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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett behind a collection of carved ivory

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated behind a collection of carved ivory displayed on a low table. Seated sideways to the table, she twists her torso to the right to face the viewer. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.7
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Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated, holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated holding the framed painting upright…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a collection of baskets

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a pile of baskets. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated with her legs tucked underneath her. She is seated on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.4
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Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated surrounded by African drums

ca. 1960

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated surrounded by six African drums. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated on a stool with traditional African drums of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.35.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Fania Davis and Kailyn Bailey

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis and scholar activist Kailyn Bailey at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization Davis helped establish. Bailey interviewed Davis for the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.6
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Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.2
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Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a non-profit organization she helped establish. The image captures Davis sitting in a crème-colored armchair. She wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.5
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Photograph of Fania Davis with NMAAHC scholar activists

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activists, Natalie Riddick and Kailyn Bailey, at the office of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.7
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Photograph of Fania Davis with NMAAHC staff and scholar activists

November 16, 2023

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A digital image of social justice activist and civil rights attorney Fania Davis with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, along with two scholar activists, Natalie Riddick and Kailyn Bailey, at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.4
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photographs

Photograph of four young women practicing first aid

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid to young women in Berkeley, California.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.16
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier and ten Congolese teachers

January 4, 1962

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier and ten male Congolese teachers at a luncheon hosted by the National Council of Negro Women.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.12
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier instructing a first aid class

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier overseeing a first aid class in Berkeley, California, where five young women are practicing on a sixth, who is laying on a table.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Frances Albrier teaching a first aid class

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier in a Red Cross uniform teaching first aid to a group of young women in Berkeley, California. Many of the women have their heads wrapped in bandages or their arms in a sling.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.19
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid practices to young women in Berkeley, California.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.15
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier with Congolese teachers

January 4, 1962

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier with nine male and nine female Congolese teachers at a luncheon hosted by the National Council of Negro Women.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.14
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Photograph of Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. and Phoebe Linnell at Spelman College

March 22, 2024

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A digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Phoebe Linnell at Spelman College. Linnell interviewed Black for the Social Justice Conversations Oral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.15.5
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Photograph of Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. at Spelman College

March 22, 2024

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A digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. at Spelman College. The image captures Dr. Thomas sitting and looking directly into the camera, hands clasped on her lap and smiling. She wears a dark blue blazer and an orange,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.15.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of graduation at Tuskegee Institute

ca. 1916-1918

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Gelatin silver print of an outdoor scene showing a crowd of men and women who appear to be in uniform. The crowd is separated by gender, with the women in the foreground. The women are all wearing long-sleeved white shirts, black skirts, black bow ties,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.30
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Photograph of Honor Roll students at St. Augustine High School

late 1960s

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Black and white photograph of Honor Roll student depicts nine young men posing in a group. Standing in front of a brick wall, they stand below large letters that spell "AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL." The young men wear button down shirts and ties. One wears…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Ibrahim Mumin and Carole Mumin at NMAAHC

April 3, 2024

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A digital image of activist Ibrahim Mumin with his wife, fellow activist Carole Mumin, at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The couple sit side-by-side. Carole, on the left, wears a black-and-red embossed jacket with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.16.2
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Photograph of Ibrahim Mumin at NMAAHC

March 5, 2024

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A digital image of activist Ibrahim Mumin at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Mumin wears a black sweater vest over a blue shirt. To his proper left, his wife’s, Carole Mumin, proper right arm can be seen.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.11.4
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Photograph of Ibrahim Mumin at NMAAHC

April 3, 2024

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A digital image of activist Ibrahim Mumin at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The image captures Mumin sitting, staring directly into the camera and smiling. He wears a blue shirt underneath a black V-neck sweater…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.16.4
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Photograph of Ibrahim Mumin, Carole Mumin, and Phoebe Linnell at NMAAHC

April 3, 2024

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A digital image of activist Ibrahim Mumin with his wife, fellow activist Carole Mumin, and National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Phoebe Linnell, at NMAAHC. Linnell interviewed Ibrahim Mumin for the Social Justice…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.16.3
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