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MUSEUM OBJECT
negatives

Outdoor Photo of Two Boys in Vocational School Football

1948 - 1970s

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Outdoor Photo of Two Boys Sitting on a Bench, Vocational School Football.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.21.64.B
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negatives

Outdoor Portrait of a Man Sitting, Coach Cummings

1948 - 1970s

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Outdoor Portrait of a Man Sitting, Coach Cummings.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.16.20.C
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Outfit worn by Carlotta Walls to Little Rock Central High School

1957

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This outfit was worn by Carlotta Walls LaNier during the "Little Rock Crisis" of 1957 at Little Rock Central High School. The outfit consists of a skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background. The blouse…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.117.1ab
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Books and Published Materials

Overcoming Barriers in Education

1984-1985; published 1990

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A hardcover book titled "Overcoming Barriers in Education" written by Dr. Ida Louise Jackson. The cover is blue with gold lettering along the spine. The first page of the book is signed and dated by the author.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.31
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Science & Inventions

Overtoun Jenda

Biography

Overtoun Malandula G. Jenda is a Malawi-born American mathematician. He is a Professor of Mathematics and Assistant Provost for Special Projects and Initiatives at Auburn University. Jenda received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…

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Politics & Public Life

Ovid Jackson

1939–

Ovid L. Jackson, (born February 3, 1939, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana) is a Canadian politician. He represented the federal riding of Bruce—Grey and Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2004. Jackson,…

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Sports

Ovie Soko

1991–

Ovie Soko (born 7 February 1991) is a former British professional basketball player. Soko played college basketball for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duquesne University. He entered the 2014 NBA draft but he was not selected in the draft's…

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Education & Scholarship

Owen L. W. Smith

1851–1926

Owen Lun West Smith (May 18, 1851 – January 5, 1926) was an American minister and diplomat of the United States. He served as minister to Liberia from 1898-1902.

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

P. Gabrielle Foreman

Biography

Pier Gabrielle Foreman is an American literary historian. As of 2025, she is the Paterno Family Professor of American Literature and Professor of African American Studies and History at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research has focused on "race,…

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Politics & Public Life

P. H. A. Braxton

1852–1900

Patrick Henry Alexander Braxton (September 22, 1852 – March 7, 1900) was a preacher and politician in Virginia and Maryland. During the Reconstruction Era, Braxton was a county constable in King William County, Virginia and later a United States Custom…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

P. H. Polk photog. at Tuskegee Institute

1970s

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A black and white photographic portrait of P. H. Polk at Tuskegee Institute. Polk stands with his right shoulder leaning against a white wall, with his face and shoulders facing towards the camera. His right hand rest above his right hip. He wears glasses…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.99.24
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

P – Y — (Entered in Register 1)

Jan. 1868–Dec. 1869

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Cataloged as “P – Y”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1056, File 5.1.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Page of a photograph album from Tulsa, Oklahoma

ca. 1940

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Seven black-and-white photographs of various sizes mounted to black construction paper. Left to right and top to bottom: A group photograph of three young men and three women in a backyard. A portrait photograph of a young woman wearing a tweed patterned…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.175.17.15a-g
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Photographs and Still Images

Page of a photograph album from Tulsa, Oklahoma

ca. 1940

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Nine black-and-white photographs of various sizes mounted to black construction paper. Left to right and top to bottom: A woman wearing a belted polka dot dress standing in front of a tree. A young man standing in front of a car with his hands in his pants…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.175.17.16a-i
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Historical photographs & visual records

Painting from the University of Durban - Pietermaritzburg museum collection Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[Pietermaritzburg is an early Afrikans settlement near Durban].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1175
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Historical photographs & visual records

Painting of a girl holding a fish by a student of an Art School, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Painting of a girl holding a fish by a student of an Art School, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0733
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Historical photographs & visual records

Paintings displayed at an Art School art show, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Paintings displayed at an Art School art show, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0749
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