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Turner W. Bell
1859–1948
Turner W. Bell was an African-American lawyer who worked on thousands of legal cases in Leavenworth and Kansas City, Missouri.
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Turning Point in Freedom Road: The Fight to End Jim Crow Now
1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet written by Claude Lightfoot. The front cover has green and white print on a white and green background. The interior consists of thirty-two pages. The back cover features an advertisement for New Era Book & Sub Agency.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.80
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medals
Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian recognition awarded by the U.S. Congress. This medal was presented to the Tuskegee Airmen, African American pilots flying for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Awarded on March 29, 2007, the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.8
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal owned by James E. Randall
ca. 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal owned by James E. Randall. The medal (2023.70.18a) features three men in profile in the center, with "TUSKEGEE AIRMEN" at top and an eagle with spread wings at the bottom. The back of the medal depicts three…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.70.18a-d
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Tuskegee Airmen scrapbook compiled by Daisy McMurray Crockett
1943-1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA scrapbook filled with newspaper and magazine clippings related to the missions and lives of the Tuskegee Airmen between 1943 and 1945. The scrapbook was compiled by Daisy McMurray Crockett, the wife of airman Woodrow W. Crockett. The pages of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.43.4
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Politics & Public Life
Twila Grosse
Biography
Twila Rose Grosse (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2023 Preston provincial by-election. She is the first Black Canadian member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova…
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Science & Inventions
Twiley Barker
1926–2009
Twiley W. Barker, Jr. (January 29, 1926 – July 13, 2009) was an American political scientist and scholar of constitutional law. He was a founding faculty member of the department of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he…
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Visual Arts
Two Boys
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mimeograph reproduction of Two Boys, by Rudi Lesser for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black ink on white paper, it is a reproduction of a pen and ink line drawing portrait of two boys. The boy on the left appears…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.117.2.12
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Photographs and Still Images
Two Boys on Bench
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts two boys sitting on a bench. They both sit with elbows on knees; the left hand figure rests his chin in both palms, while the right hand figure supports his chin with his right hand. Both boys wear white sweatshirts…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.11
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Time-based Media - Audio
Two Dollars and a Dream
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Two Dollars and a Dream. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through the use of archival still photographs, interviews, and voiceover narration, the documentary tells the tale of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.87.1a
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Photographs and Still Images
Two girls at tent - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts three children in the entrance of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The tent is made of yellow material, wood, and clear plastic sheeting. Standing between two yellow tent flaps, three children look…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.33
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negatives
Two Men Standing Viewing a Man in Open Casket, Post-Mortem
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo Men Standing Viewing a Man in Open Casket, Post-Mortem.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.4.69.B
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Photographs and Still Images
Two Minute Warning
1965; printed 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Alabama police officers approaching Civil Rights marchers. White onlookers can be seen in the background between the two groups. This photograph may be a prelude to 2011.14.5.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.14.12
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Historical photographs & visual records
Two women watching local politicans arrive, Mmabatho (South Africa)
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Two women watching local politicans arrive, Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066328
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Biography & Culture
Tyler Edward Hill
1883–1932
Tyler Edward Hill (April 23, 1883 - December 2, 1932), known as T. Edward Hill, was a lawyer and politician in West Virginia during the early twentieth century coal boom that led many black Americans to migrate from the South to northern coalfields.
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Biography & Culture
Tyler Ford
Biography
Tyler Ford is a writer, activist, actor, and public speaker who advocates for transgender and non-binary people. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on The Glee Project in 2012. Ford lives and works in New York City.
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Tyller Williamson
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Tyller Williamson is the first black and first openly gay Mayor of Monterey. He has been serving in this position since the election of November 2022. His current term will expire in December.
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Tyrone Benskin
1958–
Tyrone Benskin (born 29 December 1958) is an English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament in the Jeanne-Le Ber riding, in Montreal, Quebec, in the 2011 Canadian federal election and served as an MP until 2015.
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Politics
Tyrone Brooks
1945–
Tyrone Leon Brooks Sr. (born October 10, 1945) is an American politician and civil rights activist from Wilkes County, Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, Brooks served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1981 to 2015.
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Biography & Culture
Tyrone Brown
1973–
Tyrone Brown (born 1973) is an African-American man from Texas who, in 1990, was sentenced to a life term in a Texas maximum security prison and was kept incarcerated for 17 years after testing positive once for smoking marijuana while on probation for…
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Tyrone Carter
1962–
Tyrone A. Carter (born May 24, 1962) is an American law enforcement officer and politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2019, currently representing the 1st district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Tyrone Ellis
1946–
Tyrone Ellis (born July 31, 1946) is an American pastor and politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 38th District, being first elected in 1979. He is a member of the Democratic party.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
U. of Calif. Med. School charged with racial bias
March 22, 1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper clipping from the Daily World. On one side is an article about the Supreme Court Bakke decision regarding discrimination against minorities at the Medical School of the University of California at Davis, titled "U. of Calif. Med. School charged…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.79.2
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U.S. Army Air Force pilot badge owned by Lt. Louise Lomax
1943-1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA U.S. Army Air Force Pilot Badge owned by Lt. Louise Lomax, possibly as a souvenir from her time stationed at Tuskegee. The metal badge is in the shape of a shield with outstretched wings. The shield is striped and has stars at the top. The insignia pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.2.3
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