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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Maya N. Clayton and Dr. Joyce Ladner at NMAAHC

June 26, 2023

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A digital image of Howard University student Maya N. Clayton and sociologist Dr. Joyce Ladner at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Clayton interviewed Dr. Ladner for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.3.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of McDew, Hansberry, Simone, Bikel, and Forman

1961-1962

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A black and white photograph of (from left to the right): Charles McDew, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Theodore Bikel, and James Forman during a rally for Freedom Riders in New York City. Paper attached to the back of the image has several inscriptions…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.152.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Moral Re-Armament Assembly of Nations attendees

1950s

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A black-and-white photograph of four unidentified attendees of the Moral Re-Armament Assemby of Nations at Mackinac Island, Michigan. Three men look on as a fourth points to a place on Australia's eastern seaboard (possibly Brisbane).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.27
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of NCNW press conference with San Francisco newspaper editors

1956-1957

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A black-and-white photograph of a National Council of Negro Women press meeting at the headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. Pictured on the left, sitting behind a desk, are three NCNW leaders. News editors from four San Francisco newspapers are seated in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.39
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Negro History Week display at The Emporium

February 19, 1957

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A black-and-white photograph of the first display for Negro History Week in The Emporium in San Francisco, CA mounted on faded green construction paper. The photograph depicting a single display case holding a quilt, American flag, photographs, books, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.6
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gelatin silver prints

Photograph of Nina Simone with James Baldwin

1965

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A gelatin silver print of Nina Simone and James Baldwin. She wears a blouse, and he wears a jacket and a knit tie. They look at each other as they he holds unidentified papers in his hands.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.132.5.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Ozie Powell being examined by two doctors after being shot

January 24, 1936

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Ozie Powell being examined by doctors after being shot. Powell is laying down under a blanket while two male doctors examine his head. One doctor stands behind him with his head bent down and has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.39.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Pamela Bridgewater and Nelson Mandela

1990

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A framed photograph of then Political Officer with the State Department Pamela E. Bridgewater shaking hands with then Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela. Captured from the waist up, both Bridgewater and Mandela appear in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.51.3ab
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Pamela Bridgewater with Nelson Mandela and William L. Swing

1990

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A framed photograph of then Political Officer with the State Department Pamela E. Bridgewater with then Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa William Lacy Swing. The three individuals are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.51.4ab
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Pamela Weems next to the White House

August 26, 2020; printed 2021

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The is a matte color archival pigment print photograph of protester Pamela Weems by Matthew “Matt” McClain. Weems is wearing hoops, a bedazzled black face mask, and dark lens sunglasses with a metallic rim. Weems is pictured from the neck up with her right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants holding protest signs during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. A large protest sign depicting a [WANTED] poster of Ronald Reagan is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.10
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants crowded around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The Reflecting Pool is centrally depicted with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.11
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants linking hands in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The Reflecting Pool is centrally depicted with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. A man is centrally depicted standing in the Reflecting Pool…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.13
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of man and a woman seated on the grass next to a protest sign during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The woman is centrally depicted in the foreground in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.15
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants wading in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. In the foreground of the image is a woman centrally…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.17
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants standing in front of the Washington Monument during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The base of the Washington Monument is centrally…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants standing along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, holding a large banner and protest signs, during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants standing along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool holding protest signs, during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants standing in and along the edges of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The base of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants wading in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The Reflecting Pool is centrally depicted in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman and a man holding protest signs during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The woman, depicted on the left side of the image, is holding a sign with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington

August 27, 1983; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man standing in front of two NAACP banners during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The man is centrally depicted, standing in profile with his head lifted…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.2.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of participants at the Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington

August 28, 1963; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a group of participants sitting by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. The participants are crowded on the right side of the image along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.1.10
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