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Photograph of Run-DMC onstage during the "Run's House" tour at UIC Pavilion

1984

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A black and white photograph of Run-DMC onstage performing at UIC Pavilion. DMC (left) and Run (right) are pictured standing on stage, both wearing black brimmed hats with dark leather jackets and pants. Run holds a microphone to his mouth in his proper…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.168
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Photograph of Ruth March decorating the car at the head of a NCNW motorcade

September 8, 1956

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A black-and-white photograph of Ruth N. March, former president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, decorating a1956 Cadillac Sixty Special, the lead car in a voter registration motorcade that took place in San Francisco on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.46
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of San Francisco Sun-Reporter Political Forum participants

October 14, 1956

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A black-and-white photograph of the participants in the San Francisco Sun-Reporter's Political Forum held on October 14, 1956. Seated at center is Frances Albrier. A typewritten caption below the photograph lists those photographed. The photograph is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.42
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of school children with their teacher

1880s-1890s

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A black-and-white photograph of ten school children, four boys and six girls, with their teacher seated on the left. They are all seated on the steps of the entrance to a building. The photograph has been roughly cropped and backed with cardboard.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.130
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers

ca. 1913

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A black and white photograph of school children and a teacher, posing in five rows, in front of a buildingl. Several children are identified in the photograph with the names and arrows inscribed in black ink: [Sylvanius Caldaverr / Maurice Banks /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.8
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Photograph of seven Junior NCNW members with voter information pamphlets

1956

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A black-and-white photograph of seven (7) members of the Junior Council of the National Council of Negro Women posing while discussing the relative pros and cons of issues and propositions on the 1956 California ballot. The caption below the photograph is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.33
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Photograph of seven of the Little Rock Nine meeting at the home of Daisy Bates

March 1958

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This black-and-white photograph depicts seven of the Little Rock Nine, from left to right, Melba Patillo, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Tomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts and Gloria Ray, meeting at the home of Daisy Bates, a local…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.201
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Photograph of Snoop Dogg for a "High Times" cover shoot

2002

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A color photograph of Snoop Dogg captured during a photoshoot for the magazine High Times. Snoop stands in the center of the image, against a grey background, looking directly at the camera. he wears a white and blue University of North Carolina #44…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.124
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Photograph of Southwest Regional Conference of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

1933

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A scan of a sepia print of a group picture of ladies on the exterior steps of a stone building. The sepia print itself is 5h x 7w on the scan. The print depicts 13 women in two rows (7 in bottom row, 6 in top row), all wearing hats and winter coats. Some…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.43.7
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Photograph of St. Augustine High School band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton

1952

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A black and white photograph depicting band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton. He is dressed in a black tie and white uniform suit with decorative braid trimming and epaulettes. The jacket has gold braid around the cuffs and a stripe down the side of the pant…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.1
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Photograph of St. Augustine High School exterior

1951

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Black and white photograph of St. Augustine High School exterior. The rectangular brick building is photographed at an angle, depicting the front entrance porch. The entrance consists of double doors in a recessed porch. There a large cross over the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.7
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Photograph of students at St. Augustine High School

1961

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This black and white photograph depicts a sodalist with a crucifix at St. Augustine High School. The young boy on the extreme left, wearing a checkered sweater over a collared shirt, holds a crucifix in his right hand. Opposite him, a young man, wearing a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.4
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Photograph of students in meditation at St. Augustine's High School

1961

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This black and white photograph of sodalists at St. Augustine High School depicts a room of nine young men seated in two rows, opposite a man in a priest's cassock sitting with his back to the viewer and an open book in front of him. There is a narrow…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.5
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Photograph of students participating in the March on Washington

August 28, 1963; printed 2013

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a group of students participating in the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. The male students are wearing white button down shirts, with dark ties and tie pins, while the female students are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.123.1.16
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Photograph of Sun-Reporter Political Forum participants and organizers

October 14, 1956

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A black-and-white photograph of the participants and organizers of the San Francisco Sun-Reporter Political Forum held on October 14, 1956. A typewritten caption below the photograph lists the seven people pictured. The photograph and caption are adhered…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.44
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Photograph of T.I. performing at Florida A&M University

October 22, 2004; printed later

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A color photograph of the hip hop artist, T.I., performing at Florida A&M University's homecoming concert in Tallahassee, Florida. T.I. is pictured on the left side of the photograph. He is shirtless and singing into a microphone held in his proper left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.151
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photographs

Photograph of ten Congolese teachers at NCNW luncheon

January 4, 1962

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.13
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Photograph of Terrence Roberts and soldiers at Little Rock Central High School

September 1957

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A black-and-white photograph of a group of armed United States military personnel in light-colored uniforms facing a young man, Terrence Roberts, wearing a horizontal striped shirt and dark slacks. The young man has a pencil tucked behind his left ear.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.10.3
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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington and Clark Terry

1988

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A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington and Clark Terry. Dressed in black formalwear, Terri Lyne Carrington smiles as she poses for a photograph with jazz trumpeter, Clark Terry. Carrington’s dark hair is loose, and she wears a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.9
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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington and Richard Pablo Landrum

1977

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A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington playing the Conga drum with Richard Pablo Landrum. In a bright room with cinder block walls, an adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington plays a conga drum. She is seated between four other…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.4
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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington examining cymbals

1977

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A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington examining a set of cymbals. In a large bright room decorated with large tropical plants, large glass windows and long blinds, an adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington closely examines a set of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.7
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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington holding large cymbal

1977

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A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington holding a large cymbal in a cymbal storage space. An adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington, with her loose dark hair, is captured wearing a turtleneck shirt, knit jacket and trousers, stands…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.6
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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington playing on drum set

1977

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A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington playing at a drum set. An adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington, with her long dark hair braided, wears a short sleeve striped shirt and bright loose trousers, as she plays at a bright drum…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.101.8
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Photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team

1929

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A black and white photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team in a black, cardboard mat. There are fifteen boys and two men posing in two rows. Most of the boys are wearing basketball uniforms with dark shorts and white shirts with the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.29
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