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Archival documents & files

U.S. Foreign Relations with Japan and South Korea

2004-2005

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Cataloged as “U.S. Foreign Relations with Japan and South Korea”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.101_ref49
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Biography & Culture

U. W. Clemon

1943–

Uriah W. Clemon (born April 9, 1943) is an Alabama attorney in private practice and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was among the first ten African-American lawyers admitted…

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Photographs and Still Images

UAW supports jobs

June 19, 1968

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A black and white image of people in water. On Solidarity Day at Resurrection City, a crowd is in the Reflecting Pool with their clothes on. In the foreground on the proper left side there is a woman in a black and white pinstripe collared tank top with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.90.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

"UGA Student Voting" cards for Stacey Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign

2018

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Twenty-three (23) identical University of Georgia cards created for the Stacey Abrams 2018 gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. The small, square voting cards are printed on thick card stock and feature a dark purple background with white and light purple…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.7.15.1-.23
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

"UGA Student Voting" cards for Stacey Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign

ca. 2017-2019

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One purple square “Another UGA Student Voting” card created for Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial campaign in Georgia, 2018. This small thick voting card features a dark purple background with white text and indicates support for Stacey Abrams’s Fair Fight…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.7.15.23
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Politics & Public Life

Ulrick Chérubin

1943–2014

Ulrick Chérubin (December 24, 1943 – September 25, 2014) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Amos, Quebec, from 2002 until his death in 2014. He was one of the first Black Canadians to be elected a mayor in Quebec.

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Politics & Public Life

Ulysses Currie

1935–2019

Ulysses Currie (July 10, 1937 – December 27, 2019) was an American politician from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented District 25 in Prince George's County, first in the house of delegates from 1987 to 1995, then in the senate from…

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Visual Arts

Ulysses Davis

1913–1990

Ulysses Davis (January 13, 1913 – 1990) was an African-American barber and self-taught sculptor. Davis is best known for his carvings of historical figures such as a set of mahogany busts of all the presidents (through George H. W. Bush) and similar…

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History & Culture

Ulysses L. Houston

Dates not recorded

Ulysses L. Houston was a pastor and state legislator in Georgia. He was elected to the Georgia State Legislature in 1868, and was an influential organizer in the African-American community of Savannah, Georgia, during the mid-19th century. He was born a…

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BIOGRAPHY
Medicine & Health

Ulysses Simpson Wiggins

1896–1966

Ulysses Simpson Wiggins (1896 – April 8, 1966) was an American doctor, civil rights activist, president of the Camden County branch of the NAACP, and president of the New Jersey Conference of Branches of the NAACP. Wiggins was a proponent of desegregating…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Un Enfant du Bronx (My American Journey)

1995

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A paperback French edition of General Colin L. Powell’s autobiography, titled Un Enfant du Bronx [A Child from the Bronx], originally published as My American Journey in the U.S. The white cover features a color portrait of General Powell wearing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.6
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Business & Enterprise

Una Mulzac

1923–2012

Una G. Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012) was an African American bookseller and founder of the Liberation Bookstore, a prominent African-American bookstore specializing in political and Black Power materials and was located in Harlem.

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Photographs and Still Images

Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls A

1968

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A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close up of a woman's hands sewing a black doll. She is holding the head of the doll in her PL hand, and is pulling a piece of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls B

1968

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A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close-up shot of a woman (her PL side) cutting a piece of fabric. The woman's hair is wrapped, and she is wearing a white sweater…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.2
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Books and Published Materials

Unbought and Unbossed

1970

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A hardback book titled Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm. The exterior cover had a paper book cover and a clear plastic book cover over that. The paper book cover is yellow with red and green text, centered, that reads: [SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.76.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Uncle Sam Provides for Comfort of His Soldiers. Colored Troops en Route to France Taking Train Rest at Railway Division Point.

captured 1918; printed 1919

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A black and white stereograph card showing the 92nd Infantry Division standing at attention while taking a rest on their journey to France. Several African American officers can be seen standing at attention in front of rows of regular soldiers. All of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.7.15
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Photographs and Still Images

Unidentifiable person, James/Jimmy Garrett, Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael/ Kwame Ture former Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

June, 1979

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A black-and-white photograph of Angela Davis with Stokely Carmichael, Jimmy Garrett, and Reginald Petty. Davis is at the center of the photograph holding two pens and a book. Carmichael stands to her proper left, turned towards her and smiling. Jimmy…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.378
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Photographs and Still Images

Unidentified Nun, Sister Mary Leoline, and Andrew Young, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of Andrew Young in discussion with Sister Mary Leoline and two unidentified nuns. Young stands on the right of the image in profile, facing the nuns on the left. He is wearing a light jean jacket and jean overalls. Sister…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.45
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Uniform cap for a Pullman Porter

1950s - 1960s

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Navy blue Pullman Porter's cap with brass buttons and rope detail and metal Pullman Porter tag attached to the front above the bill of the cap. The interior of the cap contains a band of leather lining the interior as well as a decorative gold…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.2
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Civil Rights

Unita Blackwell

1933–2019

Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

United Nations Ambassador and former Ga. Congressman Andrew Young, Roots author Alex Haley and George Haley pictured at the Black Caucus Dinner reception

September, 1977

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A black-and-white photograph of Andrew Young shaking George Haley’s hand. Alex Haley looks on. Andrew Young also has his left hand rested on Alex Haley's arm. Additional people stand around them. The face of a fourth man is partially visible in the lower…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.171
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1989

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This is a United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a plastic laminated card with a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in the top left hand corner. In the photograph Etta Moten Barnett is depicted from the shoulders up. She is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.78.2
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