A black-and-white photograph of President Jimmy Carter holding a small child. Carter is in the center of the image, with two unidentified women behind him. At left, Dorothy Height speaks into a microphone. At right is First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.7
A campaign poster from Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign. The poster is white with an image of Jesse Jackson in the upper right corner. The image of Jackson is tinted blue and features Jackson looking at the viewer and smiling. He wears a dark…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.216.3
A presidential campaign poster for Nelson Mandela issued by the African National Congress (ANC). The poster is black, in portrait orientation, and centrally features a black-and-white bust image of Nelson Mandela. The image is bordered by yellow and green…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.14
A Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by President George H.W. Bush to General Colin L. Powell, July 3, 1991. This multicolored medal is a layered five-point gold star designed by the US Army’s Institute of Heraldry. The front of the star is painted with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.5.1
A Presidential Medal of Freedom medal awarded by President George H.W. Bush to General Colin L. Powell, July 3, 1991. This multicolored miniature badge is a layered five-point gold star designed by the US Army’s Institute of Heraldry. The front of the star…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.5.3
This is a wooden chair originally used by Reverend Clay Evans. It is made of dark lacquered wood with dark blue upholstery fabric on the seat, arms and back with fabric edges tucked into the crevices. The fabric is tufted across the backrest. The chair…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.109.2
A black-and-white photograph of men at a Poor People's Campaign press conference. The image depicts two men in the foreground speaking into microphones with several other men in the background. The man on the proper left side has a goatee and is wearing a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.109.14
This black and white photograph shows the interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The audience is standing and there is media equipment and lights visible in the background. Bernice King, dressed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.23
This black and white photograph shows the King family seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is seated in the center of the photograph. Harry Belafonte is seated to the proper…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.27
A milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The table lamp has a gold toned socket, neck, and locknut at the top. It has a black push through switch and a white, milk glass body. Along the side of the socket is upside down, stamped text that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.36
This press release calls upon the United Nations to boycott South Africa. The title reads: [PAN-AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA - MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS]. The press release is several pages long and printed on white paper with black ink. It is stapled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.8
Preston D. Cole (born 1961) is a retired American conservationist and was secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources during the first term of Governor Tony Evers (2019–2022). Cole previously served as the Chair of the State Natural…
Preston Love Jr. (born 1942) is an American politician, professor, author and activist who served as Jesse Jackson's campaign manager during the 1984 Democratic primaries. Love is the first black person in Nebraska to receive the support of a major…
Rozell "Prexy" William Nesbitt (born 23 February 1944) is an American educator, activist, and speaker on Africa, foreign policy, and racism. He has also worked as a "red cap," social worker, union organizer, special assistant to Chicago’s Mayor, the late…
A black-and-white photograph of a man sitting on grass. He rests his head on his crossed arms and rests his elbows on his knees. His shoes, socks, and umbrella sit next to him.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.11
Prince Albert Ervin Ewing (1849–1921) was one of Tennessee's first Black lawyers, a pioneering African American attorney and civil rights advocate in Tennessee. Born into slavery, Ewing became one of the first Black lawyers in the state during a time of…
Prince Chestnut is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing district 67. He was elected into office on April 18, 2017.
Prince Gardner was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1874 until he was unseated. In 1872 he was documented as a teacher in Barbour County. He was a leader of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church…
Prince R. Rivers (c. 1824–1887) was a former enslaved man from South Carolina who served as a soldier in the Union Army and as a state politician during the Reconstruction era. He escaped and joined Union lines, becoming a sergeant in the 1st South…
This brown tone print depicts a person wearing a white button with "FREE HUEY" text. The man wears a brownish grey jacket over a stripe shirt and grey pants with a hole in the right knee. The muzzle of a weapon rises above his right shoulder. Tears fall…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.11.1
This print depicts a woman carrying a spear in her left hand and another weapon on her back, the muzzle of which rises above her left shoulder. She wears a mottled green and mauve shirt with an orange scarf around her neck, and large oval earrings. Pink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.11.2
This two-toned print depicts protesters carrying posters protesting apartheid. The posters are large and read: [APARTHEID IS: / EXPLOITATION, / RACISM-GENOCIDE] and [THE SASO 9 / THE SWAPO 6 / THE NUSAS 2 / AND AL APARTHEID PRISONERS / PAN AFRICAN STUDENTS…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.20
