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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Uché Blackstock

Biography

Uché Blackstock is an American emergency physician and former associate professor of emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. She is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, which has a primary mission to engage with…

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Documents and Manuscripts

UFAHAMU Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. VI No. 1

1970

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This table of contents lists the articles featured in volumes one through four of the UFAHAMU: A Journal of African Studies. The journal's header [UFAMAHU] is centered at the top of the page and is typed in capital, block letters over a printed background.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.63
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Science & Inventions

Ulrica Wilson

Biography

Ulrica Wilson is an American mathematician specializing in the theory of noncommutative rings and in the combinatorics of matrices. She is an associate professor at Morehouse College, associate director of diversity and outreach at the Institute for…

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Medicine & Health

Ulysses Grant Dailey

1885–1961

Ulysses Grant Dailey (1885–1961) was an American surgeon, writer, and teacher. He was one of the first African Americans recognized in the field of medicine in the United States. In 1949, the House of Delegates of the National Medical Association awarded…

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Sports & Achievement

Ulysses Hollimon

1931–2023

Ulysses "Slim" Hollimon (June 23, 1931 – June 26, 2023) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Negro American League in a nine-season span from 1948 through 1956. Born in Amory, Mississippi, he batted and threw right handed.…

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Education & Scholarship

Ulysses Lee

1913–1969

Major Ulysses Grant Lee Jr., Ph.D. (December 4, 1913 – January 7, 1969) was a U.S. soldier, scholar, professor, writer, editor and American military historian. He contributed to the Federal Writers' Project, co-edited The Negro Caravan with Sterling Brown…

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Sports

Ulysses S. McPherson

Born 1926

Ulysses Simpson McPherson Jr. (born September 16, 1926), nicknamed "Jodie", "Killer", and "Mac", was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Morristown College in Morristown, Tennessee, from 1948 to 1950…

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Sports & Achievement

Ulysses S. Washington

1920–2018

Ulysses Samuel Washington Jr. (July 16, 1920 – October 25, 2018) was an American college football coach and long-time educator at Delaware State University.

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Sports & Achievement

Ulysses S. Young

?–1927

Ulysses Simpson "Lissy" Young Jr. (May 28, 1894 – April 22, 1927) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1926,…

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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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Music

Umi (singer)

1999–

Tierra Umi Wilson (born February 9, 1999), known professionally as UMI, is an American singer and songwriter blending elements of R&B, neo-soul, and alternative pop. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she attended the University of Southern California,…

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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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Historical photographs & documents

UNC Chapel Hill

n.d.

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Cataloged as “UNC Chapel Hill” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Historical photographs & visual records

Undergraduate of University College, Ibadan Nigeria (I.B. #335)

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Undergraduate of University College, Ibadan Nigeria (I.B. #335)” (Photographs [32056000110175]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0377
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Music

Undine Smith Moore

1904–1989

Undine Eliza Anna Smith Moore (25 August 1904 – 6 February 1989), the "Dean of Black Women Composers", was an American composer and professor of music in the twentieth century. Moore was originally trained as a classical pianist, but developed a…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Une école primaire indigène en Guinée Française" [An indigenous primary school in French Guinea], Guinée

Date not recorded

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2 - Une école primaire indigène en Guinée Française - F. N..

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0940
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Uniform for the FAMU marching band

2000-2009

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A Florida A&M University Marching Band Director’s jacket and pant uniform. The black single-breasted notched lapel jacket (a) and pants (b) are embellished primarily with silver color embroidery. The polyester jacket features padded shoulders, two flap…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.94.5.1ab
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Clothing - Costume

Uniform hat with plume for the Howard University "Showtime" Marching Band

ca. 2009

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A uniform hat (a) with plume (b) for the Howard University “Showtime” marching band. The shako-style cap is made of white synthetic leather, with a cylindrical crown, white visor, and white chin strap. There is a contrasting navy-blue band with red…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.15.3ab
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Union High School, Frederick A. Doll Award awarded to James Peacock

1926

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Union High School, Frederick A. Doll Award awarded to James Peacock in 1926. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding a red, white, and blue ribbon attached to a silver medal. The pin has “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that hold the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.109
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1932

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Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1932. The medal is clover shaped, bronze colored, and has a round bezel attached to a jump ring. In the center of the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction of a male football…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.93
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Photographs and Still Images

Unititled (Ballerina at Brooklyn Music School)

1992; printed 2009

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A black-and-white photograph of a young dancer wearing a tutu with a beaded and ruffled bodice and a light colored, full skirt with ruffle around the hem. She also wears light colored tights and ballerina slippers and has a flowered headband in her hair,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.147.2
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Visual Arts

University Dormitories

1930-1950

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A woodcut print of a two story building next to a road. A wall and gate are visible next to and in front of the building. The building has a cupola and a chimney on the roof. These are surrounded by clouds. A large tree is leaning over the road on the left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.239.20.3
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Historical photographs & documents

University of California, Santa Barbra

n.d.

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Cataloged as “University of California, Santa Barbra” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Historical photographs & visual records

University of Cape Town African Studies Center, Collection of Contemporary South African Artists Cape Town, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “University of Cape Town African Studies Center, Collection of Contemporary South African Artists Cape Town, South Africa” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1315
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