The Dawn dress, in black, designed by Aziza Braithwaite Bey for her Elena Braith label. The bias cut dress features a blouson bodice with asymmetrical, off-the-shoulder neckline and a hand-sewn rhinestone sunburst design at the proper right shoulder and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.94.1.6
Dawn L. Ellerbe (born April 3, 1974) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw. She is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, Northridge and a popular fashion model and blogger. Ellerbe is a…
Dawn Chanté Flythe Moore (née Flythe; born August 8, 1975) is an American philanthropist, community organizer, campaign strategist, and the current first lady of Maryland as the wife of Governor Wes Moore. She is the first African-American first lady in…
Dawn Silva (born January 2, 1954) is an American funk vocalist. She is best known as a member of The Brides of Funkenstein and for her work with Sly and the Family Stone and The Gap Band.
Dawn Tyler Watson is a Canadian blues and jazz singer. She is most noted for her 2019 album Mad Love, which won the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. Born in Manchester, England, Watson immigrated to Canada with her family…
Dawoud Bey (born David Edward Smikle; November 25, 1953) is an American photographer, artist and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other…
Dawud Salahuddin (born 1950; sometimes spelled Daoud Salahuddin, also known as Hassan Abdulrahman, Hassan Tantai) is an American-born Iranian fugitive, and worked for the military, as well as in education, as a web designer, film and television. He…
Dax Xenos Jones (born August 4, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Giants in the 8th round (220th pick overall) of the 1990 amateur draft. In 1996, his only year in the majors, he hit .172 (10…
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a man putting on his coat. The man has his right arm raised in the air as he puts the arm through his jacket sleeve. He is holding the collar of the jacket with his left hand. Behind him a young…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.50
A brown wood armchair with leather upholstery at seat and back. The wood is ornately carved with geometric designs. The seat's bottom is stuffed with straw. The chair has brass buttons at the upholstered edges.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.158
Four-legged wooden, bentwood chair. Chair seat is round with carved, shallow ridges on seat top. Ridges are in expanding, concentric "U" shapes, narrower in the middle and expanding outward toward the center. "U" shapes begin on either side, closer to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.150.1
Four-legged wooden, bentwood armchair. Chair covered in a dark red-brown paint or finish. Chair seat is round with carved, shallow ridges on seat top. Ridges are in expanding, concentric "U" shapes, narrower in the middle and expanding outward toward the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.150.2
A black and white digital image of Deacon Willie Robinson. The image depicts him from the waste up. He is smiling and looking at the photographer. He is wearing a black colored jacket and a plaid shirt. 24.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.49.15
Dean Warren Headley (born 27 January 1970) is a former English professional cricketer who played as a right-arm fast bowler for the England cricket team. Domestically he played for Middlesex and Kent County Cricket Clubs. Headley is now an ECB match…
Dean Anthony Stokes (born 23 March 1970) is an English former footballer and manager. A former professional with Port Vale and Rochdale throughout the 1990s, he spent time with numerous non-League clubs before moving into management with Alsager Town and…
Deana Lawson (born 1979) is an American artist, educator, and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work is primarily concerned with intimacy, family, spirituality, sexuality, and Black aesthetics. Lawson has been praised for her ability to…
DeAndre Roselle Yedlin (born July 9, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Primarily a right-back, Yedlin has also featured as a right wing-back and wide midfielder.
Willie Dean "Deanie" Frazier (October 30, 1950, in Savannah, Georgia – June 15, 2006) was the first African American woman sworn in under Judge Eugene Gadgsen as county commissioner in Savannah, and held the office of 5th district county commissioner for…
Deanna Van Buren is an American architect and activist. She is a co-founder of the California-based architecture company Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.
Deanne Cynthia Rose (born March 3, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Women's Super League 2 club Nottingham Forest and the Canada national team. In August 2016, Rose helped Canada win their second Olympic bronze…
This image depicts a man standing in a barbershop, surrounded by the tools of the trade. He stands with his left foot on the floor and his right foot propped up on the footrest of the empty barber chair next to him. His left hand rests on the arm of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.197.10