Paper broadside for the “First Class Citizenship Campaign”. It has black printed text and graphics, blue gridlines, and handwritten text. The sheet discusses voting rights and citizenship ideas. The top half of the broadside above the fold has an image of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.6
A broadside handbill written by Republican Robert Gleed in support of his candidacy for Sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi. The handbill is printed on one side of a sheet of white paper with black print. Printed at the top center of the handbill is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.79
A letterpress broadside expressing support for the circular letter "Coalition Rule in Danville," commonly referred to as the "Danville Circular." The broadside prints two letters dated October 30, 1883, from Lewis E. Harvie and W. N. Ruffin. At bottom is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.28.38.1
Poem printed in black ink on off-white paper titled A Poem for Black Hearts written by LeRoi Jones. The poem is printed within a narrow black border. It begins with “For Malcolm’s eyes, when they broke the face of some dumb white man…” Along the bottom,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.124.3
A poem titled "A Poem for Black Hearts" written by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 7. The poem is printed on off-white paper in black ink. A solid black line is on either side of the text at the margins of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.154.4
A poem titled "Booker T and W.E.B: (Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois)" written by Dudley Randall and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 8. The poem is printed on off-white paper in black ink. The copyright, broadside number, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.154.5
A broadside for "Image is Everything". It is a white rectangular piece of paper with black text. The proper right top corner has black silhouettes of the busts of a woman and a man. The woman is in front of the man. Below, in white and grey text with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.14.12
A broadside for "Image is Everything". It is a white rectangular piece of paper with black text. The proper right top corner has black silhouettes of the busts of a woman and a man. The woman is in front of the man. Below, in white and grey text with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.14.13
This is a brocade evening gown worn by Etta Moten Barnett. It is a long sleeveless gown with a high round neckline. It is slightly A-line with a knee high slit up the proper left side. The brocade pattern has a black background with large gold leaves.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.20
A documentary film with the title Broken Rainbow. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary discusses the plight of the Navajo and Hopi peoples who were forcibly relocated from Black Mesa, Arizona after…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.92.1a
Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, (February 9, 1926 – August 17, 2018) was a Canadian civil rights leader. He was active in the nascent civil rights era in Canada, beginning with his arrival in 1947. Armstrong was a committed union activist who worked to improve…
Brooke Jenkins (born August 1981) is an American lawyer serving as the 30th district attorney of San Francisco. On July 8, 2022, Jenkins was appointed interim district attorney by Mayor London Breed following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, for…
Wood and straw broom used in clean up efforts after the Baltimore Riots of 2015 at North and Pennsylvania Avenues. The broom has a straw head attached to a wooden handle with wire. The handle is gray.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.210.2
Hugh Morgan Hill (July 12, 1921 – November 3, 2009), also known as Brother Blue, was an American educator, storyteller, actor, musician, and street performer based principally in the Boston area. After serving as First Lieutenant from 1943 to 1946 in the…
This black-and-white photograph depicts two men speaking together. Standing at three-quarter angles to each other, the young man on the left holds a large sign on a tall pole and a smaller sign around his neck. The large sign reads "Brothers Beware African…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.28
This black-and-white photograph depicts men in a small group standing on the National Mall. One man, standing sideways to the viewer, holds a sign in his left hand that reads "Brothers / Gonna / Work / it Out." He wears headphones, a dark leather coat, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.37
This gelatin silver print depicts the Brown sisters walking between train tracks en route to Monroe Elementary, the segregated Black school closest to their home. The sisters walk between a passing or parked train and unoccupied train tracks which both…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.166.7
A color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts an armed National Guardsman outside a school as two young Black children approach the door from the left foreground. On the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.70.10.4
Bruce Hadley Antone (born November 1, 1960) is an American politician from Florida. A Democrat, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006, from 2012 to 2020, and again from 2022, representing parts of Orlando in Orange County.
Bruce Carlton Bolling (April 29, 1945 – September 11, 2012) was a politician and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Boston City Council and served as the council's first black president in the mid-1980s. He unsuccessfully ran for…
Bruce Carver Boynton (June 19, 1937 – November 23, 2020) was an American civil rights leader who inspired the Freedom Riders movement and advanced the cause of racial equality through a landmark Supreme Court case, Boynton v. Virginia.
Herbert Bruce Broussard (born October 16, 1938) is an American political activist, veteran, and journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is known for hosting the Oregon Voter Digest cable access program. Broussard is also a perennial candidate, running…
Bruce Franks Jr. (born September 22, 1984) is an American community activist, musician, battle rapper, and former politician. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives representing the 78th District and as the chairman of the Subcommittee on…
Bruce H. Williams (died 1916) was a state legislator in South Carolina. He was born in Waccamaw Neck in Georgetown, South Carolina and was a slave owned by Dr. J. D. McGill. After the American Civil War he went to high school in Raleigh, North Carolina and…
