A black-and-white photograph of ten women lined up with signs along the Citizenship Education Project's motorcade route encouraging voting and voter registration. There is a typewritten caption on a white strip of paper below the photograph that reads,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.27
A black-and-white photograph of young children and members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women with placards standing next to a car that was part of the Citizenship Education Project motorcade urging people to register to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.25
A black-and-white photograph of the front of the Citizenship Education Project offices at 1914 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA. Inside, project coordinator Mrs. Floyd G. Allen, demonstrates the use of a voting machine. The caption below the photograph…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.31
Black-and-white photographic postcard that was never stamped and mailed but has written in pencil on the back the name "Omer Ester". The image on the postcard is of Pullman Porter, Omer Ester, in his full porter uniform, including Pullman Porter cap.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.6
Black-and-white photographic postcard that was never stamped and mailed but has written in pencil on the back the name "T.R. Joseph". The image on the postcard is of Pullman Porter, T.R. Joseph standing in a photography studio with a painted backdrop of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.7
A sepia toned, postcard portrait of Senator Henry Hall Falkener. He has a mustache and is wearing a dark, pin-striped suit jacket, dark vest, white collared shirt and medium dark tie with a diagonal stripe across the tie. The reverse is white with black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.3
A black and white photographic print of Bobby Simmons with lotion on his face. The word [VOTE] has been written into the lotion on his forehead. In the background of the photograph there are an unidentified young man in sunglasses and two unidentified…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.97
A color photograph with white borders of Ira Tucker and an unknown women standing on the second floor balcony outside of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, where MLK was assasinated. There are several flower arrangements on the balcony. The door has a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.13.6
A black and white photograph depicting Jackie Robinson receiving a lifetime membership from a young man named Harry Owens at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement House. Both Robinson and Owens wear suits. A microphone stand is positioned in front of Robinson and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.36
A black and white photograph of steelworkers outside the United Steelworkers of American headquarters in Pittsburgh. The group includes (left to right back row): Harold [last name illegible], shop steward, Wilbur Smith, Harry Rowczka, Boyd L. Wilson, Sam…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.71
A black and white photograph of NAACP activists protesting segregated work spaces at U.S. Steel. The activists march on either side of the street though downtown Pittsburgh. An unidentified man to the left holds a sign which reads: [U.S. STEEL / STILL HAS…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.26
A black and white photograph of NAACP activists protesting segregated work spaces at U.S. Steel. The activists march on either side of the street though downtown Pittsburgh. An unidentified man to the left holds a sign which reads: [U.S. STEEL / STILL HAS…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.66
An oval-shaped-sepia photograph mounted on poster paper of the fifty-one senators and Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, session of 1889. The Lieutenant Governor and the delegates are listed on either side of the photograph, with their districts,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.18
A color photographic slide depicting a rainbow gay pride flag flying from a flagpole in front of a cloudless blue sky. The image is captured from below the flag, looking up. Just behind the flag is a light grey building with decorative columns. In the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.2
A color photographic slide depicting activist and writer, Joseph Beam, at the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays Conference in St. Louis. Beam is pictured sitting with his right arm folded across his chest and his left hand supporting his head.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.16
A color photographic slide depicting author and activist Audre Lorde speaking at the first Third World Gay Conference in Washington, DC. Lorde stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. She is only visible from the chest up and her head is wrapped in a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.11
A color photographic slide featuring activist Barbara Smith with a group of people. She is holding a folded yellow banner and wears three buttons on her red blouse. The button closest to her left arm has two parallel white stripes. The top stripe is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.6
A color photographic slide depicting a large gay pride banner flag at a gay rights parade in New York City. The image is captured from the one side of the banner, looking across the banner north on 5th Avenue. The rainbow flag banner takes up the full…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.4
A color photographic slide depicting activists Barbara Smith and Louis Hughes presenting a plaque and bouquet to activist and archivist Mabel Hampton. Smith dons a white button-up shirt and gray pants, while Hampton wears a cream sweater, with two red and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.5
A color photographic slide of marchers in the New York City Gay Pride Parade holding a white banner with the words [SALSA SOUL SISTERS 3RD WORLD WOMEN] printed in black. Just behind them, two women hold a red banner with lavender lettering outlined in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.15
A color photographic slide of activist Marsha P. Johnson marching in a gay rights demonstration. Johnson looks directly at the camera, smiling, and holding a black quilt with gold, purple, and white embellishments, while she herself wears black apparel…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.14
A color photographic slide depicting activist Marsha P. Johnson within the crowd at a New York Gay Pride March. Johnson is pictured at the center of the image, from the shoulders up. She has a short, curly hair style, wears rhinestone earrings and matching…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.3
A color photographic slide depicting the logo for the National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays on the door of their office in Detroit. The letters [N.C.B.L.G.] are printed in a large bold red typeface with white shadows to the left of each. Below the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2019.38.1.1.1.13
