A black-and-white digital image of a young man standing in the rain wearing a poncho and holding four rakes over his shoulder. The young man is wearing a dark raincoat with the hood over his head. He is looking directly at the camera. A few people wearing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.71
Rajee Narinesingh (born April 7, 1967) is an American actress, LGBT activist, author, singer, and reality television personality, most widely known for her appearances on the E! Entertainment docu-series, Botched, which documented her struggles to remove…
A red plastic fan rake with a wood handle used in clean up efforts after the Baltimore riots in 2015. The wood handle inserts into the plastic head of the rake. the tines are curved. A label is still adhered to the head.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.210.1
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (; March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. Being a leader of the civil rights movement, Abernathy was a close friend and mentor…
Ralph Anderson (November 2, 1927 – November 30, 2019) was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 7th District from 1997 to 2013. Prior to being elected to the State Senate, Anderson served in the South Carolina House of…
Ralph C. Johnson (December 17, 1953 – March 15, 2016) was an American politician and businessman. Born in New York City, New York, Johnson graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and was in the home improvement business in…
Ralph Campbell Jr. (December 7, 1946 – January 11, 2011) was an American politician and auditor who served as the North Carolina State Auditor from 1993 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to hold statewide elected…
Ralph Delano Cook (born April 29, 1944) is an American judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1993 to 2001. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. appointed Cook to finish the term of Oscar W. Adams Jr.
Ralph J. Bunche III (born 1978) is an American lawyer and human rights activist. Between 2008 and 2009, he advised, as in-house counsel, two Ministers of Finance of Liberia, Antoinette Sayeh and Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan on matters including the elimination…
Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los…
Ralph Thomas (born 1938) is a Canadian activist and former amateur boxer from Willow Grove, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the president of Pride of Race, Unity and Dignity through Education (PRUDE), a New Brunswick-based organization promoting inclusion.…
Ralph Waldo Tyler (1860–1921) was an African-American journalist, war correspondent, and government official. He was the only accredited black foreign correspondent specifically reporting on African-American servicemen stationed in France during World War…
Ralph Williams (fl. 1870s) was a magistrate and state legislator in Mississippi. He was documented as having been enslaved from birth. He established a wagon manufacturing business in Lamar, Mississippi, after the end of the American Civil War in 1866. He…
Ramona E. Douglass (died 2007) was an American activist. In addition to her work as a medical sales and marketing professional, she was a prominent advocate for multiracial Americans.
Ramona Hoage Edelin (September 4, 1945 – February 19, 2024) was an American academic, activist and consultant. Edelin is credited with introducing the term "African American" into the general vernacular. She has been named one of the most influential Black…
Ramparts magazine with a large color portrait photograph of Muhammad Ali. The image shows the PR side of Ali's face. He looks off to the right with lips slightly parted. The image is bordered in a thin white line. The remainder of the cover is a black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.201.24
A copy of Ramparts magazine, volume 9, number 4 from October 1970. The front cover of the magazine features a full page, color image of Felipe Luciano. He is featured looking to the left, wearing a beret with a button promoting the Young Lords Party. In…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.109.7.9
Randall LeRoy Kennedy (born September 10, 1954) is an American legal scholar. He is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University and his research focuses on the intersection of racial conflict and legal institutions in American life. He…
Randall Robinson (July 6, 1941 – March 24, 2023) was an American lawyer, author and activist, noted as the founder of TransAfrica. He was known particularly for his impassioned opposition to apartheid, and for his advocacy on behalf of Haitian immigrants…
Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 34th and current Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama since 2017. He won the October 3, 2017, runoff election against incumbent William A. Bell. He previously served as…
Randle Nettles (born October 1836) was an American farmer, Baptist preacher, state legislator, and state militia member during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. He served on the county Board of Supervisors from 1870 to 1872. He represented Oktibbeha…
Randolph T. Blackwell (March 10, 1927 – May 21, 1981) was an American activist of the Civil Rights Movement, serving in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, amongst other organizations. Coretta Scott King described him as an…
