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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

United States Department of State Distinguished Honor Award

January 1981

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A United States Department of State Distinguished Honor Award issued to Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr. This medal is a composite object: a bar pin with a safety catch, holding a white ribbon attached to a gold medal. The ribbon is looped over the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2019.45.1.2
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Photographs and Still Images

United We Stand: Rally For Colin Kaepernick at NFL Headquarters

August 23, 2017

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A digital, color image of a man and a woman wearing graphic T-shirts with the Time magazine cover featuring Devin Allen’s photo from Freddie Gray protests. The image was taken by Michael A. McCoy during the United We Stand: Rally For Colin Kaepernick at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.41
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Visual Arts

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1959 - 1960

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This painting depicts an anonymous African American man walking away from the viewer. Wearing a pink shirt and grey pants, he walks with head bowed, yet his shoulders straight. The landscape around him is barren and rocky, with a single upright pole…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.45ab
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Photographs and Still Images

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May 3, 2015

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Digital image of young girl at Baltimore, Maryland City Hall rally holding a handwritten poster that reads: [Blck [sic] Lives Matters]. The first letter in the first two words, "B" and "L" as well as the "S" in the last word are colored in. There is an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.170
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Photographs and Still Images

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1988

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Jesse Jackson campaigning for president. Jackson is standing at a podium addressing a crowd of people. His right arm is raised as he speaks. Members of the crowd are clapping and cheering around…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.118.1
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Photographs and Still Images

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1970s; printed 2010

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A chromogenic print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of women raising their fists in a Black Power salute. The women are shouting with their right fists rasied in the air. All four women in the front row are wearing floral-printed tops. Many of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.118.27
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Photographs and Still Images

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May 12, 1968 - June 24, 1968

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A black and white photographic print of participants of the Poor People’s Campaign. Two women are wearing jackets that read [POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN / 1968 / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. One woman is resting her hands on the right shoulder of the other. Men and women…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.118.6
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Photographs and Still Images

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August 9, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified Black Lives Matter protestor in Baltimore, Maryland. The man sits cross-legged on the sidewalk with his right hand resting below his chin. The top of his face and head are out of frame.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.1
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Photographs and Still Images

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May 4, 2015

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A black-and-white photograph by Devin Allen of a group of men protesting in Baltimore, Maryland. The men's heads only are in the frame, all out of focus. The camera is focused on five (5) upraised arms showing the Black Power fist. The three arms in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.10
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Photographs and Still Images

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May 8, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a Baltimore police officer walking in a crowd of citizens and carrying a child in his left arm. The uniformed officer looks off frame to the left. The child is looking over the officer's shoulder…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.11
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Photographs and Still Images

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August 8, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a group of unidentified men and an unidentified child protesting in Baltimore, Maryland. A child wearing a short-sleeved striped polo shirt stands in the left foreground holding a sign with printed…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.15
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Photographs and Still Images

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August 25, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a line of people marching with signs. The people march outside under a canopy of trees. Several of them hold signs reading, "I STAND FOR / TRANS / JUSTICE", "I STAND FOR / JUSTICE FOR / TRANS PEOPLE",…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.16
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Photographs and Still Images

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August 25, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a crowd of protesters with signs. The crowd faces the camera, several of them hold signs reading, "I STAND FOR / TRANS / JUSTICE", "I STAND FOR / JUSTICE FOR / TRANS PEOPLE", "I STAND FOR TRANS…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.17
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Photographs and Still Images

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April 23, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified man and child walking outside in Baltimore, Maryland. The man wears a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt with the hood up over his head, and a cap on his head. He carries a young child in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.2
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Photographs and Still Images

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October 10, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a man protesting with his fist raised in a crowd at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The man's face is at the far right foreground, with his right hand raised in a fist at the center of the frame.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.20
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 15, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a band performing on the sidewalk in Baltimore, Maryland. The band and their instruments are set up outside a brick building. In the foreground is a man with a guitar speaking into a microphone on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.26
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 15, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of police officers and protestors with linked arms in Baltimore, Maryland. Three police officers in uniform have their arms linked in a human chain, with one citizen protestor between the officer on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.27
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 15, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a line of citizen protestors linking arms with each other and police officers in uniform. A woman second from right has on a clerical collar. A man in the center frame holds styrofoam food containers…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.28
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 19, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified woman speaking outside a large stone building in Baltimore, Maryland. The woman holds a microphone in her right hand and a piece of paper in her left hand. She wears a black leather…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.29
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Photographs and Still Images

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April 25, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a parked car being vandalized during protests in Baltimore, Maryland. The photographer is situated in front of a light-colored sedan surrounded by a crowd of people, many holding cameras, video…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.3
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 29, 2015

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A color digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified child riding a bicycle while a police car drives down the street on a rainy night. The child is in the left foreground, straddling the bicycle pointed away from the camera, with their face turned…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.30
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 29, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified child on a bicycle watching a group of protestors march down the street in Baltimore, Maryland, at night. The child is in the left foreground straddling the bicycle pointed away from…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.31
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Photographs and Still Images

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December 29, 2015

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified child on a bicycle leading a protest march in Baltimore, Maryland, at night. The child is posed in the center foreground straddling the bicycle and with their right arm raised and hand…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.32
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Photographs and Still Images

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January 1, 2016

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A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified person's hand wearing a work glove and in a fist. The hand is surrounded by a black background, with some of the person's wrist and dark-colored sleeve visible at the bottom of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.98.35
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