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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Citizenship Workbook

ca. 1962

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A softback book titled: [Southern Christian Leadership Conference Citizenship Workbook]. The front cover is black with a white vertical block that runs down the proper right side from the top. The block contains the initials: [S / C / L / C] stacked in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.132
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Books and Published Materials

Souvenir booklet about Poro College Company

1920-1927

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This is a souvenir booklet about the Poro College Company with thirty seven pages including photographs and illustrations. Bound with textured dark green cardboard covers, it is fastened together with a thin cord. The cover features an embossed graphic of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.18
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Education & Scholarship

Soyica Colbert

Biography

Soyica Senta Diggs Colbert is an American author and academic administrator. A 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of The African American Theatrical Body (2011), Black Movements (2017), and Radical Vision (2021). Since 2024, she has served as interim…

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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Spanish language flier for a March on Washington to overturn the Bakke decision

1978

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This Spanish-language flier announces a march on Washington to overturn the Bakke Decision. The flier is white with black text and features a drawing of a crowd of protesters with a banner reading [LUCHE CONTRA EL RACISMO]. The flier reads [MARCHA PARA…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.149
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Sports & Achievement

Sparky McEwen

1968–

Charles "Sparky" McEwen (born April 28, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Davenport University, a position he has held since 2017. McEwen played professionally as a quarterback for one season with the…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Speech: Howard University — Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges

circa 1931

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Cataloged as “Speech: Howard University” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref171
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Archival documents & files

Speech: School Graduation — Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges

circa 1930s

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Cataloged as “Speech: School Graduation” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref632
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Sports & Achievement

Speedy Claxton

1978–

Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton (born May 8, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.…

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Biography & Culture

Spencer Overton

1968–

Spencer A. Overton (born August 11, 1968) is an American lawyer, former president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and law professor at George Washington University Law School. He is an election law scholar, and is a tenured…

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Military

Spencer Shaw

1916–2010

Spencer Gilbert Shaw (August 15, 1916 – June 16, 2010) was an American librarian and educator specializing in library services to children. He taught at the Information School of the University of Washington (1970–1986) and served as president of the…

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Biography & Culture

Spottswood William Robinson III

1916–1998

Spottswood William Robinson III (July 26, 1916 – October 11, 1998) was an American civil rights lawyer, jurist, and educator who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1966 to…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Spreading calipers used by Dr. Montague Cobb

mid 20th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

This is a spreading metal caliper with curved, rounded ends. There is a crossbar scale that slides as the rounded ends get farther apart. The small circular screw that holds the scale in place has become detached.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.308.1ab
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Arts & Performance

Spuddz

1994–

Kieran Jasper Weir (born 9 March 1994), known professionally as Spuddz, is an English comedian and internet personality. He began his career in stand-up comedy and became known for his social media videos and online pranks, before co-presenting the Channel…

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Science & Inventions

Squire Booker

1965–

Squire Booker is an American biochemist at The Pennsylvania State University. Booker directs an interdisciplinary chemistry research program related to fields of biochemistry, enzymology, protein chemistry, natural product biosynthesis, and mechanisms of…

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Historical photographs & visual records

St. Charles Grammar School, Oshogbo

1977

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Cataloged as “St. Charles Grammar School, Oshogbo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3679
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Science & Inventions

St. Clair Drake

1911–1990

John Gibbs St. Clair Drake (January 2, 1911 – June 15, 1990) was an African-American sociologist and anthropologist whose scholarship and activism led him to document much of the social turmoil of the 1960s, establish some of the first Black Studies…

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Science & Inventions

St. Elmo Brady

1884–1966

St. Elmo Brady (December 22, 1884 – December 26, 1966) was an American chemist who was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. He received his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1916.

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Engineering

Stacey Franklin Jones

Biography

Stacey Franklin Jones is an American computer scientist, and academic administrator who was the fifth chancellor of Elizabeth City State University from 2014 to 2015.

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Sports & Achievement

Stacey Hairston

1967–

Stacey Hairston (born August 16, 1967) is an American former gridiron football coach and player. He was most recently the defensive coordinator at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio, in 2017. Hairston was head football coach at Wilmington College in…

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Education & Scholarship

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas

1969–

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (born 1969) is an American author and educator. She is associate professor of ethics and society at Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Floyd-Thomas is…

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Education

Stacey Patton

Biography

Stacey Patton is an American journalist, writer, author, speaker, commentator and college professor.

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BIOGRAPHY
History & Culture

Staci Wilson

1976–

Staci Nicole Wilson (born July 8, 1976) is an American soccer player and Olympic champion. She is an alumna of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia) and the University of North Carolina. She received a gold medal at…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Stacy Davis Gates

1976–

Stacy Davis Gates (born December 25, 1976) is an American labor leader and educator. She is president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). In May 2022, she was elected president of the union after previously serving as vice president under Jesse Sharkey.

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