A digital image of Temple University student James Gray III preparing to interview activist and politican Dr. Frank Smith at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington D.C. Gray interviewed Dr. Smith for the Social Justice…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.4.2
This black and white photograph depicts Father Phil Berrigan performing a sodalist communion. Father Berrigan stands at the extreme left of the photograph in a long dark robe. Gathered around the room in a semi-circle is a group of young men on their…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.6
A black-and-white photograph of Julia Drake taken by Lay Bros. Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Drake is captured from the chest up and facing to the right. She is wearing a light color dress or shirt with a two-layer necklace. The photograph is housed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.149
This black and white photograph depicts members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in front of the Alpha Chapter house during the North Central Province regional meeting. Arranged in three rows, the first row primarily sits along a low brick wall in front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.61
A black and white photograph of a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known then as Lew Alcindor, playing basketball with his high school team. Abdul-Jabbar is pictured running down the center of the court wearing a lighter colored basketball jersey with [POWER /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.104.4
A digital image of pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, and scholar activist from the University of Maryland, Rebekah S. Otto at the Museum. Navies…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.2.5
A black-and-white photograph of Lola Autry taken by Lay Bros. Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Autry is captured from the waist up, facing to the left while her head looks forward. She is wearing a light color dress or shirt with a bead necklace. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.151
A black-and-white card photograph of Lucile Jeffries taken by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Jefferies is captured from the chest up and facing to the left. She is wearing a light color shirt or dress with a metal necklace and her hair…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.152
This black and white photograph that depicts twenty-one women and one small child. The women stand in two rows on the steps of a building. In the upper left corner of the image is some wooden scaffolding. Seated in the scaffolding is a small child,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.11
This black and white photograph depicts twelve women, three men, and one boy. The women all stand a row wearing light-colored shirts and dark skirts, except one woman fifth from the right, who wears a light-colored skirt. The women all face the left and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.12
This black and white oval photograph depicts a little boy in a suit with short pants. The little boy wears a light colored, double breasted suit jacket with dark pinstripes, and matching knee-length pants. He wears a tie, high dark sock, and dark shoes.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.30.3
A color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball for Delta State. Harris is pictured in left profile at the center of the image, jumping higher than her opponent just behind her, with the ball at the tip of her outstretched proper right hand. She…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.29.5.4
A photograph of Maggie Hickman taken by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Hickman is captured from the chest up and facing slightly to the left. She is wearing a graduation cap and gown while wearing her hair low. The photograph has an oval…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.154
A black-and-white photograph of girls wearing majorette uniforms. The girls are in a line from right to left in the foreground of the image. The first three girls wear light colored band jackets, hats with large feather plumes, and white boots. The girls…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.10ab
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral procession. King's casket is pictured on the left side of the frame and is being pulled by two horses. The American flag fills much of the frame on the far…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.42.5
A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Matt and Terri Lyne Carrington at the entrance of Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. The image depicts an adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington, with her father Matt, standing for their picture in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.3
A digital image of Howard University student Maya N. Clayton and sociologist Dr. Joyce Ladner at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Clayton interviewed Dr. Ladner for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.3.3
A black and white photograph of fourteen men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are all wearing the same uniforms: dark shirts, light pants, dark knee-length…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.4
A black and white photograph of eleven men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the players is Herschel H. Falkener. The football players are in a lined up in a traditional scrimmage formation with their right hands…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.5
A black and white photograph of three men playing football at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. All three players are facing the camera, standing behind one of the yard lines. The center player has both hands on the ground, in a four-point…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.6
A black-and-white photograph of a National Council of Negro Women press meeting at the headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. Pictured on the left, sitting behind a desk, are three NCNW leaders. News editors from four San Francisco newspapers are seated in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.39
A black-and-white photograph of the first display for Negro History Week in The Emporium in San Francisco, CA mounted on faded green construction paper. The photograph depicting a single display case holding a quilt, American flag, photographs, books, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.6
