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1928–2021
Howard Smith (April 17, 1928 – February 4, 2021) was an American-born Finnish designer, ceramicist, multidisciplinary visual artist, and educator. Additionally he had worked a textile designer, sculptor, assemblage artist, collagist, quilter, painter, and…
1983–
Howard Joseph Kendrick III (born July 12, 1983) is an American former professional baseball infielder and current special assistant to the general manager for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Anaheim Angels selected Kendrick in…
1904–1988
Hubert B. Pair (April 14, 1904 – June 14, 1988) was a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Pair moved to Washington, D.C. as a child, where his father Rev.…
2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sidewall designed by Sheila Bridges. The wallpaper has a design of pink gingham with scattered and repeating black and white vignettes in the French toile style. The vignettes feature comical illustrations of people engaged in a variety of typical Hudson…
1964–
Hue Alphanso Menzies (born 10 March 1964) is a football manager and former player. Menzies is most well known for leading the Jamaica women's national team to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as its head coach and technical director, which was the first…
1964; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a young boy smiling and holding up fliers with his proper left hand in New York City. He is standing in front of a brick building with a metal gate on the left. The young boy is wearing a dark color…
2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large, three-dimensional, multi color glass beaded neck piece by Joyce J. Scott. It has five figures that wrap around the neckline. From left to right, a green figure sits upright atop a purple column formed by a face. Below, a reclining green female…
1942–1989
Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966, combining community survival programs with a militant stance against police brutality.
1931–2015
Humza al-Hafeez (born Leonard Ernest Weir; February 28, 1931 – November 27, 2015, and formerly known as Leonard 12X Weir) was an American Islamic minister, author, and social activist. He was the first Black Muslim police officer in the New York Police…
1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white vintage silver gelatin photograph titled “Husband and Wife, Sunday Morning, Detroit, Michigan” by Gordon Parks. The photograph captures wife and husband Pauline Collins (née Terry) and Bert Collins. The couple is photographed side-by-side…
Loading image…1964–2013
Hussein Samatar (Somali: Xuseen Samatar, Arabic: حسين ساماتار) (1964 – 25 August 2013) was a Somali American politician, banker and community organizer. He established the African Development Center in 2004, which provided microloans and technical…
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The Reverend Dr. Hutchens Chew (H.C.) Bishop (1859 – May 17, 1937) was an Episcopal priest who spent most of his career in New York City. He was rector of St.
late 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHydrangea faux flower accessory owned by Mary Church Terrell. The brooch has blue hydrangea flowers with green stems. There is a metal pin backing.
1987–
Hyro the Hero, formerly Hyro Da Hero (born Hyron Louis Fenton Jr., July 18, 1987), is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. After spending over a decade in Los Angeles, he has now made France his home.
1929–2010
Hystercine Rankin (September 11, 1929 – February 10, 2010) was an African-American quilter from Mississippi. Several of her quilts are held in the permanent collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Mississippi…
1988; printed 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis color photograph shows a young man in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1988. The young man faces away from the camera and wears a Cuccini Member brand shirt. The photograph highlights the man’s flattop haircut, which has an image of…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA short, animated film with the title "I, Destini." It is held as an Apple ProRes file (2018.94.1.1) with a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) (2018.94.1.2). In the opening scene, Destini introduces herself before beginning a monologue about nature documentaries…
2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA quilted and appliquéd textile portrait of Harriet Tubman by Bisa Butler, based on the carte-de-visite photograph portrait of Tubman by Benjamin F. Powelson (NMAAHC 2017.30.47). The quilt depicts Tubman, in multiple bright-colored fabrics, seated against…
1946-1947; printed 1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white linocut depicts three women cleaning. In the foreground is a woman on her hands and knees scrubbing the floor. Wearing a long skirt and a loose shirt with the sleeves rolled up past her elbows, she holds a balled up rag in her right…
ca. 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA photographic postcard of an unidentified woman, a banana vendor, from the French Caribbean in a traditional Creole douillette ensemble. She wears a light colored floral grand robe with a foulard shawl around her shoulders and tucked into her waist. Her…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book (a) with original dust jacket (b) of the autobiography by Jackie Robinson, I Never Had It Made. The hardback book is clothbound in solid, dark blue book cloth. In the bottom right corner of the front cover are the initials “J.R.”, stamped…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA four-part documentary film with the title I Remember Harlem. It consists of four (4) reels of 16mm color polyester film with optical sound. The documentary uses archival footage, interviews with residents, and still photographs to chronicle the early…
1942–
Isaac Samuel Leevy Johnson (born May 16, 1942) is an American politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1970 to 1980, representing Richland County, South Carolina, as a Democrat. He is a lawyer…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color lithograph depicting two lines of young girls at the annual parochial procession of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. Shown from the back, the young girls stand in two lines of three each, one line in front of the other. The line in the foreground…
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