A small, intact plow with complete share, moldboard, beam, clevis, and handles. The iron plow has wood handles and an attachment for animal labor. The wood has iron oxide red paint. The iron elements are heavily rusted with some soiling, and the wood…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.170.1
Plummer E. Lott (born (1945-12-11)December 11, 1945) is a retired American professional basketball player and a New York Supreme Court justice. Born in Mississippi, Lott was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) and 210-pound (95 kg) small forward whose brief NBA…
First (1) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a partial portrait of a bearded…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.1
Tenth (10) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted along the top edge of this panel is text in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.10
Eleventh (11) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a variety of text painted in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.11
Twelfth (12) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a variety of text painted in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.12
Second (2) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is the continuation of the phrase…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.2
Third (3) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a continuation of text from the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.3
Fourth (4) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a continuation of text from the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.4
Fifth (5) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is text in yellow, red, and black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.5
Sixth (6) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted in the upper half of this panel is a set of bongo…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.6
Seventh (7) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted in the upper left corner of this panel is the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.7
Eighth (8) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. On this panel is a variety of text painted in red, brown,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.8
Ninth (9) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted in this panel is text painted in green, brown,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.9
This is a mural, comprised of twelve (12) painted plywood panels, that was created and displayed in the Resurrection City encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. The panels were installed together, four panels (4)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110
María Magdalena "Pocha" Lamadrid (17 April 1945 – 27 September 2021) was an Afro-Argentine activist and campaigner. She was the founder of the NGO África Vive, and was a pioneer activist of the Afro-Argentine community.
This is a pocket ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a small silver colored metal box with a hinged lid. At the top end of the box is a short metal projection, probably for use as a handle. The metal projection is gold colored and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.68
Pocket watch by Illinois Watch Company used by Harry Tyson Moore, Sterling model. It features a circular white face with black hands and numerals. Under the twelve it has the company and model name "ILLINOIS/ STERLING." There is a second smaller face for…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.157.2
A hardback book titled, Poems by Lord Byron with Illustrations, by Byron and published by George Routledge and Sons. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The green front cover of the embossed volume features a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.4
Kevin Cook, known by the stage name Poison Waters, is an American drag performer. Since the 1980s, Poison Waters has been an emcee, entertainer, and community activist. She is a longtime hostess at Darcelle XV Showplace and has participated in fundraisers,…
A color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts the interior of a church with a wall of stained-glass windows in red, purple, green, blue and black comprising the top half of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.70.10.6
Captured during the March Against Fear in Canton, Mississippi, this black-and-white photograph depicts marchers who are trying to escape from their tents that have just been attacked with tear gas by Mississippi state troopers. The marchers are depicted…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.169.6
A black-and-white photograph of African American men and women in the streets running away from police and dogs. There is a woman in the foreground wearing a flowered skirt and a white top and she is looking on as a white police officer raises his baton in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.49.7
A black-and-white photograph of Henry Shambry having his left pant leg torn off by a police dog. There are several white police officers with additional dogs and several other African American demonstrators standing in a crowd. The print is signed [Charles…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.49.8
