A pinback button for the Million Family March. The background of the button is white. Large red and blue letters at the top read [MFM]. Below the letters blue text reads [Million Family March / October 16, 2000]. The back of the button has metal pin with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.121
A pinback button from the Million Family March that took place on October 16, 2000. The pin has three sections. The outer edge of the button has a green background with white text that reads [The Million Family March / I Was There]. The middle circle has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.14
A pinback button for the National Park Service's Junior Ranger program for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The button is in the shape of a badge. The background of the badge is tan and has brown outlines throughout. Text at the top of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.103
A pinback button for the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC). The button has a white background. At center is a confederate flag with two hands shaking over it. The exterior edge has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.119
A pinback button for York College. The background of the button is white. Large blue text at center reads: [Save York College]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacture’s information and a union stamp in blue ink. The back of the button has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.90
A white, heart-shaped, plastic pin-back button. A thin black border runs around the exterior of the heart. At the center of the button is a red, recessed graphic of an anthropomorphic figure with a heart-shaped torso running. There is a [T] shape across…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.6
Pinback button from the Georgetown student referendum on semesterly fee to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University in 1838. The button is round with gold letters reading [STUDENTS FOR / MARY ELLEN] and white letters…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.10.3.2
Pinback button from the Georgetown student referendum on a semesterly fee to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold by Georgetown University in 1838. The button is round and reads [I'M VOTING / YES / FOR THE 272] in white text against a red…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.10.3.1
A black and white pinback button for New York City organizations. The button has a black background. White text at center reads [What 'Cha Gonna Do About Hate?]. White text around the outer edge of the button reads [United Way of New York City / New York…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.86
A rectangular, plastic pin-back name tag from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The pin’s design features three (3) recessed cream Greek letters against a red background. The letters represent Delta Sigma Theta sorority, [?ST]. The back is cream with a silver…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.5
Michael Lutrell "Pinball" Clemons (born January 15, 1965) is an American-Canadian sports executive and former running back and return specialist who serves as general manager for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is considered…
Pinckney Warren Russell (April 25, 1864–September 24, 1941) was an American classics scholar, Presbyterian pastor, and educator. He was a department chair and taught Greek at Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) in Charlotte, North Carolina,…
Pinkie Gordon Lane (born January 13, 1923 – December 3, 2008) was an African-American poet, editor, and teacher. She authored five books of poetry and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Among the numerous honors awarded to Lane is an appointment…
A Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity pressed canvas pith helmet, resembling a Hawley-style American sun helmet. The helmet is khaki colored, has a brown, faux, leather chinstrap and three grommets, or ventilation holes, on the left and right sides. The hat has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.127.1
Pitika Ntuli (born February 18, 1942) is a South African sculptor, poet, writer, and academic. His work explores African spirituality, identity, and the legacy of colonialism through a multidisciplinary practice that blends art, language, and activism.…
This placard demands indictment for the 6 police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray and jobs and education for youth. The placard consists of two yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. The text is typed in black letters that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.7
Heart-shaped ceramic plate painted white with the Delta Sigma Theta Greek letters painted red and a gold border set in the middle of the plate. The border of the plate consists of small hearts with red ribbon weaved through the center of the hearts. On the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.3
A red, canvas, pledge bucket hat with an off-white band around the base of the crown from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Adhered to the front of the crown is a white patch with a red design and border. At the top of the crown is an off-white, top button. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.1
A white, cloth bucket pledge hat (2015.91.2.1) from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The hat has a red band around the base of the crown. The exterior surface of the hat is covered with thirty-eight (38) pin-back buttons, lapel pins, and a safety pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.2.1-.39
Algernod Lanier Washington (born July 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Plies, is an American rapper. Born in Fort Myers, Florida, Plies was a wide receiver on the Miami University (Ohio) football team from 1995 to 1997. After a brief transfer to…
Plummer E. Lott (born (1945-12-11)December 11, 1945) is a retired American professional basketball player and a New York Supreme Court justice. Born in Mississippi, Lott was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) and 210-pound (95 kg) small forward whose brief NBA…
Pocket diary for 1864 used by Annie P. Merriam. The diary is brown leather-wrapped with a back cover that has a vertical, envelope-style flap that wraps over the diary’s fore edge and is secured with a tab closure that tucks into a leather loop at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.39
An 1899 edition, hardcover, octavo book of Poems of Cabin and Field by Paul Laurence Dunbar with black and white photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. The book is covered in brown cloth with gilt title and author on the front cover and spine.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.54.2
