This is a glass perfume bottle (a) and stopper (b). The clear glass bottle (a) is diamond shaped. It has a short slender round neck that leads to a sloping diamond-shaped shoulder with vertical ridges in the glass. The body of the bottle then divides into…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.8ab
Pernessa C. Seele (born October 15, 1954) is an American immunologist and interfaith public health activist. Seele is the CEO and founder of Balm in Gilead, Inc., a religious-based organization that provides support to people with AIDS and their families,…
Maria Perpétua de Almeida (born 28 December 1964), more commonly known as Perpétua Almeida, is a Brazilian politician as well as a banker and teacher. She has spent her political career representing the state of Acre, having served as state representative…
Perry H. Carson (13 April 1842 – 31 October 1909), known as Colonel Carson, was a prominent African-American political leader in Washington, D.C. in the late 19th century. He was called the "silver haired giant," and his reputation was to have rattled the…
Perry Wilbon Howard (c. 1835–1907) was an American blacksmith, and a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875; and served on the county board of supervisors. He…
Perry Matthews was a teacher and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Bullock County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. He was a native of Georgia born in 1849 or 1850. He signed on to a Memorial by Republican…
Charles E. "Pete" Drew (born October 14, 1938) is an American politician and perennial candidate who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989, representing the 15th district. Though elected as a Democrat, he swapped…
The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.39.1a, 2011.174.39.1b, 2011.174.39.1c, and 2011.174.39.1d. Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.39.1a-d
Peter Anderson (c. 1822–1879) was an African American newspaper publisher and activist who actively participated in California State Colored Conventions during the 1800s. Anderson was also co-founded the newspaper called the Pacific Appeal (1862–1880),…
Peter Barnabas Barrow (died 1906) was a slave, soldier, state legislator, and minister in the United States. He served in the Mississippi Senate, and Mississippi House of Representatives 1870-1871. A photo of him is part of the Mississippi State University…
Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State…
Peter C. Harvey is an attorney who became the first African American to serve as New Jersey Attorney General. Harvey was appointed by New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey as acting attorney general on February 15, 2003, and was confirmed by the New Jersey…
An oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.8.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews. In this interview, Peter Edelman, a law professor and lifelong anti-poverty advocate, discusses his experience…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.78.8.1
Peter Farley Fossett (June 5, 1815 – January 3, 1901) was an enslaved laborer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation, who after he attained his freedom in the mid-19th century, settled in Cincinnati where he established himself as a minister and…
Peter Jacob Carter (May 29, 1845 – July 19, 1886) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Northampton County from 1871 to 1879. He was one of the first African-Americans to serve in…
Peter John Gomes (May 22, 1942 – February 28, 2011) was an American Mainline Protestant preacher and theologian, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial Church — in the words of…
Peter K. Jones (c. 1834 – December 6, 1895) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Greensville County from 1869 to 1877. He was one of the first African-Americans to serve in Virginia's…
Peter Kevin Killough (born December 30, 1960) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland since 2024. He previously served as an associate judge of the Prince George's County Circuit Court from 2018 to 2024.
Peter Lawson Jones (born December 23, 1952) is an American actor, philanthropist and politician of the Democratic party. A resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, he formerly served as a county commissioner in Cuyahoga County.
Peter Lester (c. 1814 – c. 1897) was an American-born 19th-century businessman and abolitionist. He was an early Black settler in San Francisco. In February 1860, he was the first Black person to sit as a juror in British Columbia.
Peter O'Neal (1813 – unknown) was a representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction Era. He was African American, a Republican, and represented Baldwin Countyin the Georgia House of Representatives. O'Neal was born around 1813.
Peter Ogden (died 1852) was the founder of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. This fraternal order was a Benefit society open to African American men and was heavily involved with the early civil rights movement. Ogden was born in the West…
