A pair of US Army green Service Uniform pants worn by General Colin L. Powell. These pants are made from a dark olive-green polyester fabric and have straight cut legs that are pressed with a crease down the center front and back. The pants close at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.37.2
A first edition copy of A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival by Reginald Major. The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.7
A documentary short with the title "A People's Convention." It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. It was produced by Union Films and covers the 1948 Progressive Party Convention in Philadelphia, PA.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.1.1a
An oral history interview and conversation with journalist Alfonso Peter Bailey. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.1.1.1 and 2025.12.1.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.1.1.3, .mov file).…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.1.1
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of A. Phillip Randolph giving a speech at an NAACP Convention in Albany, New York. The background is black with a single light illuminating from the upper right corner. Randolph is at the center,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.23
A documentary film with the title A Question of Color. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The film explores feelings many African Americans harbor about themselves and their appearance. It opens with a quote by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.16.1a
This DVD contains a recording by the Alfred Street Baptist Church of the sermon "A Rizpah Response II, 2 Samuel 21:1-14" given by Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley at the Alexandria, Virginia, church on March 25, 2012. The silver disc has black text printed on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.159.2
A documentary film with the title A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary chronicles the experiences of the Landis family, a religious and musical family…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.100.1a
A paperback, British edition of General Colin L. Powell's autobiography, titled A Soldier's Way: An Autobiography. The book has a glossy paper cover with a color portrait of General Powell from the chest up, in uniform, with his four-star general shoulder…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.3
This black and white photograph shows Coretta Scott King and unidentified men inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first commemorated birthday service in 1969. King is facing the camera with her eyes downcast. She is standing next to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.4
A pamphlet of selected writings by George W. Cable. The front cover has green print on yellowed paper. The interior consists of forty-eight pages broken into four sections: [Historical Background of Negro Discrimination / The Nature of Negro Discrimination…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.18
A promotional publication titled [A Tale of Two Cities] published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white. At the top of the front cover is the Seal of New York City. At the bottom of the front cover is the seal of the city of Los Angeles.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.167.2
A newspaper clipping with a photograph depicting women associated with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing along a motorcade route holding signs urging citizens to vote. The clipping is adhered to the top half of page…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.14.1
A newspaper clipping with a photograph depicting women associated with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing along a motorcade route holding signs urging citizens to vote. The clipping is located between pages six (6)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.7
Aalayah Eastmond (born March 22, 2001) is a Trinidadian-American activist and advocate for gun violence prevention, social justice, and racial equality. After surviving the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Eastmond began her activism during the 2018…
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley (c. 1815–1881) was a lawyer and civil rights activist in the United States. He was born into slavery, escaped, and became a lawyer in Massachusetts in 1856. After the American Civil War he moved to Georgia.
Aaron Commodore (born 1819 or 1820, died June 24, 1892) was an African-American businessman, politician, and formerly enslaved person. He served on the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1877.
Aaron L. Dixon (born January 2, 1949) is an American activist and a former captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party for its initial four years. In 2006, he ran for the United States Senate in Washington state on the Green Party ticket.
The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.87.1a, 2011.174.87.1b, 2011.174.87.1c, 2011.174.87.1d, 2011.174.87.1e, 2011.174.87.1f, 2011.174.87.1g, 2011.174.87.1h, 2011.174.87.1i, 2011.174.87.1j, and 2011.174.87.1k. Aaron Dixon describes his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.87.1a-k
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 2, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social…
Aaron Henry (July 2, 1922 – May 19, 1997) was an American civil rights leader, politician, and head of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He was one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which tried to seat their delegation at the…
Aaron Manasses McMillan (November 3, 1895 – June 1, 1980) was a medical missionary to Angola and a civic leader and legislator in Nebraska. He was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1928 as a Republican and served one term. He then was…
