An edition of The Annual Register published in 1773 by James Dodsley of Pall Mall, London. Pages 214 and 215 feature the poem "Recollection" by Phillis Wheatley, described here as "a young African Negro Woman, at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.1
This is a red and white checked apron belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The apron consists of cloth with a small red and white checked pattern with red piping at the hems. In the center of the chest are embroidered three letters in red thread that read “E /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.53
This is a red beaded evening bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The bag is a rectangular clutch with a flap over the opening. The flap has a diagonal edge along the front. It closes with a magnetic snap closure on the underside. The exterior of the bag…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.61
A red pleated dress worn by Karine Jean-Pierre. The dress has a V neckline and short handkerchief sleeves that are pleated at the top of the shoulders. Small pleats are sewn on each side of the neckline above and below the bustline. The dress is made of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.31.3
This is a wine glass with a red bowl and clear stem belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a tall narrow red glass bowl shaped like a cone. Ringing the base of the bowl are decorative indentations. Under the bowl at the top of the stem is a round…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.48
This dark red wool scarf was worn by Joan Mulholland during a Howard University Nonviolent Action Group protest near the White House in 1960. The rectangular scarf is made from a twill-woven fulled wool and has self fringe on each end that is approximately…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.172.1
John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement. Known as the…
This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.102.1ab
Regena Thomas (born 1957) is the former secretary of state of New Jersey and a political consultant. She served in the cabinets of former governors James McGreevey and Richard Codey. Thomas worked in the state government of Kentucky and local government of…
Reggie Williams (April 29, 1951 – February 7, 1999) was an American AIDS activist, who fought for culturally relevant AIDS education and services for gay and bisexual men of color. Williams served as a board member for the National Association of Black and…
Regina Ashford Barrow is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 15th district. Elected in November 2015, she assumed office on January 11, 2016. Barrow previously represented the 29th district in the Louisiana…
Regina T. Boyce (born August 7, 1976) is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 43rd district since 2019.
Reginald Atkins (born December 25, 1967) is an American pastor and Democratic Party politician who represented the 20th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2022 to 2026. Atkins served as president of the board of education of the…
Reginald Bolding is a former American politician and Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 27 from 2015 to 2023.
Reginald Tate (September 14, 1954 – October 21, 2019) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate for the 33rd district, which encompasses part of Shelby County.
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her father, Carlos Riley, rehearsing the "Smiles" sequence for their film I, Destini. Carlos stands in front of the camera with his eyes closed and a piece of white paper with a smile on it…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.14
This large bronze sculpture is in the slightly abstract form of a standing woman. She stands in a three-quarter turn with her feet apart, left leg in front and her right foot behind her at a forty-five degree angle to the rest of her. Her left arm is held…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.88.3
Rembert Browne (born 1987) is a writer who primarily focuses on pop culture, politics and sports. Previously Browne wrote for Grantland, then for New York Magazine.
Rena Lalgie is a British civil servant who served as Governor of Bermuda from December 2020 to January 2025. She was the first woman, and the first person of African-Caribbean heritage, to be appointed governor of Bermuda.
José Renato de Jesus (27 February 1963 – 15 June 2020), better known simply as Renato de Jesus, was a Brazilian politician from the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Renault Alvin Robinson (September 8, 1942 – July 8, 2023) was an American police officer who served at the Chicago Police Department from 1964 to 1983. Robinson served as chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority under the leadership of former Chicago…
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Nicholas Pilarski working on the "Rendering City" sequence of I, Destini. In front of him is an Apple computer with a digital rendering of the Durham skyline.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.37
René Coicou (30 May 1935 – 2 March 2020) was a Haitian-Canadian politician, who served as the last mayor of Gagnon, Quebec from 1973 to 1985, making him the first black mayor in Quebec.
Renee Bracey Sherman is an American writer and abortion rights activist. She founded the nonprofit We Testify. She is the co-author of Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve.
