A newspaper published by the Design as Protest (DAP) Collective featuring the title graphic “YOU ARE A(NTI) RACIST.” The top half of the newspaper’s front page features a large black block with large white text that reads [YOU / ARE / A / RACIST] in white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.105.2
A photocopy of the [COMPANY LINE] newsletter owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The photocopy has two plastic overlays attached to it with adhesive tape. The page has [THE COMPANY LINE] logo at the top left. Text on the top right reads [MARCH MILESTONES]. A large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.96.17
Desirée Glapion Rogers (born June 16, 1959) is an American corporate executive, former White House Social Secretary for President Barack Obama's office and former chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC). As of 2019, Rogers is the CEO of…
A red, leather bound desk diary for the year 1987.The year is embossed in upper right corner of the cover and on the lower bottom of the spine. Black text on the cover reads: [WHSmith / Desk Diary / (faded text) to page]. On the back is a faded white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.123.5.1
This desk was used by the Williams family at the Dreamland Theater in the Greendwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wooden writing desk with four fluted legs. At the front, below the mid-section, on either side are long rectangles of wood with angled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.119
Desk, designed in the 1920s or 1930s, and used by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of the first black newspaper, The Chicago Defender. The desk is wooden, with four drawers on either side and one long drawer in the middle.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.2
DeVerne Lee Calloway (June 17, 1916 – January 23, 1993) was an American politician who was the first black woman to serve in the Missouri state legislature. She served as a Missouri state representative. Calloway was educated at the Seventh Day Adventist…
D'Angela "Dia" Simms is an American business executive. In 2020, Simms became the co-founder of Pronghorn. She was previously the president of Combs Enterprises, a position she had held since May 15, 2017.
A diamond shaped painted metal decorative apparel accessory found in 2010.6.55.1ab from Mae's Millinery Shop. The metal is painted teal and flat pearl discs are arranged along the diamond outline and with one in the center. It has a two-pronged metal…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.55.11
A small, red, leather bound diary for the year 1973. The cover has faded gold embossing that reads: [DIARY WITH INDEXED / MEMORANDUM]. Along the bottom of the back cover, gold embossing reads: [GENUINE LEATHER]. Inside, the title page has a sign of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.123.5.2
Personal diary of Dr. Ionia Rollin Whipper from the year 1923. The diary is leather bound and has gold lettering on front that reads, [Day by Day / A PERPETUAL DIARY]. The tile page has the same title written in the same format as the cover. Underneath is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.101.2
Dick Campbell, born Cornelius Coleridge Campbell (June 27, 1903 – December 20, 1994), was a key figure in black theater during the Harlem Renaissance. While a successful performer in his own right, Campbell is best known as a tireless advocate for black…
Dieudonné Ella Oyono is Gabonese-Quebecois politician. He holds a team leader position in the economic development department of the City of Montreal and is a lecturer at the School of Management Sciences of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). He…
Digital image of a photograph of two people seated on chairs at a a community meeting on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The man on the left wears tinted glasses, a short-sleeve button-down shirt, and khaki slacks. He wears a wristwatch and balances a portfolio…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.5
Digital image of a photograph of four people seated in chairs at a community meeting on the Tulsa Race Massacre. A man at left wears a dark blue shirt, light-colored pants, sneakers, and holds a packet of papers in his hands. A woman to his right wears a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.6
Digital image of one person at a community meeting on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The man wears a purple polo shirt and looks down at papers he is holding. The image of the back of the photograph shows a repeating watermark that reads [FUJIFILM / Fujicolor…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.7
Digital image of a photograph of Eddie Faye Gates and Kevin Gates with Johnnie Cochran, the lead lawyer in the lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Cochran, left, wears eyeglasses, a black suit, and a black, yellow, and green tie.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.52
Digital image of a photograph of then-Senator Obama shaking hands with Tulsa Race Massacre survivors in the hallway of a Congressional office building. Survivors and supporters were visiting Washington in support of reparations. From left to right are an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.33
Digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and supporters at a demonstration in support of reparations in front of the United States Supreme Court Building. People are bundled in coats with hats, scarves, or hoods. At center in Dallas…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.11
A digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and supporters at a demonstration in support of reparations in front of the United States Supreme Court Building. Depicted from left to right are Robert Holloway, Dr. Olivia Hooker, Charles…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.117.27
