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1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThese white athletic shorts were worn by Tommie Smith while competing in events representing Team USA at the 1968 Olympic Games. The shorts are made from a white synthetic fabric with red, white, and blue striped woven tape sewn along the outer side seams…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis navy blue singlet was worn by Tommie Smith while competing in events representing Team USA at the 1968 Olympic Games. The sleeveless scoop neck jersey is made from navy blue synthetic fiber. Red fabric letters outlined in white fabric reading "U S A"…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWarm-up track suit worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
1941-1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn International Silver teaspoon spoon from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The silver-plated spoon is from International Silver’s 1847 Rogers Bros. line, Eternally Yours pattern. The neck of the spoon is narrow and tapers outwards towards the end of the…
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Theodore Moody Berry (November 8, 1905 – October 15, 2000) was an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio and was the first African-American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1925–2004
Theodore Robert Blakey (August 31, 1925 – October 14, 2004) was an American historian, businessman, and activist. He was instrumental in the civil rights movement in South Dakota and was leader of the committee that helped the state ratify the…
1943–2024
Theodore Blunt (March 22, 1943 – January 11, 2024) was an American politician, educator, and athlete. Blunt's political career in the state of Delaware included serving 16 years as a Wilmington District Councilman and 8 years as city council president. He…
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Tremaine "Teddy" Reese is an American politician and lawyer from Columbus, Georgia. A Democrat, he was elected in 2022 to succeed Calvin Smyre in the Georgia House of Representatives. On March 5, 2026 Reese declared his intention to run for the Georgia…
1950–2011
James C. 'Tee' Ferguson (November 3, 1950 - October 7, 2011) was an American politician, attorney and circuit judge from Spartanburg. Ferguson was a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st District, serving from 1983…
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Tekesha A. Martinez (born April 2, 1978) is an American politician who was the mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland, from 2023 to 2024. She was appointed to be Hagerstown's first Black mayor in 2023. Prior to her mayoral appointment in Hagerstown, Martinez was…
December 5, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis telegram from National President Vivian Carter Mason to Frances Albrier requests that Albrier send a report on the Citizenship Education Project to the Heritage Foundation to be entered in a contest. The handwritten inscription below the text notes…
September 1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGJust two weeks after the march, on September 15, 1963, white supremacists planted a bomb under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four young girls attending Sunday school. This terrorist act was a…
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Tenant Weatherly (January 1851 - ?) was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi from 1874 to 1875 and 1880 to 1881 in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was a Methodist. Initially no representative…
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Walker and Dorothy Mason with their five young children, in front of a tent in "Tent City," an encampment of African Americans displaced from their homes in retaliation for registering to vote. The encampment was located on…
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a temporary shelter in Resurrection City on the National Mall with the lyrics to two songs written on its sides. The tent, made of plywood and plastic sheeting, is situated on the National Mall, with trees and the Washington Monument…
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Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [teoˈdɔɾu feʁˈnɐ̃dʒis sɐ̃ˈpaju]; 7 January 1855 – 11 October 1937) was a Brazilian polymath and public intellectual who worked as an engineer, geographer, politician, and historian.
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Terence Roberts (born 1959/1960) is the current mayor of Anderson, South Carolina, the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina. Serving since July 1, 2006, he is the first African-American mayor of the city.
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Teresa Baker is an outdoor diversity activist, writer, and founder of several organizations which most recently includes the In Solidarity Project, an organization designed to increase diversity and inclusion in outdoor spaces by working with outdoor…
Biography
Teresa N. Washington is an African American academic, author, activist, and public speaker. She is known for her research on Àjẹ́, a Yorùbá term that defines both a spiritual power inherent in Africana women and the persons who have that power.…
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Teresa Patterson Hughes (October 3, 1932 – November 13, 2011) was an American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1992 to 2000 as a California State Senator, representing 25th district. Prior to joining the Senate,…
1968–2017
Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa (12 August 1968 – 21 March 2017) was an I-Kiribati and African-American scholar, poet, activist and mentor. Teaiwa was well-regarded for her ground-breaking work in Pacific Studies. Her research interests in this area embraced her…
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Teressa Raiford (born 1970) is an American activist and politician in Portland, Oregon. She founded the local Black-led non-profit Don't Shoot Portland.
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Terrance D. Carroll (born January 16, 1969) is an American lawyer, minister, former Colorado legislator and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, the first African American ever to hold that office in Colorado. Carroll was elected as a…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a young boy holding a protest sign that says, “Viscidi… Killed & Got “Released” NO BAIL – Johnson Was Accused & Is Getting the “Shaft” !!” The photograph is mounted on a thick board. The photograph is attached to a thick…
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