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Literature

Tim'm T. West

1972–

Timothy Terrell West (born July 6, 1972), better known as Tim'm T. West, is an American educator and multi-discipline performance artist, author, hip hop recording artist, poet, activist, and youth advocate. Humboldt State University notes West as a…

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Sports & Achievement

Tim Raines Jr.

1979–

Timothy Raines Jr. (born August 31, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He is the son of Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall of Famer Tim Raines. Raines played for the Baltimore Orioles organization through 2005, playing for the…

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Politics & Public Life

Tim Scott

1965–

Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first African-American…

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Books and Published Materials

Time Magazine, Volume 146, Number 18

1995

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Publication of Time magazine featuring a color image of a group of African-American men and boys on the front cover and a cover story on the Million Man March They stand on a street with a row of houses in the background. They all wear formal attire and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.8
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Time: Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955

July 10, 1974

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Booklet in the style of an issue of TIME magazine printed for the dedication ceremony of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial on July 10, 1974.The booklet is comprised of six sheets of glossy paper folded in half and secured by two staples at the center fold…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.110.2.2
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magazines (periodicals)

TIME "The South Issue" Aug. 6 / Aug. 13, 2018

August 2018

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A Time Magazine copy of “The South Issue” Aug. 6 / Aug. 13, 2018, featuring Stacey Abrams on the cover and as the highlight story. Stacey Abrams is the feature story of this August 2018 issue. Explored is her journey towards Georgia governorship and the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.7.12
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Books and Published Materials

Time Vol. 185 No. 17

May 11, 2015

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A copy of the magazine Time Vol. 185 No. 17 published on May 11, 2015 featuring the photograph 2016.98.4 by Devin Allen on the cover. The image is captioned "America, [strikethrough] 1968 [written above 1968] 2015: What Has Changed. What Hasn't."…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.176
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Books and Published Materials

Time Vol. 188 No. 13

October 2016

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A newsstand issue of Time Magazine published October 3, 2016. Cover features an image of Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem over a black background. The cover story by Sean Gregory is titled "The Perilous Fight: National anthem protests…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.10.4
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Time Vol. 197, Nos. 5-6

2021

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The February 15 / February 22, 2021, double issue of Time magazine featuring Amanda Gorman on the cover and a featured section on “The Black Renaissance.” Gorman is depicted against a solid black background wearing a bright yellow dress with three-quarter,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.86.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Time Vol. 197, Nos. 5-6

2021

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The February 15 / February 22, 2021, double issue of Time magazine featuring Amanda Gorman on the cover and a featured section on “The Black Renaissance.” Gorman is depicted against a solid black background wearing a bright yellow dress with three-quarter,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.86.2
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Books and Published Materials

Time vol. 91 no. 21

May 24, 1968

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Time vol. 91 no. 21 from May 24, 1968. The front cover features a color cartoon portrait of Senator Robert Kennedy, set against a red background. Time magazine commissioned Roy Lichtenstein to produce the print for this issue. Kennedy is depicted from the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.88.5
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Timothy C. Evans

1943–

Timothy C. Evans (born June 1, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, former alderman and the former Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. Evans is noted as the first African-American Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. A graduate of…

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Politics & Public Life

Timothy DeFoor

Dates not recorded

Timothy Lionel DeFoor (born 1961 or 1962) is an American politician serving as the 50th Pennsylvania auditor general since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as controller of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2021.…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Timuel Black

1918–2021

Timuel Dixon Black Jr. (December 7, 1918 – October 13, 2021) was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author. A native of Alabama, Black was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and studied the city's African-American history.

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Biography & Culture

Tina Flournoy

1956–

Hartina M. "Tina" Flournoy (born April 30, 1956) is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to vice president Kamala Harris from 2021 to 2022.

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Sports

Tiny the Terrible

1967–

Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr. (born August 19, 1967), better known as Tiny the Terrible, is an American professional wrestler and politician. During his wrestling career, he appeared as an attraction on the independent circuit and made two appearances on…

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Biography & Culture

Tiq Milan

Biography

Tiq Milan (born July 14 in Buffalo, New York) is an American writer, public speaker, activist, and strategic media consultant. Past positions have included national spokesperson for GLAAD and senior media strategist of national news for GLAAD, and mentor…

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Music

Tish Hyman

Biography

Latisha "Tish" Hyman (born 1982 or 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She was also a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles in the 2026 election.

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Tishaura Jones

1972–

Tishaura Oneda Jones ( tish-AR-ə; born March 10, 1972) is an American politician who served as the 47th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Missouri Democratic Party, Jones previously served from 2008 to 2013 in the Missouri…

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

To Be Young, Gifted, And Black

1972

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An experimental film with the title To Be Young, Gifted, And Black. It consists of three (3) reels of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film, through narration and reenactments, chronicles the life of African American playwright Lorraine…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.15.1abc
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

To Save the Soul of America: Black Leadership of the US Peace Movement

1980s

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A pamphlet about the Black Peace Movement. The front cover features a black background with the silhouette of a head that has many horizontal black lines running through it. The title is at top in white print, and the subtitle and byline are in black print…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.74.1
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Civil Rights

Tobie Grant

1887–1968

Tobie Kendall Grant (1887–1968), known as Aunt Toby, was an American philanthropist in Georgia. She worked in the insurance business, was renowned for fortune telling, and was an African American community leader in Scottdale. She donated land for a park…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Tochi Onyebuchi

1987–

Tochi Onyebuchi (born October 4, 1987) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and former civil rights lawyer. His 2020 novella Riot Baby received an Alex Award from the American Library Association, the Ignyte Award for Best Novella, and the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Visual Arts

Todd Gray

1954–

Todd Gray (born 1954) works in photography, performance and, sculpture as a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Akwidaa, Ghana. Writing in the catalogue for the exhibition Black is, Black Ain't at the Renaissance Society,…

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