An Ebony magazine, August 1963, featuring the cover article, “The King Cole Twins,” Vol. XVIII No. 10. The front cover features a color photograph of Nat King Cole, his wife Maria Cole and his twin daughters, Casey and Timolin Cole standing in front of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.53.1
An Ebony magazine, October 1967, featuring the cover article, “The Fifth Dimension: White Sound in a Black Group,” Vol. XXII No. 12. The front cover of the magazine features a color photograph of the band 5th Dimension. From left to right is Ronald…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.53.6
An issue of Ebony Magazine from September 1968. On the cover, Martin Luther King, Jr. holding hands with Coretta Scott King during a march, with the headline "Coretta King: In Her Husband's Footsteps." Inside, a Pepsi ad with integrated kids’ baseball team.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.35.1.14
The June 1978 issue of Ebony magazine featuring the cast of "What's Happening!!" owned by Danielle Spencer. The front cover has a red background with white text and a full-page color photograph of the cast of "What's Happening!!". Text at the top reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.111.1
Ebrima "Ebou" Adams (born 15 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Portsmouth. Born in England, he plays for the Gambia national team. He began his career at Conference National club…
A blue rug designed by Little Wing Lee.Titled ECHOIC I, the handmade Persian knot rug was constructed in India using hand spun wool from New Zealand. The rug has a black ground with a geometric design of asymmetrical rectangles in two different tones of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.34
Ecru slubbed silk jacket designed by Arthur McGee. The suit has a wide folded collar and opens at the center front with no closure method. The dolman sleeves are full-length with folded cuffs. The body of the jacket is boxy and falls below the waist. Two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.72.1
Ecru slubbed silk skirt designed by Arthur McGee. The skirt is gathered around the cream twill wool waist band and falls mid-calf. A pleated gore is sewn at the center front near the bottom. There is a slit at the bottom center back. The skirt closes at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.72.2
This is the Ecstasy ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring has a fourteen carat band and the ring’s gallery has a single twist. The large, asscher cut smoky quartz gemstone is set in a four-prong setting. The ring has two hallmarks on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.30
A black and white digital image of Ed Atkins walking along oyster beds on Saint Helena Island in South Carolina. He is on the right side of the photograph walking with his left side facing the camera. He is wearing a baseball cap, a sweater, jeans, rubber…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.49.16
Edward Norval "Ed" Blankenheim (March 16, 1934 – September 26, 2004) was an American civil rights activist and one of the original 13 Freedom Riders who rode Greyhound buses in 1961 as part of the Civil Rights Movement, in an effort to desegregate transit…
Edward Valentine Bonnemère (February 15, 1921 – March 19, 1996) was an African-American jazz pianist as well as a Catholic church musician, composer and a public school teacher. His "Missa Hodierna" became in 1966 the first Jazz Mass ever used in a…
Eddie Butler (Hebrew: אדי בטלר; born October 2, 1971) is an Israeli singer. He was born in Dimona to a family of Black Hebrew Israelites from Chicago. Butler started performing at the age of eight.
Eddie Carl Brown (born November 26, 1940) is an American investment manager, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder and president of Brown Capital Management, a Baltimore-based firm that has amassed over $10 billion under management since its…
Eddie Cheeba (October 18, 1956 – February 13, 2024) was an American DJ in New York in the 1970s, considered to be the number one club DJ. Eddie, real name Edward Sturgis, was born in New York and grew up in the Douglas Projects of the Bronx where he…
Edward Abraham Johnson (born March 31, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player. Johnson played the majority of his fourteen-year club career in the U.S. with FC Dallas, the Kansas City Wizards, Seattle Sounders FC, and D.C. United. Johnson…
Edward Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the…
Eddie Lee Long (May 12, 1953 – January 15, 2017) was an American pastor who served as the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1987 until his death in 2017. When Long started as…
Eddie Mae Steward (1938–2000) was an American civil rights leader in Florida. She was the plaintiff in a school desegregation lawsuit against the Duval County School Board, which continued for decades. She served as president of the Jacksonville branch of…
Photograph of young man adjusting his vertical-striped necktie with his left hand, leaning his right shoulder against a wooden post. He wears a white button down shirt and raises his chin as he adjusts his tie.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.44
Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is an American former professional Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach. He spent most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, and ranks…
Edward Keddar Nketiah (born 30 May 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He has played once for the England national team. Nketiah started his club career in the Chelsea youth academy…
Eddie Solomon Jr. (February 9, 1951 – January 12, 1986), nicknamed "Buddy J", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in 191 games for six teams between 1973 and 1982. Born in Perry, Georgia, Solomon was listed as 6 feet…
