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
Barbara Ann Williams is an American radio astronomer who was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astronomy (University of Maryland, College Park, 1981). Her research largely focused on compact galaxy groups, in particular observations of…
Barbara Ann Posey Jones (born 1943) is an American economist who was a leader of the 1958 Katz Drug Store sit-in as a high school student. Since 1971, she has been a professor of economics, department head, and Dean at several historically Black Colleges…
Barbara W. Ballard (born November 14, 1944) is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 44th district. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, she has served since 1993. Prior to her election to the House, Ballard served on the…
Barbara Yvonne Veronica Burford (9 December 1944 – 20 February 2010) was a British medical researcher, civil servant and writer. She was born in Jamaica and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 10. Burford attended Dalston County Grammar School and…
Barbara T. Christian (December 12, 1943 – June 25, 2000) was an American author and professor of African-American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Among several books, and more than 100 published articles, Christian was best known for the…
Barbara Dianne Savage (born 1953) is an American author, historian, and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches undergraduate and graduate and courses that…
Barbara Gomes-Beach (died 2017) was a community organizer and HIV/AIDS activist in Boston. She was the executive director of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, a nonprofit AIDS prevention and outreach organization in Boston, until her death in 2017.…
Barbara Hendricks (born November 20, 1948) is an American lyric soprano and humanitarian. Born in Arkansas, Hendricks studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Nebraska before becoming a singer. She gained acclaim for her operatic roles from…
Barbara Hillary (June 12, 1931 – November 23, 2019) was an American Arctic explorer, nurse, publisher, adventurer, and inspirational speaker. Born in New York City, she attended The New School, from which she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in…
Barbara Howard (May 8, 1920 – January 26, 2017) was a Canadian sprinter and educator. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Howard gained national media attention as a sprinter in high school when she completed a time trial that broke the standing…
Barbara Jeanne Fields (born 1947) is an American historian. She is a professor of history at Columbia University. Her focus is on history of the Southern United States and 19th century social history.
Barbara J. Jacket (December 26, 1934 – January 6, 2022) was an American track and field coach. She was the women's track and field head coach for Prairie View A&M from 1965 to 1991. While with the university, Jacket won ten National Association of…
Barbara Krauthamer (born 1967) is an American historian specializing in African-American history. She was the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University since 2023, until she stepped down on January 6, 2026. Prior to this, Krauthamer was…
Barbara Lett-Simmons (née Lett; June 4, 1927 – December 22, 2012) was an American politician and educator in Washington, D.C. A member of the district's Board of Education from 1974 to 1986, she was active in the Democratic Party. In 2000, she served as a…
Barbara McCullough (born 1945) is an American director, production manager and visual effects artist whose directorial works are associated with the Los Angeles School of Black independent filmmaking. She is best known for Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of…
Barbara Anne McKinzie (born January 2, 1954) is an American accountant and executive. From 2006 to 2010 she was the twenty-seventh International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by…
Barbara Rose Hatton (1940 or 1941 – November 3, 2025) was an American academic administrator. She served as the president of South Carolina State University from 1993 to 1995 and as the president of Knoxville College from 1997 to 2005. Hatton earned a…
Barbara Rose Johns Powell (March 6, 1935 – September 28, 1991) was a leader in the American civil rights movement. On April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Powell led a student strike for equal education opportunities at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville,…
Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O. (born June 1, 1942) is an American physician, academic, and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school; she is also known as the sister of Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis…
Barbara Smith (born November 16, 1946) is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer, author, and…
Barbara Smith Conrad (August 11, 1937 – May 22, 2017) was an American opera singer. A mezzo-soprano, she performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Nacional in Venezuela, and many others. She was also an educator, co-directing the…
