet

Military

Lollaretta Pemberton’s Wedding Dress

Family

David Hammons’s "African-American Flag"

Art

Benny Andrews's "Militant"

Activism

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller’s "Ethiopia"

Africa & the Diaspora

"The Grim Work of Death" by Christopher Myers

Art

Charleston Slave Badge

Slavery

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Donation Box

Women's Voices

Horace Pippin’s Fish Peppers

Food

Lucinda Todd’s Dining Room Table

Activism

Gail Anderson's Reclaiming My Time Poster

Design

Freedman’s Bank Dividend Check

Economics

Elizabeth Keckly’s Slippers

Fashion

Chattahoochee Brick Company

Incarceration

Ellis Family Bible

Slavery

"Ocean" by Phillis Wheatley Peters

Literature

“Lifting as We Climb” Banner

Organizations

Dr. W. Montague Cobb's Calipers

Health

James Baldwin’s Passport

Immigration & Migration

Octavia Butler’s Typewriter

Literature

Royal African Company Stock Certificate

Slavery

Black Panther Suit

Africa & the Diaspora

Harriet Tubman’s Shawl

Activism

Point of Pines Slave Cabin

Slavery

"This Child’s Gonna Live"

Literature

The Ebony Test Kitchen

Food

Emancipation Proclamation

Slavery

The Mothership

Art

Richard Allen’s Money Box

Religion

Baltimore Afro-American's Paper Cutter

Business

Benjamin Banneker’s Almanac

Science