Wooden school desk, with the desk attached behind the chair. The chair seat is a single wooden board, with a single board forming an apron across the front. The chair back is three (3) horizontal wood slats. The desk top, a single board, is located behind…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.74.4
Wood and iron school desk, with the desk attached behind the seat. The chair seat is constructed of four (4) tightly fitted wooden boards. There appears to be a missing board at the front. The seat back consists of a single board and the top and three (3)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.74.6
Wood and iron school desk with a foldable seat. The desk is attached at the back, behind the seat. The curved seat is made of five (5) close-fitting slats. Grooves cut into the sides of each slat allow them to link together like puzzle pieces. The seat…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.74.7
Wood and iron school desk with a foldable seat. The curved seat is made of four (4) close-fitting slats, and the seat back has five (5) slats. Grooves cut into the sides of each slat allow them to link together like puzzle pieces. The desk is attached at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.74.8
Woodrow Lowe (June 9, 1954 – November 6, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1986. Lowe played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide…
Woodrow McCorvey is a long-time American football coach and administrator who currently serves as the chief of staff for the football team at Clemson University. He has spent more than four decades in college football, including two stints at Clemson in…
Sepia-toned photograph on archival paper created by the photographer, Gaylord Oscar Herron. The photograph depicts a group of two (2) young African American and six (6) white women and one (1) white man standing in what looks to be a classroom with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.3
A sepia toned digital image of a group of two young African American and six white women and one white man standing in a classroom with a chalkboard, open doorway and American flag hanging behind them. Written below the image is "1/4/3/72 - WORK STUDY…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.35
A hardcover first edition of Working with the Hands, written by Booker T. Washington and illustrated by Frances Benjamin Johnston. The front cover is burgundy with gold silt lettering on the cover and spine. The title on the cover is centered at the top,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.74
Wray Downes (January 14, 1931 – March 19, 2020) was a Canadian jazz pianist. Downes was born in Toronto. He was classically trained, having studied at Trinity College, London, but began playing jazz in 1952 as a student at the Paris Conservatoire.
Woman’s wrist watch worn by Harriette Vyda Sims Moore. The watch has a gold-colored face with black hour and minute hands and black numerals, some of which are partially worn away. Under the numeral six is the word "Swiss." The watch is housed in an eight…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.157.1
A journalism textbook owned by Jim Vance titled “Writing News For Broadcast” The cover is black with silver lettering on the spine. A black stamp on the front free endpaper reads “FC 1350.”.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.107.23
Wyatt F. Jeltz (1907–1975) was an American educator, philanthropist and ethnographer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. For many years Wyatt Jeltz was an assistant principal at Oklahoma City Douglass High School. Having no children, Wyatt and his…
Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1958 became an early board member of the…
Wycliffe A. Gordon (born May 29, 1967) is an American jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. Gordon also sings and plays didgeridoo, trumpet, soprano trombone, tuba, and piano. His…
A black-and-white photograph of Wynton Marsalis, by Platon. Marsalis is depicted from the shoulders up, facing the viewer. He has a tranquil expression on his face with a slight smile, and his proper right eyebrow is slightly raised. He is wearing a medium…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.42
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, music instructor, and the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won…
Xavier Oyekola Adibi (born October 18, 1984) is an American football coach and former player. He is a defensive analyst at Colorado, and was previously the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M University–Commerce. He played college football at Virginia Tech.…
Xavier Carter (born December 8, 1985) is an American retired professional track and field athlete. He attended Louisiana State University and was a star on the track and field team as well a member of the football team. Before LSU, Xavier Carter graduated…
Yaba Blay is a Ghanaian-American professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant. She is originally from Ghana, West Africa, and was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Her scholarship, work, and practice center on…
Yanne Kouomou Chembo is an electrical engineer and associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research considers ultra-pure microwaves and Kerr frequency combs.
Yarrow Mamout, natively known as Mamadou Yarrow (c. 1736 – January 19, 1823), was a Guinean freedman, entrepreneur, and property owner in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. An educated Fulani Muslim, he gained his freedom in 1796 after 44 years held in bondage.…
Yashua Klos (born 1977) is an American visual artist and educator. He is known for his large-scale collage and woodcut works, which address issues of identity, race, memory and community. Klos lives in The Bronx, and has lived in Brooklyn in New York City.
