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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Tavis Smiley

1964–

Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Science & Inventions

Tavonia Evans

Biography

Aquarius Maximus formerly known as Tavonia Evans is an American author, businesswoman, cryptocurrency expert, and educator. She is the founder and creator of the cryptocurrency Guapcoin.

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Science & Inventions

Tawanna Dillahunt

Biography

Tawanna Dillahunt is an American computer scientist and professor of information based at the University of Michigan School of Information. In addition to her work in academia, Dillahunt also runs the Social Innovations Group, a research group that…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Tay Anderson

1998–

Auon'tai M. Anderson (born July 5, 1998) is an American politician and community organizer from Denver, Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a director of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education from 2019 to 2023. In September…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature & Journalism

Tayari Jones

1970–

Tayari Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American author and academic known for An American Marriage, which was a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection and won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the University of…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Taylor Cassidy

2003–

Taylor Cassidy (born January 28, 2003) is an American media personality and educator, best known for her series "Fast Black History".

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Taylor Dumpson

Biography

Taylor Dumpson (born 1995 or 1996) is an American attorney and associate counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. After she became the first Black woman president of the student government at American University, she was the target of…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Taylor Duncan

1953–2004

Taylor McDowell "Dunc" Duncan (May 12, 1953 – January 3, 2004) was an American professional baseball infielder. Duncan, who was a college teammate of Leon Lee in Sacramento, was selected by the Atlanta Braves as the 10th overall pick of the 1971 Major…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Taylor Jones

1993–

Taylor Michael Jones (born December 6, 1993) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. From Kent, Washington, Jones attended Gonzaga University and played college baseball for the Bulldogs. Selected by the Houston Astros in…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Taylor Mays

1988–

Taylor Mays (born February 7, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He won Washington state titles in track in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash as a high school sophomore,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Taylor Smith

1993–

Taylor Nicole Smith (born December 1, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player. Smith played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins and helped the team to its first-ever national title in 2013. She played eight seasons in the National Women's…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Tazewell Thompson

Biography

Tazewell Thompson is an American theatre director, the former artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse (2006–07) in Westport, Connecticut and the Syracuse Stage (1992–95) in New York state. Prior to that he was an assistant director at Arena…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Tchaiko Kwayana

1937–2017

Tchaiko Ruramai Kwayana, born Ann Cook (24 June 1937 – 6 May 2017), was an educator, pan-Africanist, and civil rights activist from Georgia, US. She was married to Eusi Kwayana, Guyanese politician.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Teach-In

1968

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A black and white digital image of a teach-in. The instructor, believed to be Hosea Lorenzo Williams, is in the center of the image. He has dark hair and a beard with a mustache. His head is tilted back slightly. His arms are raised next to his head with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.90.7
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Teacher

[19--]

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Image of man seated at desk, reading. Manuscript on verso: "One of our native [pastor?]-teachers in Angola / Augustinho Pedro Seto in his study / Caxicane out-station.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO-20-04
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Teacher, Mali

1995

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El Hadj Baudiougou Keita, in Kangaba, Mali, explaining Kangabas pivotal role in Mali's history and the legend of Soundiata Keita, February of 1995. Photographed by Sujatha Pelletier.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-003, Item EEPA.1998-003-0057
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Teacher reading from tablet, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Teacher reading from tablet, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0169
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Teacher's Book — Grace E. Shimm Cummings

1879

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Cataloged as “Teacher's Book” (Books).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref252
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Teacher sitting outside of CMS tent, Mulema Buddu

1902 July

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Cataloged as “Teacher sitting outside of CMS tent, Mulema Buddu” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0075
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Historical photographs & visual records

Teachers conversing near school, Ifaty, Madagascar

2003-09-04

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Original Carousel 18, slide 104.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2290
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Teachers Monthly School Reports

Nov. 1865–Apr. 1869

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Cataloged as “Teachers Monthly School Reports”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1053, File 4.9.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Teachers' Monthly School Reports Received

Date not recorded

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Unbound teachers' monthly school reports received, October 1866–June 1870, are arranged chronologically. The reports are mainly from teachers in Kentucky, but at the end of the series there are reports from teachers in Illinois, December 1868–June 1870,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 2.3.4
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Teachers' Monthly School Reports Received from Illinois

bulk Dec. 1868 and Feb.–June 1869 and Oct. 1869–June 1870

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Cataloged as “Teachers' Monthly School Reports Received from Illinois”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.3.4.9
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Teachers' Monthly School Reports Received from Indiana

Mar. 1868–June 1869

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Cataloged as “Teachers' Monthly School Reports Received from Indiana”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.3.4.10
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