A PDF copy of a first-edition children's book with the title Who Made My Stuff? Miles Learns About Design. It consists of two PDF files (.pdf). The first file (2023.9.2a) consists of two pages, books front and back covers, while the second file (2023.9.2b)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.9.2ab
Widemir Normil (born February 5, 1963) is a Haitian Canadian actor based in Québec, best known for his roles as Fardoche in the 21st-century revival of the children's television series Passe-Partout, and Captain Raymond Célestin in Escouade 99, the Quebec…
Wilbert Harris Cherry (April 11, 1952;– August 4, 2007) participated in the desegregation of U.S. college basketball as the first African American to play basketball for the University of Tennessee, in 1970–1971, and one of the first two African Americans…
Wilbert John Le Melle (November 11, 1931 – January 11, 2003) was an American diplomat, author and academician. He served as an Ambassador of The United States to the Republic of Kenya and to the Republic of Seychelles from 1977 to 1980. He was also a…
Wilbert London III (born August 17, 1997) is an American track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. Three-year track and field letterwinner at Waco High School. His 200 m personal best is 20.72 seconds at Austin, TX. His 400 m personal best…
Wilda C. Gafney, also known as Wil Gafney, (born 1966) is an American biblical scholar and Episcopal priest who is the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is…
Wilda Gerideau-Squires (born June 21, 1946) is an African-American fine art photographer noted for her distinctive style of photography which includes abstract images created through the interplay of fabric and light, as well as her poignant photographs of…
Wiley H. Bates (August 1, 1859 – April 1, 1935) was an American businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist. Born into slavery in North Carolina, Bates himself did not receive formal education, yet he was a lifelong advocate and supporter of the…
Wilfred Reilly is an American academic and writer. He is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of…
Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly (née Rhodes December 11, 1946 – October 16, 2019) was an African-American genealogist who traced her American lineage to the April 5, 1614, union of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. She was also a member of the Jamestowne Society. In 2019…
Scenes were filmed, 1965-1966 – 30:30 minutes … – 1. … in Washington, DC, of sightseeing (National Zoo, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court building, and one of the Library of Congress buildings) and of the North American Blizzard of 1966; 2. … in Atlantic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20171213_Leigh_R8_01
Video includes scenes from the first half of Hampton Institute's Homecoming football game between Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute. (NB: Both schools are now universities.), Fall 1966 00:02 – 00:45 minutes The Tuskegee Institute's football team (in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20171213_Leigh_R8_03
Video includes scenes from the second half of Hampton's Homecoming football game between Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute. (NB: Both schools are now universities.), Fall 1966 00:04 – 01:14 minutes The Tuskegee Institute band (in crimson uniforms,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20171213_Leigh_R8_04
Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson (April 26, 1900 – May 28, 1991) was an educator and school administrator known for her innovative teaching methods. One of the first African-American female schoolteachers in Boston, she developed the city's first remedial…
William Opeyemi Jawando (born January 2, 1983) is an American politician and author who has served as an at-large member of the Montgomery County Council since 2018. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Jawando graduated from the Catholic University…
William Packer (born April 11, 1974) is an American film producer. He has produced or executive produced films that have grossed more than US$1 billion worldwide at the box office, including 10 films that have opened at number one. He has produced more…
Will Power is an American playwright, rapper, actor, and educator. He is the co-adaptor of the Broadway revival of Damn Yankees. Power has a longstanding collaboration with the Classical Theatre of Harlem, where he is developing the AEthiopes trilogy, a…
William J. Robinson (June 3, 1911 – April 28, 2008) was an American college basketball coach and scout. Robinson became the first African-American head coach in NCAA Division I history when he accepted the position at Illinois State University in 1970. He…
Will Sheridan Jr. (born January 12, 1985) is an American former college basketball player who played for the Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball program from 2003 to 2007. After graduation, he played as an international basketball player in Italy.
William Dion Venable (born October 29, 1982) is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder and coach who is the manager of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers,…
Willa Beatrice Brown (January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992) was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States, the first African American woman to run…
Willard Bailey (born June 3, 1939) is an American college administrator and former college football coach. He served as head football coach at Virginia Union University from 1971 to 1983 and again from 1995 to 2003, Norfolk State University from 1984 to…
Willard R. Johnson (November 22, 1935 – October 29, 2023) was an American political scientist and African studies expert. He was a professor emeritus of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson studied the development of…
