A monoprint etching titled “Amethyst and Silver” by Evangeline J. Montgomery. The monoprint is against an off-white background with a mixed ink combination of dark purple, dark blue, and dark pink outline of a rhombus at the center and a dark yellow filled…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.39.29
A black and white photograph of an unidentified man and woman by Arthur Leipzig. They are sitting next to each other with the man on the left in front of the camera. Both are wearing dark bottoms and the man has a light colored sweater and dark hat. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.60.1
Amiah "Mimsy" Mims is an American artist based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a member of the Eighteen Art Collective which was responsible for the creation of the Black Lives Matter mural in Indianapolis.
Amy Paulette "Amii" Stewart (born January 29, 1956) is an American disco and soul singer who came to prominence with her 1979 U.S. Billboard number 1 hit cover of Eddie Floyd's song "Knock on Wood", often considered a classic of the disco genre. Other…
Amil Kahala Whitehead (born September 19, 1973) is an American rapper. Based in New York City, she signed with Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, in a joint venture with Columbia Records in 1997. The following year, she appeared alongside Ja Rule on Jay-Z's…
Amina Baraka (born Sylvia Robinson; December 5, 1942) is an American poet, actress, author, community organiser, singer, dancer, and activist associated with the Black Arts Movement. Her contributions to African American cultural and political life in…
Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest (2002). Since then she has written four novels: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love…
Amir Obeid, known professionally as Amir Obè (born August 26, 1989), is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer who started his music career in 2009 as Phreshy Duzit and signed to Atlantic Records. He later left the label to reinvent his…
Amir Wilson (born 6 February 2004) is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles as Will Parry in the HBO and BBC One series His Dark Materials (2019–2022) and Tiuri in the Netflix series The Letter for the King (2020). He starred in the…
Amira Daugherty-Thomas, known by her artist name Amira Unplugged, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer. Known for her genre bending style, Amira combines elements of country-western, soul, hip-hop, rock, and orchestral music.
Amiri and Rahiem Taylor (born c. 1994) are American singer-songwriters. They lead the psychedelic rock band Blac Rabbit and are identical twin brothers.
Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry…
Black and white photograph of Amiri Bakara. Bakara stands on the right side of the image with his hands clasped behind his back wearing a dark turtleneck shirt and trousers. He stands in front of a paneled background where light ripples in waves on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.157.2
Amiyah Scott (born January 11, 1988) is an American actress, model, author, and dancer. She is known for her presence on social media apps such as Instagram, as a fixture in the LGBT ball community, and for her role as Cotton in the Fox television series…
Aml Ameen (born 30 July 1985) is a British actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles as Trevor (Trife) in Kidulthood (2006), Malcolm Davies in Harry's Law, Lewis Hardy in the ITV television series The Bill, Capheus in the first season of the…
Lauren Amma Keen (born 3 November 2001), known professionally as Amma, is a British singer-songwriter. She is currently signed to Stellar Songs Publishing. Keen is known for her writing contributions to "Home for My Heart" by friends ArrDee and Cat Burns,…
Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and, since 2019, chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts. She first appeared in the BBC children's television drama series Grange Hill, and later wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two…
Joshua Emanuel Coleman, known by his stage name Ammo, is an American record producer and songwriter. He has co-written and produced songs for Alex Warren, Beyoncé, Kesha, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Jessie J, Jason Derulo, Mike Posner,…
Shernette Amoy Evans, known by the stage name Ammoye, is a Jamaican-Canadian reggae musician, most noted as a seven-time Juno Award nominee for Reggae Recording of the Year. Originally from Halse Hall in Jamaica, she moved to Toronto, Ontario as a…
Amon Saba Saakana (born 1948), formerly known as Sebastian Clarke, is a Trinidad-born writer, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker and publisher, who migrated to Britain in 1965. In the 1970s, he founded the publishing imprint Karnak House in London. As an…
Jimir Reece Davis (born December 31, 1997), known professionally as Amorphous, is an American record producer and disc jockey. He is best known for his guest appearance alongside DJ Khaled on Fat Joe's 2021 single "Sunshine (The Light)", which entered the…
