Madame CJ Walker Broach
This Madame CJ Walker pin was donated to National Museum of African American History and Culture during the inaugural Save Our African American Treasures program at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. Mrs. Walker presented trophies such as this to the top employees in recognition of hard work and dedication in selling and marketing her company’s hair and beauty products.
Did a member of your family use Madame CJ Walker products? Add your piece of history to the museum's Memory Book.
NMAAHC’s inaugural exhibition Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits examines 150 years of American history through a stunning collection of photographs drawn from the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. It has traveled to New Orleans and Los Angeles and is open through March 1, 2009 at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
Future Tour Locations:
- Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco: 3/21/09
- Atlanta History Center, Atlanta: 1/30/10
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham: 8/28/10
- DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago: 12/11/10
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati: 3/26/11
W.E.B. Du Bois, Addison Scurlock, Gelatin sliver print, 1911,
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Tell us your history, share a family photograph, connect with others who have an interest in African American history and culture by contributing to the museum's Memory Book.
Help to build the National Museum of African American History and Culture by making a tax deductible gift.
StoryCorps Griot Project
Listen to tales of laughter, inspiration, dignity, and family captured during our year-long collaboration with StoryCorps.
Events and Updates
Photographs representing nearly a century's worth of creative output from the renowned Scurlock studio form the backbone of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of a family of photographers and presenting a vivid portrait of black Washington, D.C., in all its guises — its challenges and its victories, its dignity and its determination.
With more than 100 images by one of the premiere African American studios in the country, "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise" is a collaboration between NMAAHC and the National Museum of American History. Open Jan. 30 through Nov. 15, 2009. Visit the exhibition at the National Museum of American History.
