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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Ancient Order of Hibernians medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1930-1948

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Ancient Order of Hibernians gold medal for the Broad Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock. The medal consists of an orange, white, and green ribbon attached to a gold medal. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a gold colored, rectangular medal with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.16
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Ancient Order of Hibernians medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1930-1948

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Ancient Order of Hibernians gold medal for a track and field hurdle event awarded to Eulace Peacock. The medal consists of a gold colored pin holding an orange, white, and green ribbon attached to a gold medal. The gold pin is rectangular shaped with a “C”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.17
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Ancient Order of Hibernians medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1930-1948

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Ancient Order of Hibernians copper medal for a track and field event awarded to Eulace Peacock. The medal consists of a gold colored pin holding an orange, white, and green ribbon attached to a bronze medal. The gold pin is rectangular shaped with a “C”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.18
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Ancient wooden door

2000-02-04

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Ancient wooden door. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 129.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1663
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Historical photographs & visual records

Ancient wooden doors to courtyard of mosque

2000-02-04

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Ancient wooden doors to courtyard of mosque. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 125.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1659
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

And a special fear for my loved ones

1946; printed 1989

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Black and white linocut of a hanged man. The center of the image shows a lynched man with a noose around his neck and open eyes. His is depicted lying with his limbs bent and one arm above his head. Three figures stand near the dead man, two pairs of feet…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.21.13
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

And May the Best Jam Win Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “And May the Best Jam Win Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref170
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Historical photographs & visual records

And old man and child standing outside of a tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “And old man and child standing outside of a tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1807
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Historical photographs & visual records

And old man and child waving outside of a tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “And old man and child waving outside of a tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1806
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Historical photographs & documents

"And Still We Survive"

1969

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Short film directed by Stan Lathan for Black Journal.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref229
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

And Then I Shall Be Free

2008

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An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a self-portrait of the artist's grandfather, Willard Thomas. Thomas wears a Korean War-ear military uniform and stands smoking a cigarette and wearing glasses, holds a camera with both hands…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.77.1
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Visual Arts

And Twirl

1966

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Painting by Sam Gilliam. The abstract painting has rays running between the lower left and upper right corners. To the upper left of the rays, the canvas is darker, primarily done in shades of green. There is a yellow portion in the center. Extending out…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.76.2
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Anderson

1988–

Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988), commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who most recently was assistant manager of Adana Demirspor. He played as a midfielder and is best known for his…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Anderson – Blount Counties — Leases of Abandoned Property

Sept. 1864–Feb. 1867

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Cataloged as “Anderson – Blount Counties”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 18.4.1
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Anderson Boyd

Born 1835

Anderson Boyd (February 1835 - ?) was an American politician. Boyd was born in South Carolina. In November 1863, he enlisted in the 3rd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment.

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Sports

Anderson Cummins

1966–

Anderson Cleophas Cummins (born 7 May 1966) is a Barbadian former international cricketer who represented both the West Indies and Canada. He was primarily a fast-medium bowler. He played 5 Tests and 63 ODIs for the West Indies between 1991 and 1995, and…

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Arts & Performance

Anderson Delano Macklin

1933–2001

Anderson Delano Macklin (January 17, 1933 – July 26, 2001), also known as A. D. Macklin, was an American artist, professor, art historian, and author. He chaired the art department at a few historically black colleges, including Jackson State University,…

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Politics & Public Life

Anderson Ebberson

Biography

Anderson Ebberson (c. 1843–1916) was an American politician. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1877 and 1881, representing Jefferson County, Arkansas, as a Republican.

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BIOGRAPHY
Business & Enterprise

Anderson Hunt Brown

1880–1974

Anderson Hunt Brown (1880 – 1974) was an American businessman, real-estate developer, and civil rights activist. As a very successful African-American man in West Virginia, A.H. Brown worked on behalf of citizens and residents of the Charleston Independent…

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Politics & Public Life

Anderson Louis Rush

Biography

Anderson Louis Rush (c. 1838–1879) was a state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Pulaski County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Anderson .Paak

1986–

Brandon Paak Anderson (born February 8, 1986), known professionally as Anderson .Paak ( PACK or PAHK), is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, Actor, and record producer. He released his debut mixtape, O.B.E. Vol. 1, in 2012 and went on to release his…

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Medicine

Anderson Ruffin Abbott

1837–1913

Abbott earned his medical licence in Toronto in 1861 and served as a contract surgeon for the Union Army during the American Civil War, later corresponding with Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

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Science & Inventions

Anderson Sunda-Meya

Biography

Anderson Sunda-Meya is a Congolese–American physicist and the Norwood Endowed Professor of Physics at Xavier University in New Orleans. He also holds the position of Associate Dean. Sunda-Meya was awarded the 2021 American Physical Society Excellence in…

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