Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts what appears to be the interior of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.14
Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts the interior of a train dining car. The car…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.15
Silver gelatin print from a series of original photographs taken during the production of the 1935 educational short film, "A Journey by Train", produced by the Text Film Corp., Hollywood, CA. This print depicts the exterior of a train yard. To the left is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.16
Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 consisting of a single sheet of U.S. Government-issued blue stock paper folded quarto to form four pages and printed in black ink. At top a handwritten inscription reads [U.S. Congress. /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.14.4
A color screenprint on colored paper by Barbara Jones-Hogu. Printed on a light tan paper, the top third of the print has a stars and stripes design in quilt-like blocks of red, white, and blue. The blue blocks feature a white five-pointed shape that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.111.3
Donor notes read: "Protestant Church in Mabonto. Note the Royal Palm. Taken Oct. 1978 at P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1289
Prudence Hathaway Burrell (née Burns; March 23, 1916 – February 29, 2012) was an African American nurse and author. During World War II, she served in the Army Nurse Corps in segregated hospitals, mainly in the Pacific theater. Her autobiography Hathaway,…
A pamphlet written by Earl Brown and George Leighton. The cover features white and teal print on a teal and white background. The interior consists of thirty-two pages of text. The back cover features an advertisement for Public Affairs Committee, Inc.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.77
This black-and-white photograph depicts a group of men standing around and on the base of the Statue of Peace. The group is made up of a diverse age range. Most men in the group wear jackets and baseball caps; one man in front wears a suit and bowtie. Many…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.17
The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.45.1a, 2011.174.45.1b, 2011.174.45.1c, and 2011.174.45.1d. Purcell Conway recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and working many odd jobs. He recalls facing discrimination, participating in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.45.1a-d
A plastic white roll of 15 “Stacey Abrams Governor” round stickers. These supportive stickers were created for Stacey Abrams’s historic first run for the 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial. The stickers feature a white background with “STACEY / ABRAMS” printed in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.7.14
This is a wine glass with a purple bowl and clear stem belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a tall narrow purple glass bowl shaped like a cone. Beginning at the base of the bowl are carved lines in a diamond pattern that reaches two-thirds of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.49
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled, Push For Excellence, by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and The Operation Push Choir. This object is comprised of a vinyl disc (a) of the long-playing record and an album cover (b). 2015.172.36a: A vinyl disc from the 33 1/3 rpm…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.172.36ab
A "Pussy Power Hat" worn during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017. The hat is knitted with varigated bright and dark pink, acrylic yarn. The knit cap is rectangular in shape with knit ribbing along the bottom edge.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.92.2
Pamphlet consists of red and black print on discolored paper. At top left is a black-and-white photograph of Angela Davis. The pamphlet contains the text from a speech given by Davis at the Cobo Hall Rally in Detroit, Michigan on August 26, 1979.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.103
Àkila, also known as Puta da Silva, is a Brazilian multi-artist and transgender activist, living in Lisbon. She combines her career in Brazilian theater with her experiences as an immigrant to create songs. Her video performance Bruxonas received an…
Q. V. Williamson (December 25, 1918 – August 4, 1985; Quentin Virgil Williamson) was an American businessman and politician. Williamson was the first black person to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen since Reconstruction, elected in 1965 and taking…
A Queen Anne style chair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a brownish red, wooden frame, and a red velvet padded seat. The curved chair frame is wider at the top and tapers inwards towards the seat. It has rounded shoulders, a carved,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.24
Audley "Queen Mother" Moore (July 27, 1898 – May 2, 1997) was an American civil rights leader and a black nationalist who was friends with such civil rights leaders as Marcus Garvey, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Rosa Parks, and Jesse Jackson. She was a…
Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali (born November 12) is an American filmmaker, composer, social activist and visual anthropologist. Queen and her husband Hakeem Khaaliq founded Nation19, a magazine and film production company, and she is the…
Quentin Bell (born 1987/88) is an activist for transgender rights in the African-American LGBT community. He is the co-founder, and from 2012 to February 2024 was the executive director of, The Knights and Orchids Society, a non-profit based in Selma,…
Quentin Fulks is an American former campaign manager and former political strategist who is a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. He was the principal deputy campaign manager of the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign and reportedly led the…
Quest Skinner (born 1978) is an American mixed media artist, teacher, and activist. Currently living in Washington, D. C., her work is influenced by the people, music, and city life she encounters. Skinner is an active participant in national and regional…
