Black and white photograph family portrait of the Bryant Family of Perry, Kansas. The portrait features Adaline Bryant seated to the left of George Bryant. Behind them stand their sons (from left to right) Herman, Moses, and James. The youngest son,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.66.150
Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins of Centerville, Tennessee. "Family Temperance Pledge" and "God Bless Our Home" is printed across the top. At top center is a family scene with six reasons why a person sould sign the pledge…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.89.2
An off-white Florida A&M University Marching Band hat by Midway Cap Company. The round cap features a large F embroidered in gold thread, above more gold thread embroidery showing connected leaf patterns along the lower crown. A gold colored double link…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.94.8
An off-white Florida A&M University Marching Band jacket (a) and pants (b). The single-breasted women’s wool jacket and men’s polyester and wool pants are embellished with gold colored thread embroidery and gold color metal buttons. The exterior of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.94.7ab
Advertising fan for the Cotton Club. On the front is a color illustration of a woman's portrait. The woman looks at the viewer and her hair is swept up around her neck to fall over her PL shoulder. Only the top of shoulders, her neck and head are seen. On…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.40
Fan used in a Black Men of Labor parade in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fan is made of several braided tassels fastened together and include orange, silver pink and yellow materials. Three plastic yellow flowers and one orange flower are fastened to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.260.7.2
An oral history interview and conversation with restorative justice advocate Dr. Fania Davis. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.10.1.1 and 2025.12.10.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.10.1
A black-and-white archival print of Fania Davis raising her left fist in defiance as she is loaded onto a Santa Clara County Sheriff prisoner transport bus. Davis wears a knit vest over a ribbed turtleneck and carries a jacket in her right arm. Additional…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.6
A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The large, circular fanner basket has a flat bottom with sides extending just a few inches above the bottom to form a flat, shallow basket. The basket features different striations of lighter and darker…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.82.5
Frances Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 – March 4, 1944) was an American educator, civil rights and women's rights activist, and the first black woman to gain membership to the Chicago Woman's Club. She became well known for her efforts to have black…
Fannie Mae Ward Birckhead (née Ward; February 28, 1935 – February 9, 2022) was a U.S. community organizer, judge, and politician. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was a plaintiff who successfully challenged the discriminatory election systems of Snow Hill,…
Fannie Criss (October 15, 1867 — February 2, 1942) was a late 19th-century and 20th-century African-American designer who specialized in hand-made dresses and gowns for elite patrons in Richmond, Virginia and New York City.
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