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Photographs and Still Images

Color card photograph of Joe Frazier

1972

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Color card photograph of Joe Frazier in red and white boxing shorts. Frazier is pictured standing towards the right with his arms raised in a fighting stance. Black type underneath the photograph reads: [JOE FRAZIER / WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION]. The back…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.7.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Color card photograph of Ron Stander

1972

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Color card photograph of Ron Stander in red and white boxing shorts. Black type underneath the photograph reads: [RON STANDER / CONTENDER FOR / WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION]. The photograph is signed in blue ink with handwritten inscription written by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.7.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Color photograph of Carl Lewis and Nelson Mandela

ca. 1997

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A color photograph of Carl Lewis shaking hands with Nelson Mandela. The two men are pictured from the hips up, standing facing the camera, with Mandela turned just slightly to his proper left. Their proper right hands are clasped at center and both are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.25
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Photographs and Still Images

Color photograph of Ice Hockey in Harlem students in 1994 Stanley Cup parade

1994

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Color photograph of Ice Hockey in Harlem students in the 1994 Stanley Cup parade for NHL Champion New York Rangers. The landscape-oriented photograph features a large crowd walking in the 1994 Stanley Cup parade. There are tall buildings in the background…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.74.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Color photograph of Ice Hockey in Harlem team with their coach

after 1987

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Color photograph used by Ice Hockey in Harlem. The landscape-oriented photograph features a hockey team and their coach. They are standing outside on the ice with flag poles, buildings, and trees in the background. The coach is standing in the center in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.74.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Color photograph of Willie O'Ree and Ice Hockey in Harlem players

after 1987

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Color photograph used by Ice Hockey in Harlem. The landscape-oriented photograph features Willie O’Ree and three young boys sitting on a silver colored metal bench. Willie O’Ree is the second person in from the proper left side. He is wearing a dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.74.3
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1939

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Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association medal for the 100 yard special event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1939. The medal consists of a gold colored bar pin holding a blue and orange ribbon attached to a medal. The gold tone pin is rectangular shaped…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.34
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Sports & Achievement

Colton Simpson

1770–

Colton Simpson (born c. 1966) is an American criminal and former member of the Crips street gang who is serving a 126-year prison sentence under California's three-strikes law. He is the author of Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang, a…

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Politics & Public Life

Columba Blango

1956–

Columba Blango (born 23 April 1956) is a Sierra Leonean–British politician and former athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He later moved to the United Kingdom and served as a Liberal Democrat councillor and Mayor of…

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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey worn by Seth Jones

2019

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A game-worn, Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets hockey jersey. The home jersey was worn by Jones for twenty minutes during the 2019-2020 home opener. The jersey is navy blue with white, red, and silver accents. The front of the jersey has the team logo at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.3
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Visual Arts

Coming Full Circle (Return to Athens)

2004

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An acrylic painting depicting people participating in Summer Olympic events. Some of the events depicted are rowing, archery, basketball, baseball, table tennis, track and field, lacrosse, shooting, Tae Kwon Do, cycling, badminton, soccer, an equestrian…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.151.2
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Visual Arts

Coming Full Circle (Return to Athens)

2004

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A poster depicting people participating in Summer Olympic events. Some of the events depicted are rowing, archery, basketball, baseball, table tennis, track and field, lacrosse, shooting, Tae Kwon Do, cycling, badminton, soccer, an equestrian events,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.151.5
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Commemorative coconut from the Bayou Classic

November 29, 2003

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Commemorative coconut from the Bayou Classic. The top half of the coconut is dark brown and covered in lacquer. There is a circular design on top with paint and glitter. The design is red at the top and black on the bottom. It has white text which reads…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.75.15
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Tools and Equipment

Commemorative football from Super Bowl XLI signed by Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith

February 4, 2007

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"Game ball" football from Super Bowl XLI autographed by Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. Ball is four panels stitched together. Three of the panels are white, and the fourth is brown as seen in a regulation NFL football. One white panel reads [SUPER BOWL XLI]…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.32.2
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Community Spirit award in memory of Emmett Ashford

1981

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A wood plaque with a black and white photograph of Emmett Ashford umpiring. Also attached to wood plaque is a black metal plate with an inscription. The photograph features Ashford at center with his left side facing the viewer. Ashford is gesturing wildly…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.16.2
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Sports

Condredge Holloway

1954–

Condredge Holloway Jr. (born January 25, 1954) is an American former quarterback for the University of Tennessee and later in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Sports

Coniah Boyce-Clarke

2003–

Coniah Chronicles Boyce-Clarke (born 1 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League Two club Tranmere Rovers. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.

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Sports & Achievement

Connell Maynor

1969–

Connell Maynor (born January 21, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently an offensive analyst at Wake Forest, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach at Alabama A&M University until he was relieved…

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Sports

Connie Johnson

1922–2004

Connie Johnson (December 27, 1922 – November 28, 2004) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born Clifford Johnson Jr. in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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gelatin silver prints

Connie Morgan, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, TN

ca. 1954

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This black-and-white photograph depicts Connie Morgan warming up in an on-deck circle.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.16.15
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Sports & Achievement

Connie Price-Smith

1962–

Connie Price-Smith (born Constance Marie Price, June 3, 1962) is an American shot putter and discus thrower. Price-Smith is also a four-time Olympian. She graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1985.

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Sports & Achievement

Connie Teaberry

1970–

Condinitha "Connie" Teaberry-Lindsey (born August 15, 1970) is an American track and field athlete known for the high jump. She represented the United States at the 1996 Olympics, where she finished 18th. She set her personal best of 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)…

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Sports

Conor Benn

1996–

Conor Nigel Benn (born 28 September 1996) is a British professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC welterweight title in September 2026. He is the son of former two-division world champion boxer Nigel Benn.

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