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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Suit worn by Tommie Smith for the 1968 US Olympic Opening Ceremony

1968

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Jacket and pants from the 1968 Olympics Opening Ceremony. .1 A red suit jacket with notched lapels. There are two button holes on the front on the proper left side. There are two buttons to the proper left of the button holes. There is are two buttons on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.110.1.1-.2
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Civil Rights & Community

Sumaya Dalmar

1988–2015

Sumaya Dasia Dalmar, also known as Sumaya YSL, was a Somali-Canadian transgender activist and model. Dalmar was one of the earliest Somalis to come out as transgender and LGBT as a whole.

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Summer Semester: The Negro in the 20th Century

1970s

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A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled The Negro in the 20th Century. It consists of a white DVD (a) and a paper program (b). The white DVD (a) has the program title, date, and college logo printed on it and features a conversation…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.90.5.1ab
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Civil Rights

Sumner Alexander Furniss

1874–1953

Sumner Alexander Furniss (January 30, 1874 – January 18, 1953) was an American prominent Black physician, founding member and president of the Indianapolis Young Men's Colored Association, councilman, and freemason.

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Tools and Equipment

Sunbeam needle threader from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

after 1942

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A Sunbeam needle threader found in drawer B of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The threader has a short piece of fine wire bent into a diamond shaped loop mounted to one end of a tear shaped piece of metal plate that functions as…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.18.2.3
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Politics

Sundra Escott-Russell

1954–

Sundra E. Escott-Russell (born February 21, 1954) is a Democratic politician from Alabama who served as a member of the Alabama Senate from the 20th district from 1993 to 2006 and as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993.

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gelatin silver prints

Sunshine

1965; printed 1995

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A black-and-white photograph of a woman with a walking stick smiling as she marches from Selma to Montgomery. A crowd of fellow marchers are visible behind her.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.7
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Books and Published Materials

Super Soul Comix No. 1

October 1972

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Super Soul Comix No. 1 written by Richard "Grass" Green and published by Kitchen Sink Press. The comic book has thirty-four pages including back cover page. The comic is printed on the interior newsprint paper and the glossy back cover. The front cover of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.11
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Literature

Susan Batson

Biography

Susan Batson is an American producer, actress, author, acting coach, and a life member of the Actors Studio. Batson graduated from Girls Latin School and Emerson College. One of three sisters born to John Batson and Ruth (Watson) Batson (the latter a noted…

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Biography & Culture

Susan D. Page

1964–

Susan Denise Page (born 1964) is retired American diplomat who served as the first US Ambassador to South Sudan and later served in senior representative roles at the United Nations, including the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the…

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Civil Rights & Community

Susan E. Cannon Allen

1859–1935

Susan E. Cannon Allen (May 26, 1859 – May 12, 1935) was an African-American suffragist and temperance activist from Illinois. She served in numerous executive positions in several different women's clubs and was involved in club work at both the local and…

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Politics & Public Life

Susan Rice

1964–

Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the…

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Civil Rights

Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton

1862–1942

Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton (1862–1942) was an American suffragist and activist in Wilmington, Delaware, and a founding member of the Equal Suffrage Study Club.

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Civil Rights & Community

Susie McDonald

Biography

Susie McDonald, also known as Miss Sue (c. 1878 – June 30, 1968) was an African American activist who served as one of the plaintiffs in the bus segregation lawsuit Browder v. Gayle (1956) in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Literature

Susie Revels Cayton

1870–1943

Susie Revels Cayton (January 1, 1870 – July 28, 1943) was an American writer, editor, activist, and leader in the African-American community in Seattle at the start of the 20th century.

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Literature

Sutton E. Griggs

1872–1933

Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 – January 2, 1933) was an American author, Baptist minister, academic administrator, educator, publisher, and social activist. He is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio (1899), a utopian work that envisions a…

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Biography & Culture

Suzan Johnson Cook

1957–

Suzan Denise Johnson Cook (born January 28, 1957) is a U.S. presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under The Obama Administration from…

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Literature

Suzanne Jackson

1944–

Suzanne Jackson (born 1944) is an American visual artist, gallery owner, poet, educator, and set designer; with a career spanning five decades. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Since the late 1960s, Jackson has…

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Politics & Public Life

Suze Youance

1970–

Suze Youance (born August 11, 1970) is a Canadian civil engineer, lecturer, researcher, and broadcaster. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada on September 25, 2024. She was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and…

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Education & Scholarship

Suzette M. Malveaux

1966–

Suzette M. Malveaux (born December 4, 1966) is an American law professor and civil rights lawyer. She joined the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2024 as the Roger D. Groot Professor of Law. Previously she was Provost Professor of Civil…

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Politics & Public Life

Suzy Hansen

1979–

Sue Ellen "Suzy" Hansen (born 1979) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election and re-elected in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election. She represents the riding of Halifax Needham…

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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Sweater coat belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1960-1985

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This is a Carson Pirie Scott sweater coat. This is brown-grey tweed sweater coat with a wide beige shawl collar. On each side of the front opening is a button just under the shawl collar. They are connected by a short tab of brown-grey tweed fabric that…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.19
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Sweatshirt depicting the Million Man March

1995

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An off-white sweatshirt with large black and white image on the front. The image features the United States Capitol's dome, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial in the background from left to right respectively. Behind the Capitol's dome is an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.191
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