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Biography & Culture

Pamela R. Goodwine

Biography

Pamela R. Goodwine (born 1959 or 1960) is an American judge serving as justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court; she was elected to the court in 2024. She previously held roles as a district and circuit judge in Fayette County and as a judge on the Kentucky…

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Civil Rights & Community

Pamela Rush

Biography

Pamela Sue Rush (died July 2020) was an American poverty, civil rights, and environmental justice activist who lived in rural Tyler, Alabama, and who fought against poverty and inequality.

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Literature

Pamela Sneed

1964–

Pamela Sneed is an American poet, performance artist, actress, activist, and teacher. Her book, Funeral Diva, is a memoir in poetry and prose about growing up during the AIDS crisis, and the winner of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for lesbian poetry.

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Politics & Public Life

Pamela Stevenson

1959–

Pamela D. Stevenson (born April 8, 1959) is an American politician, attorney, and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. She is a Democrat and represents District 43 in the Kentucky State House. On February 20, 2025, Stevenson launched a campaign in the 2026…

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Politics & Public Life

Pamelya Herndon

1952–

Pamelya Herndon (born November 23, 1952) is an American attorney, accountant, and politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 28th district since 2021.

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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet about the Patrice Lumumba Coalition

1976

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This pamphlet discusses the Patrice Lumumba Coalition and the Henry Kissinger- Johannes Vorster meeting. The title of the pamphlet reads: [POWER TO SOWETO! / Defy The Kissinger- Vorster Conspiracy!]. The image at the top of the page depicts black South…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Pamphlet advertising a Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee march

April 5, 1969

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A pamphlet for an anti-war march and rally sponsored by the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee held on Saturday, April 5, 1969, in New York City, which was a day of demonstrations across the United States. The pamphlet is one (1) sheet of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.43
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet for Dick Gregory's 1968 write-in presidential campaign

1968

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A political brochure from the 1968 Presidential elections supporting Dick Gregory and Mark Lane as write-in candidates for President and Vice President of the United States of America. The trifold brochure is white with black-and-white images and black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.63.4
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet for Lowndes County Freedom Organization

1967

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This pamphlet depicts a black panther in a stalking pose. Centered on the page, it is surrounded by text that reads "VOTE / NOV 8 / LOWNDES COUNTY / FREEDOM / ORGANIZATION / The Story of the Development of an / Independent Political Movement / on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.17
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet for Shirley Chisholm's presidential campaign

1972

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A pamphlet from Shirley Chisholm's presidential campaign. A photograph of Chisholm covers the front half of the pamphlet. The white text typed at the top reads ["I AM RUNNING FOR THE / OFFICE OF PRESIDENT TO / REPRESENT ALL AMERICANS."] The other half is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.207
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet for the 1977 March on the White House for African Liberation

1977

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This pamphlet announces a march on the White House for African liberation. The flyer is white but has browned with age, has black text and features a photograph of people protesting. The text on the cover reads: [Victory to the People / of Southern…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.5
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet regarding the SASO 9

1976

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This pamphlet discusses the SASO 9. The front page features an image two people hanging from trees. The cover reads: [Struggle for Freedom / South African students face death / Free the Saso 9! / These Africans were hanged / by the racist Apartheid /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.34
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pamphlet titled "The struggle for liberation in Namibia"

1970s

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This four-page pamphlet discusses the struggle for liberation in Namibia. The pamphlet is white with black text and features two images on the cover. The image on the right is of SWAPO president Sam Nujoma. The image on the left is of a Namibian diamond…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.64
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Pan African flags used at the Million Man March 20th Anniversary

2015

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Two Pan-African flags. Rectangular flag with a tan, thin, wooden, rounded pole and a gold plastic pointed finial at the top. There is white fabric around the pole. The rest of the flag has three horizontal stripes, red, black, and green (from top to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.8.1-.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Panther Free Food Program. Children Prepare Bags of Food for Distribution at the Oakland Coliseum at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference, Oakland, California, March 1972

March 1972, printed 2014

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A black-and-white photograph showing children preparing bags of food to be distributed through the Panther Free Food Program at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference in Oakland, California. Four (4) children, two (2) boys and two (2) girls, are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.123.8
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Visual Arts

Panther Mother and Child

1968-1969

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This color print depicts a mother and young child together in a living room. The child is unclothed and stands in front of a seated woman, dressed in a green short sleeve blouse and yellow skirt. She has long earrings and holds a small white garment on her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.8.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Panther Office in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1971

1971, printed 2014

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A black-and-white photograph of a Black Panther Party office in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, as seen from across an abandoned lot. Across the street from the bulldozed lot, cars are parked in front of a 4-story building with a sign that reads [BLACK…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.123.6
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Documents and Manuscripts

Paper describing events held by the San Francisco NCNW and Junior Council

1956

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This typewritten piece of paper describes the "House to House" canvas and the "Telephone Unit" projects undertaken by the NCNW to get out the vote in the days before the November 6, 1956 election. The page tallies up the 56 activities that occurred as a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.38.3
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Paper fan for Stacey Abrams Georgia gubernatorial campaign

ca. 2017-2018

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A dark blue paper fan from the Stacey Abrams 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign, mounted on a flat wooden handle. The oblong fan has curved indentations in the middle. On one side of the fan is a color image of Stacey Abrams, dressed in silver hoop…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.27
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Paperweight commemorating the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building

2002

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A laser engraved crystal piece commemorating the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building. The piece is crystal and rectangular with an etching on the interior. At the middle center are two silhouettes facing awey from…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.46.21
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Para votaren Ausencia en Virginia

2008

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A single-page, single-sided Spanish-language document from the Obama campaign field office in Virginia. The document consists of a single sheet of white paper, printed on one side in black ink. The heading of the document reads [Para Votaren Ausencia / en…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.41.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Parade Thrills!

May 17, 1979

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A black-and-white photograph of H.D. Woodson High School drum major Victor Fuller doing a 360 degree flip during the 25th anniversary of Brown versus Board of Education victory march to the U.S. Capitol. The photograph is stamped on the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.257
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Biography & Culture

Paris Dennard

1982–

Paris Dennard (born August 18, 1982) is an American conservative political commentator, columnist, and communications strategist. He previously worked from 2005 to 2009 in the White House of President George W. Bush, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund…

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Politics & Public Life

Paris Simkins

1849–1930

Paris Simkins (1849-1930) was an African-American storekeeper, lawyer, minister, barber, and politician. Born into slavery, Simkins founded the Macedonia Baptist Church in Edgefield, South Carolina. A staunch Republican, he served in multiple governmental…

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