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Ashley Viola Gantt (born c. 1984) is an American lawyer, politician, and former schoolteacher. She is the member for District 109 in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Ashley Lindalía Walker is an astrochemist, science communicator, and activist. In response to police brutality against Black Americans and sparked by the success of Black Birders Week, Walker co-organized #BlackinChem, #BlackInAstro, and #BlackInPhysics to…
1930-1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a blue glass ashtray. It consists of bright blue molded glass in a round shape. It has a gold colored metal rim along the top and around the bottom edge. The rim is narrow with a line of small raised dots down the center. On either side of the top…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a metal and rhinestone ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a circular gold-colored metal shape with a raised abstract floral motif around the rim. The center is a concave cup of clear glass. The ashtray rests on three metal feet. There…
ca. 1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Frank M. Whiting and Company silver and glass ashtray from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The ashtray is constructed from clear glass and has a silver rim. The glass bottom has a molded starburst deign with a circle at the center. The rim has a band of…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Asia Leadership Forum and Global Leaders Dialogue Conference”.
1938–
Askia Muhammad Touré (né Rolland Snellings; born October 13, 1938, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an African-American poet, essayist, political editor, educator, and leading voice of the Black Arts Movement. Toure helped to define a new generation of black…
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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a nationally recognized American soil scientist and political ecologist. A professor of soil biogeochemistry at the University of California, Merced since 2009, she is the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology in…
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Assata Olugbala Shakur ( ə-SAH-tə shə-KOOR; born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947 – September 25, 2025) was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows from proper right to left an unidentified man, John Conyers, Ralph David Abernathy, Rosa Parks and Cleveland Robinson. They are seated inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first birthday…
1993–
Astead Wesley Herndon (born March 31, 1993) is an American journalist. Since October 2025, he hosts a podcast and directs political coverage at Vox. He was previously a reporter for The New York Times, where he covered politics and hosted the podcast The…
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Aston Joseph Hall is a Canadian judge. On June 3, 2021, Hall was appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice. Hall studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School where he earned a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a Master of Laws Degree.
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPamphlet consisting of black print on off-white paper. At top, a small bust-length image of a man. At center, an edited photograph depicting protesters massed against a police line.
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Athniel C. Ottley (November 19, 1941 – February 10, 2022) was an American Virgin Islander politician. He served as the second lieutenant governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1973 to 1975.
1963; printed 1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a crowd of African Americans at a lunch counter; the menus on the counter identify it as Toddle House.
1963-1964; printed 1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a white woman with her hand on her hip scolding a young white man in the street while a crowd of onlookers surrounds them.
November 21, 2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital photograph capturing an Atlanta state trooper at the center and flanked by blurred images of the American flag. The trooper is wearing the standard uniform of a wide brimmed hat with a short-sleeve light blue shirt and navy trousers. He is…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph was taken after the first commemorative event on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in 1969. The photograph was taken at Jackson Street Bridge. The tallest building at proper right behind a grouping of shorter buildings is…
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Attica Woodson Scott (born January 30, 1972) is an American politician who served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 41st district from 2017 to 2023.
2012-2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn aubergine and black "Climate Revolution" cloak designed by Vivienne Westwood and worn by André Leon Talley. The cloak is made from an aubergine silk satin for the exterior and a black silk satin interior. The black silk interior can be seen around the…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr.'s first commemorative birthday event was held in 1969. There are cars parked along the street and crowds going into the church. There is a sign for [EBENEZER /…
Born 1834
Auburn H. Erwin (born November 1834) was an American teacher, A.M.E. minister, justice of the peace, constable, and state legislator in Florida. He was a delegate to the 1868 Florida Constitutional Convention and represented Columbia County, Florida in the…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows the crowd inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1969 birthday event. The ground floor and upper gallery seating are both visible. All visible seating in the picture on both floors is filled with…
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Audrey Brodie Collins (born June 12, 1945) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of California since 2014. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United…
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