A print of a design by Gail Anderson for the book cover of Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience, a book by Joe Feagin and Melvin P. Sikes. It features a red background with black text in large block letters that are outlined in thin white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.11.17
A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white tops with black and white vertically striped shorts.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.237.12
A print of a press photograph of Coretta Scott King leading the Mother's Day March for Welfare Rights, part of the kick-off to the Poor Peoples Campaign. King is pictured in the center of the image wearing a dark suit, large corsage, and dark glasses. She…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.142
A lithographic print of Frederick Douglass. The print is hand colored. Douglass is sitting at a desk and reading a newspaper. His right leg is crossed over his left and he is looking to his right. At the bottom underneath the image is “No. 7.—Our Artistic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.239.12
Black-and-white photograph of Mollie Moon placing a tiara on Dolores Daniels' head. She is dressed in a rinestone studded full length ball gown and has a large feather hat on her head. Josephine Baker is pictured to the left of frame. The back of the print…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.22
Print of Louis J. Redding and Thurgood Marshall holding a brief while they smoke cigarettes during a recess in the Supreme Court's hearing on racial integration in public schools. The AP Wirephoto caption is along the right side. The caption reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.89
This print depicts a man wearing a beret holding aloft an automatic rifle. He holds the weapon in his right hand, the sleeve of his right arm rolled up above the elbow. His mouth is open and his eyes are red. Grey and blue lines radiate from the figure. In…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.11.3
This is a matte color print of a digital image captured during the days leading up to the Commitment March on August 28, 2020. The photograph depicts JD Barnes, an editorial photographer, from the shoulders up. Barnes is wearing a dark green shirt…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.61
Facsimile photographic print of a black and white group photograph of the leaders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Label on the verso reads: "1951 Standing L-R: Mrs. Marjorie…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.66.128
A printing plate of Charles E. Duster and Matthew Holden, Jr. used by the Chicago Defender. The plate shows Duster and Holden, students at Wendell Phillips High School, interviewing President Truman during Chicago's Army Day celebration. Duster is looking…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.5.25
A printing plate of Newbold Morris featured in an article for the Chicago Defender. Morris is featured in the image standing behind a podium. The podium has several microphones that are labeled [WNYC]. The back of the plate has the inscription [Newbold…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.5.13
A printing plate of Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wilkins is featured standing at a podium, his proper left hand is holding the edge of the podium and his head is tilted towards his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.5.7
A printing plate of Congressman William Dawson and Edward Brinkley Howard used by the Chicago Defender. Dawson and Howard are featured sitting behind desk, while Dawson officially appoints Howard to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dawson,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.5.36
A printing plate of Willie Francis featured in the Chicago defender. The image depicts Francis sitting in the Parish County jail in New Iberia, Louisiana, looking toward the camera, and holding a calendar with the number 9 circled, the date for his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.5.12
Priscilla B. Anderson (born September 14, 1935) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 7th Legislative District from 1992 to 1994. Anderson was born and grew up in Philadelphia. After graduating from Trenton State…
Priscilla "Mother" Baltimore (13 May 1801 – 28 November 1882, died age 81) was a Black, multiracial, abolitionist, nurse, and community organizer who was formerly enslaved. She adopted orphaned children and assisted former slaves. She is also known as the…
Priscilla Dunn (October 8, 1943 – September 17, 2024) was an American politician who was a member of the Alabama Senate from 2009 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Priscilla Ann Taylor (born December 31, 1949) is a West Palm Beach, Florida, businesswoman and Democratic politician who formerly served as Palm Beach County commissioner for District 7.
Priscilla R. Tyson (born April 4, 1955) is a former Columbus Councilwoman and is the longest-serving female councilmember in the Columbus City Council's history. She is the founding director for City Year Columbus. She also spearheaded the passage of…
An off-white prison-issue baseball cap worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The cap is personalized with a hand-drawn black panther on the right side of its bill. The plastic adjustment strap on the back of the cap bears the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.2
A proclamation, black ink on off-white paper, issued by the Office of the Mayor of Chicago and signed by then-mayor Harold Washington, owned by Pete Cosey. Proclamation recognizes the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Association for the Advancement…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.105.9
A mimeograph reproduction of Profile of a Woman, by Roy DeCarava for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black on white paper, it is a reproduction of a charcoal drawing that depicts a minimal profile of a woman's face.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.117.2.4
A 1936 program with menu from the Cotton Club. In white text at the top is [The World Famous / COTTON CLUB] between a red and a blue stripe. Most of the front cover depicts a painted scene of gathering of eight nude figures, six men and two women, in a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.11.2
This is a program (a) for Alpha Kappa Alpha for an event honoring Etta Moten Barnett November 11, 1936, and a notecard with handwritten text tucked into the margin of the booklet (b) . The slim booklet (a) has a faded green cover bound with green and pink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.39ab
