A cased ambrotype of Creed Miller, a soldier of the Kentucky 107th Regiment, Company E (and later Company C), United States Colored Troops. The ambrotype is encased in a copper scrolled frame with an oval window within a red velvet-lined, brown leather…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.294ab
Savimbi D’Silva B. Neto (born 3 January 1994), known professionally as Ambush Buzzworl or simply Ambush, is a British rapper. In 2018 the remix to his track "Jumpy", featuring Chip and Skepta, peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Chart. In November his…
Ameerah Renata Falzon-Ojo (born 4 February 2002) is a British actress and model best known for her role as Jasmine 'Jas' Salford in the CBBC sitcom, So Awkward and her voice role as Frida on the Netflix animated series, Hilda.
Amel Eliza Larrieux (née Stowell; born March 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999,…
Amelia Bennett (1914–2002) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is included in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.
Amelia Marshall (born April 2, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Gilly Grant Speakes on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1989 to 1996), Belinda Keefer on the ABC soap opera All My Children, (1996 to 1999), and Liz…
Amelia Louise Tilghman (surname also spelled Tiligman; September 6, 1856 – December 12, 1931) (pronounced "TILL man") was an American pianist, teacher, journalist, and activist, She founded the first African-American journal devoted to music, The Musical…
Joselito "Amen" Santo (born 1965) is a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. He has acted in roles practicing his art in two Hollywood movies, Only the Strong and Kickboxer 4, and created much of the former's fight choreography. He was born…
A tintype by Rashod Taylor depicting a small portion of an American flag, with only two stars above two white stripes visible in the center. The rest of the tintype field is grey with visible drips and smudges from the wet collodion process. Along the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.77.4
A print by Faith Ringgold with a tessellating pattern of red and blue triangles. Each triangle is composed of a word: FREE, ANGELA, or AMERICA in red, blue or grey text. The pattern forms squares reading alternating "Free Angela" and "Free America". In the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.72.1
America W. Robinson (January 1855 – 23 April 1912) was an American educator. Robinson was in the first graduating class of Fisk University and sang as a contralto with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. She was the first woman to graduate from Fisk University.
American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1842 published by S. W. Benedict. The almanac is printed on off white paper in black ink. Printed below the title is “CALCULATED FOR THE HORIZON AND MERIDIAN OF BOSTON, NEW YORK, / BALTIMORE, AND CHARLESTON: AND FOR USE IN…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.12
A shellac 78-rpm record manufactured by Columbia Phonograph Company. The label, in the center, in silver type, reads: [Columbia Disc Record / Condition of Sale / This record is sold upon the express condition that it shall not be copied or duplicated and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.316.4.17
A brochure titled: [American Dance Festival: The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance.] The brochure is white with back text. A black-and-white image of a woman dancing is at the bottom of the brochure’s cover.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.34.2
A woodcut showing a landscape with animals and a male figure in the foreground. On the bottom center of the print there is a four legged animal. There is a male figure standing next to the animal and it front of him are a row of buildings and trees. On the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.41
An American Music Awards trophy given to Whitney Houston in 1987 for "Favorite Female Vocalist Soul / R & B". The trophy is a tall Lucite™ pyramid on a cube-shaped black-painted wood base. The clear quadrilateral pyramid is affixed to a small square…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.161.6
An album titled American Spirituals by Kenneth Spencer, Sonora, MS 478. The album contains four LPs, (2011.21.4a-d). 2011.21.4a-d: Four records from the American Spirituals set. Each record has a red Sonora label with gold lettering at center. Each label…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.21.4a-f
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson (born January 12, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005), Because I Love It (2007), In Love & War (2009). She is best known…