This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond, Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond Sr. was associated. Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.16.3.1ab
This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond, Sr. was associated. Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.16.4.1ab
This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond, Sr. was associated. Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.16.5.1ab
John Milton Waldron (May 19, 1863 – November 20, 1931) was a clergyman and civil rights leader in the United States. He led the NAACP's Washington D.C. branch. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
J'Neil Lloyd Bennett (born 7 December 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left winger. Bennett is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur Academy and began his professional career with the club. After gaining his first senior experience…
Josephus Pius Barbour (June 8, 1894 - January 5, 1974) was an American Baptist pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania who served as an executive director of the National Baptist Association and editor of the National Baptist Voice…
John Sella Martin (September 27, 1832 – August 11, 1876) escaped slavery in Alabama and became an influential abolitionist and pastor in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an activist for equality before the American Civil War and travelled to Britain to…
Ja Arthur Jahannes (August 25, 1942 – July 5, 2015) was a professor at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia and the pastor of the Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church in Savannah. He was a prolific playwright, music composer, essayist, and poet, a…
Ja'Mal Green (born August 9, 1995) is an American community activist from Chicago, Illinois. A Black Lives Matter activist, he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2019 and 2023.
Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5 – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven…
Jaafar Jeremiah Jackson ( jə-FAR; born July 25, 1996) is an American actor and singer. A member of the Jackson family, he released his debut single "Got Me Singing" in 2019 but gained popularity for portraying his uncle Michael Jackson in the…
Jaanai Derece Gordon (born 7 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch.
A women’s jabot made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with machine-made bobbin lace bottom border and center panel insert. The lace motif is a curling stylized leafy vine. The fabric is pleated at the top and sewn to a plain woven rectangular…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.40.13
Jacen Rex Orlando Russell-Rowe (born September 13, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Canada national team.
Jack Broomfield (1865–1927) was an American business leader and noted criminal in Omaha, Nebraska in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was an acknowledged political, social and economic leader in the city's African-American community.
A color photographic print portrait of Icon Jack Mizrahi, founder and Mother of the House of Mizrahi. He is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background wearing a navy blue fur jacket and black sunglasses. He holds his hands stretched out in front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.71.15
Jack Warren Pierce (born September 23, 1962, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American former hurdling athlete Raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, he graduated Woodbury High School in 1980. He attended the Morgan State University on a track scholarship. He…
A wooden jack plane. In relief on toe is [CE*CHELOR / LIVING IN / WENTHAM]. Below is another relief that reads [HR]. The stock has minor checking cracks on top of it. There is no striking button present, which may account for surface loss near toe.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.8
Jack Wiggins was an African-American entertainer of the early twentieth century, now remembered primarily for his elegant style in tap dance. Wiggins worked as a performer at the Hoofers Club on "Swing Street" in Harlem, New York, where he inspired…
John Henry "Jack" Yates (July 11, 1828 – December 22, 1897) was an American freedman, minister, and community leader. Born enslaved in Gloucester County, Virginia, on July 11, 1828, Yates was taught to read at an early age by his enslaver's child. He…
This blue jacket (.1) and Hammer pants (.2) were worn by the rapper and dancer MC Hammer in the 1988 music video for his song "They Put Me in the Mix." (.1): Blue cropped jacket with full-length sleeves. The jacket is made of a bright blue synthetic fabric…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.153.7.1-.2
A Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) jacket and patch. The UNIA military jacket (2013.68.150.1) is black with red and green accents. The collar at the top has metal clasps at the split. The buttons are missing down the middle. The two pockets…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.68.150.1-.2
An orange tailored silk shantung top decorated with beads and sequins worn by Marian Anderson at her Lincoln Memorial Concert in 1939. The jacket's silk material is iridescent with yellow undertones. Down the front of the jacket are 10 covered buttons. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.27.2.1
Red jacket similar in appearance to one worn by dancer Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans on the television show "Soul Train." The jacket is a collarless, double-breasted blazer. The exterior of the jacket is made from a red polyester twill. On the front of the jacket…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.30.1
