This black-and-white photograph depicts a crowd of men on the National Mall during the Million Man March. Looking down the National Mall towards the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Castle is visible on the left and an equestrian statue of Ulysses S.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.4
Oni Blackstock is an American primary care and HIV physician, researcher, and founder of Health Justice, a racial and health equity consulting practice. She previously served as assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV for the New York City Department…
A black-and-white digital image of a crowd of men and women standing outdoors looking upward. The crowd is standing in front of a brick building, the Gaston Motel, that has a large opening and sign overhead stating [DO NOT ENTER]. The crowd is featured…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.17
A black-and-white digital image of a crowd of men and women, standing around a parked car, looking up. Featured in the center of the image is a woman leaning on the open window of the car. She is wearing a dark three-quarter sleeve dress with a double…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.18
A black-and-white digital image a group of men, women, and children standing on the road in front of signs and houses. The sign on the left states [BLUE FLAME / DRIVE INN], and behind, two other signs are partitally seen showing [GARAGE] and [la]. Seven…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.50
A black-and-white digital image of men, women, and children standing on the porch of a home looking toward the right of the image. Two men, three women, and three children, stand under the overhang porch. The two women, in the center of the group, have…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.52
Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born 22 October 1967), is a British business executive and former Labour Party politician. She was a Labour Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005; and a member of the House of Lords from…
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist who was a leader in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". On June 17, 2021,…
Opeoluwa Sotonwa (born in Ijebu-Ode) is a Deaf Nigerian American attorney, disability rights advocate and literary writer. In February 2021, Governor Charles Baker appointed Sotonwa as the Commissioner and agency head for the Massachusetts Commission for…
These are opera glasses (a) in a case (b). The opera glasses are gold and black with black crystals covering the body of the glasses and the attached handle. The attached handle is hinged so that it can be folded flat along the glasses. The objective…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.17ab
These are opera glasses (a) in a case (b) owned by Etta Moten Barnett. The opera glasses are black with gold filigree around the body. There are clear rhinestones studded within the filigree. The objective lenses, body and bridge are black. The bridge does…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.116ab
Opeyemi Oluwole Sowore is the Nigerian American wife of Omoyele Sowore. She came to public view after several advocacy for Omoyele Sowore to be released after the journalist was rearrested by the Department of State Services on charges of threat to…
The June 1930 issue of Opportunity Journal of Negro Life magazine. The front cover has an abstract design by Elmer Simms Campbell depicting a mask and two quadrupeds in black, white and grey tones. Across the top is a wide white margin with [OPPORTUNITY/…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.53
Orange Brunt was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 representing Panola County. He had a wife named Thursday and children. In November 1873, the Memphis Daily Appeal lamented…
A framed Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honor) awarded by the Grand Chancery of the Legion of Honor to General Colin L. Powell. On May 12, 1992, General Colin Powell was awarded the highest French merit award:…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.20ab
Oretha Castle Haley (July 22, 1939 – October 10, 1987) was an American civil rights activist in New Orleans where she challenged the segregation of facilities and promoted voter registration. She came from a working-class background, yet was able to enroll…
Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. leaflet. A single sheet of paper appears to have been originally folded in half, forming four (4) pages. The OAAU Seal, a graphic of four (4) overlapping circles with the numbers [360] and [34] and Arabic text…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.20
Oriaku Njoku is an American activist for reproductive rights. In 2022, they were appointed executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds. Njoku goes by she and they pronouns.
Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall (August 12, 1825 – April 26, 1891), also known as O.S.B. Wall, was an American attorney, politician, and former military officer. He was African American and born enslaved but, during the American Civil War, became the first…
Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior (born 27 May 1971) is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). He was Minister of Sports in the Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff governments and was elected federal deputy in 2014.
Oronike Odeleye (born 1979/1980) is an American arts consultant and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the co-creator of the #MuteRKelly movement.
