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Issuer: American Negro Commemorative Society
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Silver Medal of Powell, Adam Clayton, United States, 1908–1972. 1975.29.2

Date
1908 - 1972
Obverse
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL: Powell bust 3/4 to right
Reverse
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN | Pastor, ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH, Harlem | CHAIRMAN, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION&LABOR | CHAMPION - EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BLACKS: seal of U.S.A. in center
Diameter (in mm)
39.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.687
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal of Hansberry, Lorraine, United States. 1976.97.1

Obverse
LORRAINE HANSBERRY AUTHOR & PLAYWRIGHT | 1930 1965: Hansberry bust full face
Reverse
FIRST SUCCESSFUL BLACK PLAYWRIGHT: Comedy and Tragedy masks in front of typewriter
Diameter (in mm)
40.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.942
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal of Lewis, Edmonia, United States. 1976.97.2

Obverse
EDMONIA LEWIS | 1845 1890: Lewis bust 3/4 to left
Reverse
FIRST BLACK \ SCULPTOR IN \ AMERICA: Sculpting tools and unfinished bust on a stand
Diameter (in mm)
39.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.941
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal of Douglass, Frederick, United States, 1817–1895. 1967.74.6

Date
1817 - 1895
Obverse
FREDERICK DOUGLAS ABOLITIONIST ORATOR STATESMAN: bust
Reverse
ILL BE FREE ILL BE FREE AND NONE SHALL CONFINE WITH FETTERS AND CHAIN THE SPIRIT OF MINE: A slave with broken chains
Diameter (in mm)
40.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.74
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal of Dunbar, Paul Laurence, United States. 1969.154.1

Obverse
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR | POET | 1872 1906: Dunbar bust full face, head resting on hand
Reverse
LITTLE \ BROWN BABY \ WIF SPA'KLIN' \ EYES, ~: Little girl in a dress sitting down and pointing to the left; words on the left are a quote from Dunbar's poem "Little Brown Baby"
Diameter (in mm)
38.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.684
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal of Handy, William C., United States. 1969.178.1

Obverse
WILLIAM C. HANDY | COMPOSER | 1873 1958: Handy bust 3/4 to left
Reverse
HE GAVE BIRTH TO THE BLUES | THE \ ST. LOUIS \ BLUES: Trumpet behind a scroll of written music
Diameter (in mm)
38.0
Weight (in gr.)
26.693
Provenance
The American Negro Commemorative Society

Silver Medal, United States. 1943.47.5

Obverse
THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS 1871: the singers
Reverse
JUBILEE HALL FISK UNIVERSITY/ DEDICATED IN 1876 NASHVILLE TENNESSEE: view of Jubilee hall
Diameter (in mm)
40.0
Provenance
Park, Thomas M.
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