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Science & Inventions

Renée T. White

Biography

Renée T. White is an American sociologist and academic administrator serving as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The New School, where she is also a tenured professor of sociology. She has held academic leadership roles at…

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Science & Inventions

Renetta Garrison Tull

Biography

Renetta Garrison Tull is an American electrical engineer, global policy strategist, and works to advance diversity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Tull is the inaugural Vice Chancellor of Inclusive Excellence at…

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Arts & Performance

Renika Williams

1992–

Renika Williams is an American actress. She is best known for playing Willow in the teen comedy-drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls and as the college intern in the Walt Disney short film Once Upon a Studio.

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Education & Scholarship

Renita J. Weems

1954–

Renita J. Weems (born 1954) is an American Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, author and ordained minister. She is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies in the United States. She is the Dean of Gammon Theological Seminary in…

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Documents and Manuscripts

Report card for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School

1957 - 1958

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Carlotta Walls' 10th grade report card from Little Rock High School. The report consists of a pre-printed form on a folded card. The form has been filled out in a combination of handwritten blue ink, handwritten graphite, and stamped black ink. The front…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.117.2
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Documents and Manuscripts

Report card for English III belonging to David Williams

1946

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Report card for English III belonging to David Williams. The object is a pre-printed form in black ink on off-white paper. It has been completed by hand in black ink. The top section, in a mix of print and handwritten text, reads: [Student: David Williams…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.35.6
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Documents and Manuscripts

Report card for typing belonging to David Williams

1946

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Report card for typing belonging to David Williams. The card consists of a pre-printed form completed in black typewritten ink and by hand in black ink. At the top is [Student: David Williams Grade: 11 / Subject: Typing / Teacher: W.D. Williams]. It is for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.35.1
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Report card Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania for Miss M.A. Evans for 2nd year and 3rd year

1896

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Cataloged as “Report card Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania for Miss M.A. Evans for 2nd year and 3rd year” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2019.109_ref2
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Documents and Manuscripts

Report describing the activities of the NCNW's Citizenship Education Project

1956

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A seven (7) page document consisting of typewritten black ink on mimeograph paper, located between pages 30 and 31 of the scrapbook compiled by Frances Albrier (2010.60.1). The report describes the purpose, objective, and activities of the Citizenship…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.37
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Documents and Manuscripts

Report on Alabama Justice, Volume 1 #5

February 3, 1966

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A 43-page photocopied booklet, printed single-sided on white paper with black ink, and originally bound with one large staple at the upper-right hand corner, now removed. The front page has a handwritten title [REPORT ON / ALABAMA JUSTICE / VOL. 1, #5]…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.219.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Reports of Schools

1866–69

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Cataloged as “Reports of Schools”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 3.1.6.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Reports of Schools — Superintendent of Education

Date not recorded

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Unbound reports of schools, 1866–69, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.1.6
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Oral History Interview

July 21, 2023

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An oral history interview and conversation with Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.5.1.1 and 2025.12.5.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.5.1.3, .mov…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.5.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Returns of School Property

Jan. 1866–Aug. 1868

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Cataloged as “Returns of School Property”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.26.6.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Returns of School Property — Alexandria (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Aug. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound returns of school property, August 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.2.8
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Sports & Achievement

Reuben A. Munday

1900–1972

Reuben Alexander Munday (February 10, 1900 – July 18, 1972) was an American college football coach and agriculturalist. He served as head football coach at Tennessee A&I State College—now known as Tennessee State University—in Nashville, Tennessee, for two…

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Education & Scholarship

Reuben Brigety

1973–

Reuben Earl Brigety II (born September 7, 1973) is an American diplomat and academic who served as the United States ambassador to South Africa. He was the vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, from 2020 to…

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Sports & Achievement

Reuben Droughns

1978–

Reuben Droughns (; born August 21, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Oregon Ducks, he was selected by the Detroit Lions in the third…

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Education & Scholarship

Reuben Jonathan Miller

1976–

Reuben Jonathan Miller (born in 1976) is an American writer, sociologist, criminologist and social worker. He is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation. Miller studies…

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Education & Scholarship

Reuben Shannon Lovinggood

1864–1916

Reuben Shannon Lovinggood (May 2, 1864 – December 17, 1916), was an American newspaper editor, classical scholar, educator, and college president. He served as the third president of Samuel Huston College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University) from…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Rev. Claude Alexander Jr. senior pastor of the University Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, preaches during Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church of America’s International Convocation, Washington, D.C., 2003

2003; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of Rev. Claude Alexander Jr. speaking into a microphone. He is holding the microphone with his right hand while his left hand is resting on his hip. He is dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt and leaning forward. No…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.20
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1

1924-1928

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A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the first in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film. This film begins with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.79.1.1a
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