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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1991 IAAF World Championships Gold Medal awarded to Carl Lewis

1991

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An IAAF gold medal with attached ribbon. The medal has words and images appearing in relief on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse features a central image of three vertical lines with an angled warping in the middle. Type around the upper edge of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.27
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1991 IAAF World Championships Gold Medal awarded to Carl Lewis

1991

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An IAAF gold medal with attached ribbon. The medal has words and images appearing in relief on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse features a central image of three vertical lines with an angled warping in the middle. Type around the upper edge of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.28
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1991 IAAF World Championships Silver Medal for Men's Long Jump won by Carl Lewis

1991

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An IAAF silver medal with attached ribbon. The medal has words and images appearing in relief on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse features a central image of three vertical lines with an angled warping in the middle. Type around the upper edge of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.26
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1992 Olympic Gold Medal awarded to Carl Lewis

1992

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An Olympic gold medal with attached ribbon. The medal is molded with figures in relief on the obverse and etched on the reverse. The obverse side is set slightly off center in a larger gold disc and features a seated woman, representing Lady Victory,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.18
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1992 Olympic Gold Medal awarded to Carl Lewis

1992

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An Olympic gold medal with attached ribbon. The medal is molded with figures in relief on the obverse and etched on the reverse. The obverse side is set slightly off center in a larger gold disc and features a seated woman, representing Lady Victory,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.19
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1993 IAAF World Championships Bronze Medal for Men's 200M awarded to Carl Lewis

1993

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An IAAF bronze medal with attached ribbon. The medal has words and images appearing in relief on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse features a central image of the Earth with a three partitioned track radiating around it and outward. Above the globe…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.29
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Commemorative Medal owned by Carl Lewis

1996

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Gold-colored commemorative medal for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. The obverse and reverse feature images and words in relief. The obverse features the official emblem of the 1996 Summer Games, a torch composed of the number [100] blow the Olympic…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.22
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Tools and Equipment

1996 Olympic Games torch owned by Carl Lewis

1996

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A torch from the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. The torch consists of four parts (a-d). The top portion is constructed of a circle of silver metal spokes that fan out at the top. There is a gold metal band, 2" wide, around the torch where the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.51a-d
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

1996 Olympic Gold Medal for Men's Long Jump awarded to Carl Lewis

1996

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An Olympic gold medal with attached ribbon. The medal is molded with figures in relief on the obverse and reverse. The obverse side features a seated woman, representing Lady Victory, dressed in a flowing robe and holding a palm frond in her left hand and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.126.20
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

2 Cold Scorpio

1965–

Charles Bernard Scaggs (born October 25, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name 2 Cold Scorpio. He gained fame for his performances in professional wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme…

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Tools and Equipment

3-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 3-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.11
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Tools and Equipment

6-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 6-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.14
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Tools and Equipment

6-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A 6-iron golf club, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short green diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.5
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Tools and Equipment

7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 7-iron, used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.13
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Tools and Equipment

7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A 7-iron golf club used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a red rubber grip at the top. The grip has short horizontal indented lines going around the grip in several columns. There is a thick strip of black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.6
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

76ers uniform worn by Allen Iverson

1997-1998

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A basketball uniform, jersey and shorts, worn by Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997-1998 season. The jersey is black with red and gold details around the arm holes and neckline, which is a v-neck. There is a white, black, and gold star at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.66.5.1-.2
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Tools and Equipment

8 iron golf club used by Ethel Funches

late 20th century

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A PING 8 iron used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short grey diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line drawing of an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.9
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Photographs and Still Images

A baseball player hits a baseball in front of the Ontario Lakers League sign in Walter C. Pierce Park in Adams Morgan, Washington D. C.

May 1973

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A black-and-white photograph of a boy swinging a bat at a ball. A large scoreboard that says “Ontario Lakers Softball League Welcome to Adams Morgan Bienvenidos" appears behind him. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.32
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

A. C. Green

1963–

A.C. Green Jr. (born October 4, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Iron Man", he holds a National Basketball Association (NBA) record for most consecutive regular-season games played with 1,192.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

A. C. Mack

1992–

Amen-Ra Mackey (born September 27, 1992), better known by the ring name A. C. Mack, is an American professional wrestler.

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Historical photographs & visual records

A crowd gathered to watch events during a festival in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A crowd gathered to watch events during a festival in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2155
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Books and Published Materials

A Hand to Guide Me

2006

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A signed, hardcover first edition of A Hand to Guide Me, written by Denzel Washington and inscribed to General Colin L. Powell. The book features a glossy paper jacket over its brown hardcover. The tan colored spine displays the book title, author, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.52
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

A. J. Francis

1990–

Anthony Joseph Francis (born May 7, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, rapper, and former football player. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA Digital Media Champion and Canadian International…

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