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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Eagles jersey worn by Randall Cunningham

1990

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Eagles jersey worn by Randall Cunningham. The off-white mesh v-neck jersey has two slightly darker off-white stripes, one going down each side. There is a large green “12” with a black outline screen-printed onto the center of the jersey, below the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.66.4
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Civil Rights

Earl Best

1947–2021

Earl Best (December 26, 1947 – December 27, 2021), a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", was a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and worked with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. He founded…

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Photographs and Still Images

Early Animation

2013

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A black-and-white archival photograph of Destini Riley making early animations for her short film, I, Destini. Destini, wearing a sweater and pants, looks intently at an Apple computer as she holds a stylus in her proper right hand. Two explorers on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Early Animation

2013

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Nicholas Pilarski Rotoscoping a frame for I, Destini. Captured from behind, the photograph shows Pilarski holding a stylus in his gloved proper right hand as he sketches on a screen.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.39
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Photographs and Still Images

Early Morning

ca. 1964

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A black and white gelatin photograph of a young woman getting dressed. Captured in the daytime, Antigua and Barbuda, 1964, an unidentified dark-haired woman adjusts the fit of her bustier slip. There are several bracelets around her proper left wrist, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.85.4
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Jewelry and Adornment

Earrings featuring a portrait of Assata Shakur

2015

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A pair of "fab" earrings. The earrings are on a cardboard tag. It has a pale cheetah print background. There is a pink circle in the middle with a pink border with a 3-D effect. There are smaller grey and white circles going around the pink circle. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.14.10abc
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Jewelry and Adornment

Earrings with large amber rhinestone from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Pair of clip-on earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop with large amber colored oval faceted rhinestone gem at center, surrounded by small clear square rhinestones. There are metal pressure clasps on the backs.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.77ab
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Earthquake

1963–

Nathaniel Stroman, known professionally by his stage name Earthquake, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and radio personality. He hosts a radio show entitled, Quakeshouse for SiriusXM and Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network. His first…

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Photographs and Still Images

Easter Monday at the Zoo

1939

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A black and white photograph of Easter Monday at the National Zoo, 1939. The photograph features people walking on the grounds of the Zoo. At the center of the photograph three people are sitting on a bench amidst trees.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.276.2.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Easter Sunday, Harlem

1947

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Victoria Hall in a hat and scarf looks right. Behind her, a man smiles and looks at the camera. In the background, the bay window of a house. A label from Shapiro Gallery on the back of the mat identifies the image as "Easter Sunday, Harlem."

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.18.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Easter Sunday in Harlem

1974

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A black and white photograph of three boys wearing suits and hats standing in front of a wall with graffiti. Hand written at center on the back of the image is "Easter Sunday in Harlem" along with the date and the photographer's signature.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.99.10
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gelatin silver prints

Easter Sunday, Roxbury

1986-1990

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A black-and-white photograph of a young boy standing between two girls in hats on a front porch.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.76.4
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Sports

Easther Mayi Kith

1997–

Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for WE League club Urawa Red Diamonds. Born in Canada to Cameroonian parents, she plays for Cameroon women's national team.

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Politics & Public Life

Eben Hayes

1798–1881

Ebenezer (Eben) Hayes (1798 - 1881) was a farmer, Methodist preacher and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, during the Reconstruction era. Ebenezer Hayes was born in Marion, South Carolina, in 1798, the eldest of three sons to William…

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Sports

Eberechi Eze

1998–

Eberechi Oluchi "Ebere" Eze ( ə-BAIR-ə-tchee EZ-ə ; born 29 June 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. A product of several English academies, Eze…

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Photographs and Still Images

Ebo Landing

2023

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A black-and-white photograph of Dunbar creek on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Two trees are in the foreground with the creek and the opposite bank covered in grass just behind. The photograph is overexposed, with the trees and grass bank appearing bright…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.6
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Biography & Culture

Ebonee Davis

1992–

Eboni Davis (born November 16, 1992), known professionally as Ebonee Davis, is an American model and activist. She appeared in season 18 of America's Next Top Model. She gave a TED Talk on the experience of being an African-American model in the fashion…

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Sports

Ebony Rainford-Brent

1983–

Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983) is an English former cricketer who is now a commentator, Chair of the African-Caribbean Engagement (ACE) programme, and Non-Executive Director at The England and Wales Cricket…

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Sports

Ebony Salmon

2001–

Ebony Salmon (born 27 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club West Ham United. Salmon has captained England's under-17s and under-23s, and made her senior international debut for the England…

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Books and Published Materials

Ebony South Africa Vol. I, No. 1

1995

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The premier issue of Ebony South Africa (November/December 1995), published by Johnson Publishing Company, with a profile of Consul General of Durban Pamela E. Bridgewater. Along the top is gold banner with black text reading “Premiere Collector’s Issue”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.51.1
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Books and Published Materials

Ebony, Vol. 2, No. 2

December 1946

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A 52-page Ebony magazine from December 1946. The front cover features a colored photograph of Winifred Mason Chenet modeling her own jewelry against a dark blue background. Captured in profile from the proper left side, Chenet wears a pink collared garment…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.9.5
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Books and Published Materials

Ebony Vol. V No. 2

December 1949

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An issue of Ebony Magazine from December 1949. On the cover, Walter White with wife Poppy Cannon with the headline "Famous Negroes Who Marries Whites." Inside, the final of six campus ads of high-achieving African American students. Featured are Yolande…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.35.1.13
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Books and Published Materials

Ebony Vol. XI No. 6

April 1956

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The April 1956 issue of Ebony magazine. The cover features a full-sized color photograph of Thurgood Marshall and Cecelie Suyat on their honeymoon in the Virgin Islands. The couple is pictured smiling at center, Marshall in a blue tropical print shirt and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.23
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