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A flyer produced by the Black Panther Party featuring art by Douglas Emory, titled "It's All the Same." The image features three identical pigs in uniform carrying assault rifles, napalm, mace, and gas. The pigs are labeled local police, National Guard, and Marines.

Scope and Contents This single broadsheet newspaper insert includes an address titled "Message to America" which was delivered in Washington, DC on June 19, 1970 in honor of the 107th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. On the reverse, it includes two full-page addresses, one by Huey P. Newton titled "Towards a New Constitution," and the other by Eldridge Cleaver titled "On the Constitution." These addresses call for a new constitutional convention that would include Black representatives and...

Scope and Contents This form, produced by the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, allows the donor of 25 cents to become a Sacred Heart Client for a year, which entitles the donor to the spiritual benefit of a monthly mass in their name. The donation benefits the Sisters of the Good Shepherd School for Colored Girls in Baltimore, Maryland.The form describes the charity's work as "preventing and reclaiming souls from paths of wretchedness and sin" as they "[save] unfortunate colored...

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A button pin made by an unknown creator with purple ribbon attached, memorializing the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The pin shows a picture of King's face with the words "We Mourn Our Loss," his name, and the years of his birth and death. The ribbon reads, "I have a dream."

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A card produced by J. B. Johnson Funeral Home of Boston, MA as a business promotional item, stating: "Courtesy of J. B. Johnson Funeral Home." The card prints the text of James Weldon Johnson's "Negro National Anthem" (also known as "Lift Every Voice and Sing").

Scope and Contents Two items, a button and a pamphlet, produced by the Coalition for a Black Count, which campaigned to get Black residents counted in the 1970 US Census. Both items are emblazoned with the slogan "Make Black Count. Get in the '70 Census." The campaign sought accurate Census figures on Black people to ensure better political representation and government apportionment of funding and services for Black communities. The pamphlet tells the reader that if they aren't counted in the Census, it will...

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A letter to a New York Times journalist and a press release produced by the Maryland Freedom Union discussing their successes organizing Black workers in two Baltimore stores, Tommy Tucker Store and Roth's Supermarket, in cooperation with a local chapter of CORE. The press release announces that they won a recognition agreement at Roth's Supermarket with a union shop provision, wage increase, vacation benefits, and sick leave for workers at Roth's.