"We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Main Title:
"We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Description:
Scrapbook page with the quotation "We will not hesitate to either kill or die!" and pictures of four of the men who were killed or wounded by white officers in the Marine County courthouse incident. The scrapbook, from circa 1968 to 1969, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f007_001
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Description:
Photograph of Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross on May 18, 2013.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
2013 May 18
Genre:
color photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f003_003
Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community
Main Title:
Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community
Description:
Program for "Healing Ourselves, Saving our Community," the Community HIV/AIDS Educational Conference on Living, presented by Bobby Kurega Dukes Memorial, held February 4-5, 1994 in Washington, D.C.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1994 February
Genre:
programs (documents)
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f010_001_p001
Black Panther Party Platform and Program
Main Title:
Black Panther Party Platform and Program
Description:
Scrapbook page with a page from the October 1966 Black Panther Party platform and program. The scrapbook, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f008_001
Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position at the National Black Women's Health Project
Main Title:
Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position at the National Black Women's Health Project
Description:
Statement of interest from Nkenge Touré for the position of executive director of the National Black Women's Health Project, later known as the Black Women's Health Imperative. The letter is addressed to Bylle Avery, who founded the organization. Touré was president of the D.C. chapter of the National Black Women's Health Project from 1987-1994.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1988 August 16
Genre:
business letters
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b005_f021_001
Black Women Why Feminism?
Main Title:
Black Women Why Feminism?
Description:
Brochure from the Yulanda Ward Memorial Project with a list of programs for the "Black Women Why Feminism?" series from March to July 1981. Yulanda Ward was a 22 year-old student at Howard University and community activist at several organizations, including the City Wide Housing Coalition and D.C. Rape Crisis Center, when she was killed November 1980.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1981
Genre:
pamphlets
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f014_001
Two children at the People's Free Breakfast Program
Main Title:
Two children at the People's Free Breakfast Program
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of two children eating at the Free Breakfast Program run by Save the People at Education for Liberation Bookstore, Northeast Washington, D.C., circa 1974-1975. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1974-1975
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_004
Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Nkenge Touré at a Save the People class at the National Arboretum, Washington, D.C. circa 1972-1974.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1972-1974
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_001
Nkenge Touré speaking
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré speaking
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Nkenge Touré speaking, circa 1982-1984.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1982-1984
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f003_001
Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself
Main Title:
Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself
Description:
The "Staying Safe Sexual Assault: How to Protect Yourself" workbook was written by Nkenge Touré and Elizabeth M. Ozer of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center's Community Education Department. Toure joined the D.C. Rape Crisis Center in 1974 and stayed for 13 years, serving as General Administrator and Director of Community Education.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1984
Genre:
workbooks
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f016_001_p001
Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective pamphlet
Main Title:
Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective pamphlet
Description:
Pamphlet about Sistersong: Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, a network of local, regional and national grassroots agencies representing five primary ethnic populations/indigenous nations in the United States: African American, Arab American/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American/Indigenous. SisterSong was formed in 1997 and initially funded by the Ford Foundation to educate women of color and policy makers on reproductive and sexual health and rights; and to work towards the access of health services, information and resources that are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
undated
Genre:
pamphlets
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b007_f006_001_p001
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross
Description:
Photograph of Loretta Ross (left) and Nkenge Touré (right) at the Smith College commencement honorary degree dinner for Loretta Ross on May 18, 2013.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
2013 May 18
Genre:
color photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f003_004
The National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual
Main Title:
The National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual
Description:
Cover of the National Black Women's Health Project Self-Help Developers' Manual. Nkenge Touré was president of the D.C. Chapter of the National Black Women's Health Project from 1987-1994. National Black Women's Health Project, later known as the Black Women's Health Imperative, was a national organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of black women.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
1990
Genre:
training manuals
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b005_f021_002
Celebrating the Black Panther Party: 35th Anniversary of the Founding
Main Title:
Celebrating the Black Panther Party: 35th Anniversary of the Founding
Description:
Special issue of the Black Panther's newsletter, "It's About Time" from Fall/Winter 2001.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Issued:
2001 Fall-Winter
Genre:
newsletters
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f010_001_p001
Interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore
Main Title:
Interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of the interior of the Education for Liberation Bookstore run by Save the People in Northeast Washington, D.C. circa 1976. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1976
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_002
Dr. Jean A. Linzau and Nkenge Touré's daughter at the People's Free Health Clinic
Main Title:
Dr. Jean A. Linzau and Nkenge Touré's daughter at the People's Free Health Clinic
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Jean A. Linzau with patient Trina Stevens, Nkenge Touré's daughter, at the People's Free Health Clinic in Southwest Washington, D.C., circa 1972-1973.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1972-1973
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_006
Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution
Description:
Color photograph of Nkenge Touré at the Anti-Rape Week 1979 Resolution of the Council of the District of Columbia.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1979
Genre:
color photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_003
Loretta Ross and Nkenge Touré in Alumnae Gym, Smith College
Main Title:
Loretta Ross and Nkenge Touré in Alumnae Gym, Smith College
Description:
Photograph of Loretta Ross (left) and Nkenge Touré (right) in the Sophia Smith Collection and College Archives reading room in the Alumnae Gym, Smith College Libraries on May 20, 2013.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
2013 May 20
Genre:
color photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f003_002
"Check it out sister" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Main Title:
"Check it out sister" collage from the Black Panther Party Scrapbook
Description:
Scrapbook page with the quotation "Check it out sister!" and pictures of two women with their fists in the air. The scrapbook from circa 1968 to 1969, donated along with Touré’s papers, focuses not only on the activities of the Black Panther Movement but also the portrayal of the party in the media.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
circa 1968-1969
Genre:
scrapbooks
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b004_f007_002
Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center
Main Title:
Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of Nkenge Touré teaching at the Timbuktu Youth Developmental Learning Center, run by Save the People in Northeast Washington, D.C. on July 28, 1975. Nkenge Touré and her husband, Patrice Touré, founded Save the People (STP) in 1973 and ran the Education for Liberation Bookstore on 9th and H Street.
Collection:
Nkenge Touré papers
Date Created:
1975 July 28
Genre:
black-and-white photographs
Identifier (local):
smith_ssc_563_b003_f002_005

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