A handmade cloth banner of white paint on a black cloth. A quote on the banner reads: [When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty]. The banner was used as the backdrop for speakers and activists during an October 2014 Ferguson, Missouri protest…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.109
A hand-painted campaign banner from Columbia, Missouri. The banner features the Obama campaign logo on the left side, with the words [ Yes / we / can! ] to the right. Signatures and doodles by campaign staffers, volunteers, and supporters cover the rest of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.115.1
A hand-painted campaign banner from Columbia, Missouri. The banner features a rendition of the Shepard Fairey portrait of Obama on the right side. The word [ HOPE ] is painted to the left in blue, with the Obama campaign logo used as the 'O.'
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.115.2
A black-and-white photograph of a pennant from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, by Platon. The pennant is triangular in shape with a solid dark field and white text that reads [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM WED, AUG. 28, 1963 /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.19
A purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "OKLAHOMA / FEDERATION / OF / COLORED WOMEN / 1910" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. The bottom of the banner is scalloped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.2.2a-d
A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.2.1abc
A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.31
A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.32
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.1
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.2
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.4
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.3
A bar counter faced with padded red vinyl. On the front red vinyl surface, "MR. MUSE" is written in large capital letters via metal rivets secured through the vinyl and padding to the wood below, creating a slightly quilted look. The bar frame is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.9
Portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama seated on a couch in their home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Barack Obama, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants, is sitting casually, his legs crossed with his right arm draped across the couch back, and his left arm around…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.194.2
Obama served two terms as the 44th U.S. president after a career as a community organizer, lawyer and senator, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
A black-and-white photograph of President Barack Obama, by Platon. The close-up of Obama shows him from the top of the shoulders up. He is facing the viewer and has a slight smile on his face. His chin is slightly turned towards his proper left shoulder.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.28
A color photograph of President Barack Obama, by Platon. The heavily shadowed, bust pose, close-up of Obama depicts him facing the viewer. He and has a smile on his face and his eyes are slightly crinkled. His hair, the sides of his face, and his shoulders…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.30
A black-and-white portrait of Barack Obama wearing a dark colored polo shirt. He is posed in a three-quarter turn towards the camera but gazes directly at the viewer.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.194.1
Rectangular bumper sticker. The sticker is blue on the top half and red on the bottom half, with white lettering reading [Barack Obama / ¡Si Se Puede!]. The sticker is adhered to white paper marked on the back with [METAMARK / digitalvinyl].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.45
A single-sided Spanish-language document printed in black ink. The heading reads [BARACK OBAMA / SOBRE TEMAS LATINOS] Beneath this is a transparent banner with [Barack Obama lucha por la comunidad Latina.] This document details Obama’s stance on key issues…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.41.4
This is a single-sided Spanish-language document printed in black ink. The heading reads [ BARACK OBAMA / SOBRE TEMAS LATINOS] Beneath that is a transparent banner with [Barack Obama lucha por la comunidad Latina.] This document details Obama’s stance on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.56.3
Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (; born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the…
Barbara A. Dortch-Okara (born 1949) is an American lawyer, who was the first African American woman to be appointed Chief justice for the Massachusetts trial courts.
