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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSmithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10158834570X
ISBN-139781588345707
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038661374
Product Key Features
Book TitleNational Museum of African American History and Culture : a Souvenir Book
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicAmerican / African American, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, African American
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Travel, Social Science, History
AuthorNat'l Mus Nat'l Mus Afr am Hist Culture
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.1 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-021551
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal069.09753
SynopsisThis souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet Tubman; ankle shackles used to restrain enslaved people on ships during the Middle Passage; a dress that Rosa Parks was making shortly before she was arrested; a vintage, open-cockpit Tuskegee Airmen trainer plane; Muhammad Ali's headgear; an 1835 Bill of Sale enslaving a young girl named Polly; and Chuck Berry's Cadillac. These objects tell us the full story of African American history, of triumphs and tragedies and highs and lows. This book, like the museum it represents, uses artifacts of African American history and culture as a lens into what it means to be an American.