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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Pennant for Wilberforce University

after 1856

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A university pennant olive green in color with a strip of gold felt trim at its base. There is gold lettering in calligraphic script down the center of the pennant. The text reads [Wilberforce].The back of the pennant has no lettering. There is a small…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.213.3.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Pennant for Wilberforce University football

1940s - 1950s

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A university pennant forest green in color with a yellow strip of felt at its base. There is yellow stylized text down the center of the pennant which reads [Wilberforce]; to the left of the text is the stylized image of two football players running over…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.213.3.2
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Education & Scholarship

Penny Willrich

Biography

Penny Ladell Willrich is an American lawyer, academic administrator, and judge who served as the interim dean of the Arizona Summit Law School from 2017 to 2018. In 1999, she became the first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Arizona Superior Court.

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

People eating at an art school workshop, Massawa, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “People eating at an art school workshop, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0704
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

People in front of the Great Hall of Wits University, Johannesburg (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “People in front of the Great Hall of Wits University, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065505
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Sports & Achievement

Pepe Pearson

1975–

Pepe Pearson (born December 11, 1975) is an American former football tailback, starting in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and is currently the running backs coach for the Tarleton State Texans.

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Literature

Percival Everett

1956

Percival Leonard Everett II (born December 22, 1956) is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" and has explored numerous genres such as western…

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Science & Inventions

Percy A. Pierre

1939–

Percy Anthony Pierre (born January 3, 1939) is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator specializing in signal processing, stochastic processes, and the statistical analysis of communications systems. He received his doctorate degree from…

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Arts & Performance

Percy Martin

Biography

Percy Martin is an American artist and teacher. Martin has lived in Washington, D.C. since 1947 and has taught several generations of Washington area art students, including the University of Maryland, the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and finally…

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Education & Scholarship

Pernella Anderson

1903–1980

Pernella Mae Center Anderson (1903–1980) was an African American interviewer for the Federal Writers' Project. She was from El Dorado, Arkansas. She was the only African American woman in Arkansas to interview former slaves.

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Politics & Public Life

Perpétua Almeida

1964–

Maria Perpétua de Almeida (born 28 December 1964), more commonly known as Perpétua Almeida, is a Brazilian politician as well as a banker and teacher. She has spent her political career representing the state of Acre, having served as state representative…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Perpetuating our Posterity : Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation : A Blueprint for Excellence

2000

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A hardcover book titled “Perpetuating our posterity : the Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation : a blueprint for excellence" written by Constance K. Holland, Mamie L. McKnight, Doris S. Parker and Winona L. Fletcher. The book jacket has six…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.36
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Sports & Achievement

Perry Clark

1951–

Perry Clark (born December 4, 1951) is an American former college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Miami. He previously served as head coach of Tulane University, and later at Texas A&M University-Corpus…

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Politics & Public Life

Perry Matthews

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Perry Matthews was a teacher and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Bullock County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. He was a native of Georgia born in 1849 or 1850. He signed on to a Memorial by Republican…

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Sports & Achievement

Perry Thomas

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Perry Thomas is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Campbellsville University, a position he has held from 2008 to 2022, compiling a record of 65–90.

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Sports & Achievement

Pete Coachman

1961–

Bobby Dean Coachman (born November 11, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player who played part of one season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted in the 11th round of the 1984 MLB draft out of the…

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Sports & Achievement

Pete Richardson

1946–

Pete Richardson (born October 17, 1946) is an American former professional football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and former college head coach. Richardson played college football at University of Dayton, and was drafted by the…

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Politics & Public Life

Peter Barnabas Barrow

1840–1906

Peter Barnabas Barrow (died 1906) was a slave, soldier, state legislator, and minister in the United States. He served in the Mississippi Senate, and Mississippi House of Representatives 1870-1871. A photo of him is part of the Mississippi State University…

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Biography & Culture

Peter Blair Henry

1969–

Peter Blair Henry, an economist, was the ninth Dean of New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and William R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business, and author of TURNAROUND: Third World Lessons for First World Growth (Basic Books,…

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Sports & Achievement

Peter Boulware

1974–

Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State…

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Civil Rights & Community

Peter Fossett

1815–1901

Peter Farley Fossett (June 5, 1815 – January 3, 1901) was an enslaved laborer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation, who after he attained his freedom in the mid-19th century, settled in Cincinnati where he established himself as a minister and…

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