A black-and-white photographic postcard of the Normal Vocal Institute in Chicago, IL. The photograph captures the building where the institution was housed, with an entrance up the stairs on the left and right side. There is a tree in front of the entrance…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.60
A black-and-white real photograph postcard of two (2) young men and six (6) women and girls standing and sitting in a row on the steps of a brick building. The two young men are standing at either end of the group, wearing jackets, trousers and ties. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.91
A black and white photograph of Andrew H. McCoy wearing a cap and gown on a hillside on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus. Trees frame the left and right side of the photograph and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Cathedral of Learning are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.55
A black and white graduation photograph of Jessie E. Greer Jones. Greer Jones is featured sitting on a settee in a white gown. She is holding a diploma in her right hand. There is a small inscription at the bottom that reads: [Jones 20.]. The back of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.18.1
A black and white photograph of La Salle Beauty School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building has signs in the widows advertising the school. Two cars are parked outside on the street in front of the building. The bottom right corner has an inscription…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.76
A Photoshop publication package for a children's book with the title Who Made My Stuff? Miles Learns About Design. The package consists of a Photoshop Document file (.psd) (2023.9.3a) and six (6) JPEG files (.jpg) (2023.9.3b-g). The first JPEG file…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.9.3a-g
Phylicia Rashad ( fil-ISH-ə rə-SHAHD; née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress. She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. Known for her roles on stage…
Phyllis A. Wallace (June 9, 1921 – January 10, 1993) was an American economist and activist, as well as the first woman to receive a doctorate of economics at Yale University. Her work tended to focus on racial, as well as gender discrimination in the…
Phyllis Mae Dailey (March 12, 1919 – October 31, 1976) was an American nurse and officer who became the first African American woman either to serve in the United States Navy or to become a commissioned Navy officer. An alumna of the Lincoln School for…
Phyllis "Phyl" T. Garland (1935 – November 7, 2006) was an academic, journalist and music critic known for her contributions to the formalization of arts journalism and for becoming the first Black and first female member of faculty to earn tenure at the…
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins (born 1953) is an American academic administrator who served as the 18th president of Bennett College from 2017 to 2019. She was previously the provost at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania where she also served as the acting…
The Pia Jordan Family Home Movies feature oral history with unidentified family elders, documentation of elementary school events, holidays, and broadcast news reports from Baltimore, MD.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref665
Donor notes read: "Picture of Freetown taken from on top of the Kennedy Memorial Building Fourah Bay College (FBC) looking toward Parliament. Note bays along coast. Sept. 1978. The date on the slide is DEC 78.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1181
An unsent picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. The postcard is in color and captures the red brick, two-story mansion with red roofing. The front entrance has steps to walk up to the door and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.70.3
An unsent picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. The postcard is in color and captures the red brick, two-story mansion with red roofing. The front entrance has steps to walk up to the door and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.70.4
An unsent picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. The postcard is in color and captures the red brick, two-story mansion with red roofing. The front entrance has steps to walk up to the door and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.70.5
An unsent picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. The postcard is in color and captures the red brick, two-story mansion with red roofing. The front entrance has steps to walk up to the door and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.70.6
An unsent picture postcard of the Roger Williams University President's Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. The postcard is in color and captures the red brick, two-story mansion with red roofing. The front entrance has steps to walk up to the door and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.70.7
A picture postcard sent to Prof. D. A. Townsend from Ella McElroy. On the front, three images from the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School in Nashville, Tennessee. The top left photo is captioned “PRESIDENT’S OFFICE’ with a man behind…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.76
Pierce Freelon is an American musician, educator, author and politician. He is a Grammy-nominated family music artist and former Durham City Council Member. Freelon is the founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturist digital makerspace.
Pierre Wilbert Orelus is a researcher and author on topics including multiculturalism, gender, neocolonialism, language, and race. He has authored and co-authored several books, and has written numerous articles since completing his doctorate from the…
Pierson Olin Prioleau [PEER-sun PRAY-low] (born August 6, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft.…
A square-shaped silk pillow sham used by the Tuskegee Flying School. The sham has an applique of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue edged with decorative tasseled edges. The poem beneath the eagle reads: [To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.57
A paperback edition of Pilot Training School: Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The full title, with both subtitles, is printed in white block text across two red banners at the top and bottom of the front cover that reads [PILOT TRAINING…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.57.1
