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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Stacey Abrams

1973–

Stacey Yvonne Abrams (; born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the…

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Politics & Public Life

Stacey Carroll

Biography

Stacey Carroll is an American politician who was elected as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican Paul Milde. Carroll is a National Guard non-commissioned officer with 19…

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Politics

Stacey Dash

1967–

Stacey Lauretta Dash (born January 20, 1967) is an American actress. Dash played Dionne Marie Davenport in the 1995 feature film Clueless and its television series. She has also appeared in the films Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man, and View from the Top.

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Engineering

Stacey Dixon

1971–

Stacey Angela Dixon (born January 9, 1971) is an American mechanical engineer and intelligence official who served as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from 2021 to 2025 during the administration of Joe Biden and the second presidency of…

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Politics & Public Life

Stacey Plaskett

1966–

Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett ( PLASS-kit; born May 13, 1966) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2015 as the delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district.…

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Literature

Staceyann Chin

1972–

Staceyann Chin (born December 25, 1972) is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBTQ rights political activist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily, and has been featured on 60 Minutes. She…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Staff pass for the 2018 Democratic Convention

2018

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A white and blue staff pass for the Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) 2018 Democratic Convention. On one side, is the DPG peach logo with white text reading [2018 / Democratic / Convention] at the top and a large white [#GeorgiaThrives] above a color…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.18
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Sacred and Ceremonial Objects

Stained glass rosette shard from the 16th Street Baptist Church

ca. 1963

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A stained glass rosette shaped shard (a) from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The piece consists a cream diamond-shaped center, surrounded by rings of blue, ochre, and purple colored glass within a lead frame. Two pieces of the lead…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.138abc
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Photographs and Still Images

Stained-glass window given by the people of Wales adorns the balcony of the historical Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (site of a fatal1963 bombing), Birmingham, Alabama, 1996

1996; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of a stained glass window. The window depicts a crucified Christ. Text at the bottom of the window says “You To Do It To Me” and “GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF WALES UK – MCAMLXIV.” No inscriptions on the front or back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.43
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Photographs and Still Images

Standing Tall

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts a side view of seven men standing in a line. Five of the men stand with hands in pockets. The two front men look to their right, away from the viewer; the other face forward. They wear sweatshirts, jackets and jeans.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.18
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Toys and Games

Standup of the radio show character Andy Brown

1930

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A die cut cardboard standup of the character Andy Brown from the radio show "Amos 'n' Andy," an advertisement for the 1930 Amos n' Andy movie Check and Double Check. The doll is an illustration of a man depicted in blackface wearing plaid white vest, white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.64.10.2
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Education & Scholarship

Stanley Battle

1951–

Stanley Fred Battle (born June 12, 1951) is an American educator, author, civic activist and former leader of Coppin State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Currently, Battle serves as the director of the Master of…

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Civil Rights

Stanley Branche

1933–1992

Stanley Everett Branche (July 31, 1933 – December 22, 1992) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who worked as executive secretary in the Chester, Pennsylvania, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Stanley G. Grizzle

1918–2016

Stanley George Sinclair Grizzle (November 18, 1918 – November 12, 2016) was a Canadian citizenship judge, soldier, politician, and civil rights and labour union activist. He died in November 2016 at the age of 97.

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Film & Television

Stanley Moore (politician)

Dates not recorded

Stanley Moore is a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who has represented the 4th district since his appointment on April 11, 2013. The 4th district covers both Chicago and its suburbs. It includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Auburn Gresham,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Star Parker

1955–

Star Parker (born Larstella Irby, October 23, 1955) is an American conservative political activist, syndicated columnist, author, and television host. In 1995, she founded the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), a Washington, D.C.–based public…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Statement by Martin Luther King, Jr. on reporting to jail in Alabama

October 30, 1967

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Mimeographed copy of the statement made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he and other civil rights leaders returned to Birmingham, Alabama on October 30, 1967 to serve jail time and pay fines for protests they led in that city in April 1963. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.110.1a-d
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Visual Arts

Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune

2020

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A plaster statue of Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune is depicted standing, with a smiling expression on her face. She wears a graduation cap, stole and gown, which she wears open over a ruffled shirt and smooth skirt, along with heeled shoes, and a pearl…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog SC.0092
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Politics & Public Life

Stefani Carter

1978–

Stefani Carter (born February 15, 1978) is an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 102nd District, which included parts of Dallas, and the northern Dallas County suburbs of Garland, and Richardson, Texas,…

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Arts & Performance

Stefanie Jackson

Biography

Stefanie Jackson is an American painter whose art deals with themes of African American history and contemporary U.S. politics.

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Literature

Stella Dadzie

1952–

Stella Dadzie (born in 1952) is a British educationalist, activist, writer and historian. She is best known for her involvement in the UK's Black Women's Movement, being a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) in…

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