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Black is a Church fan

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division

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Title
Black is a Church fan
Names
Oxford University Press (Creator)
Collection

Material culture collection

Ephemera

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2023
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Sc Art (Material culture collection)
Shelf locator: AR.X.051
Topics
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- United States
Fans
Genres
Ephemera
Notes
Content: On recto: "Josef Sorett Black is a Church Christianity and the Contours of African American Life." Verso is blank.
Physical Description
Extent: 30 x 18.5 cm
Description
"Black Is a Church" fan, paper with wood handle, tied in to the Oxford University Press publication of the book of the same title by Josef Sorett.
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11486937
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 26.705.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ed63070-3d05-013f-7650-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 2023: Created
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Black is a Church fan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2023. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/524cf2c0-3db8-013f-84e2-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Black is a Church fan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/524cf2c0-3db8-013f-84e2-0242ac110003

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. (2023). Black is a Church fan Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/524cf2c0-3db8-013f-84e2-0242ac110003

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Black is a Church fan