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Archival documents & files

Art Smith Jewelry - Client Correspondence — Business Records

circa 1956-1976

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Cataloged as “Art Smith Jewelry - Client Correspondence”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref43
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Archival documents & files

Art Smith Jewelry - New Wholesale Terms — Business Records

undated

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Cataloged as “Art Smith Jewelry - New Wholesale Terms”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref40
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Civil Rights & Community

Art Townsend

1921–1989

Arthur Patrick Townsend (April 30, 1921 – February 13, 1989) was an American publisher, activist, and real estate developer. Best known for founding the Precinct Reporter, a weekly newspaper, he was a leading figure in the African-American community in San…

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Business & Enterprise

Arthur Bryant

1900–1982

Arthur Bryant (1900 – December 28, 1982, aged 82) was an American chef and restaurateur specializing in Kansas City barbecue. He owned and operated Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City, Missouri. Bryant was born on a farm in Branchville, Texas in Milam County,…

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Biography & Culture

Arthur J. Hill

1948–1995

Arthur J. Hill (July 4, 1948 – May 13, 1995) was an American banker who served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Article from the May 5, 2003 Sports Illustrated issue owned by Robert Johnson

May 5, 2003

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Pages 34-35 of the May 5, 2003 Sports Illustrated issue featuring the “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.” The partial article ranks Robert L. Johnson as number one of the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports. Page 34 features and article…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.16.3.2
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Historical photographs & documents

"Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of The Barnett-Aden Gallery to The Recorder of Deeds D.C." [photocopy]

1973

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Cataloged as “"Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of The Barnett-Aden Gallery to The Recorder of Deeds D.C." [photocopy]” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2014.63.32_ref22
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Artificial pink flowers from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Artificial pink paper flowers on green plastic stems with coiled paper-wrapped wire pieces coming off the stems. The flowers are tied with string to the bottom of the box. White stickers wrapped around the stems of the artificial flowers read "MADE IN CHINA".

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.105
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Business & Enterprise

Artis Stevens

Biography

Artis Stevens is an American executive and the president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief marketing officer at the National 4-H Council.

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Artisanat." [Arts and crafts.], Guinée

Date not recorded

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République de GUINEE[,] Artisanat.. Photographed by ONACIG - Corporate Entity. Published by.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1217
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Artisanat de l'indigo à Labé" [Indigo craftsmanship in Labé], Labé, Guinée

Date not recorded

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REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE[,] 8852 - Artisanat de l'indigo à Labé. Photographed by Dray, Robert, photographer. Published by IRIS EXPORT - Editions Touré Frères BP. 1617 CONAKRY.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1212
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Historical photographs & documents

Artist Name, Track List, Producer

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Artist Name, Track List, Producer” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 4
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Sports

Arvelia Myers

1927–2017

Arvelia Myers (25 February 1927 – October 25, 2017) was an American tennis player, wife, mother, coach, entrepreneur, and activist. After excelling in the sport, she founded Pyramid Tennis, the first female-owned, African-American tennis program, in Harlem…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

As I Saw It, Not Communism But Commonism: A Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for Our Times and for All Times, for America and for All Nations

1954

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A hardcover edition of As I Saw It, Not CommUnism But CommOnism: a Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for our Times and for all Times, for America and for all Nations, by Thomas Elliott Huntley. It is a cloth-bound book with five groups of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.16
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Politics & Public Life

Asa T. Spaulding Jr.

1934–2015

Asa Timothy Spaulding Jr. (September 21, 1934 – October 25, 2015) was an American businessman and politician.

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BIOGRAPHY
Business

ASAP Bari

Born 1991

Jabari Shelton (born December 23, 1991), better known as ASAP Bari (stylized as A$AP Bari) or Young Lord, is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. He is known as a co-founder of the New York hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, which he formed in 2006…

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Business

Ash Hudson

1972–

Albion "Ash" Hudson (born 1972) is an American designer and artist recognized as a pioneer in streetwear fashion. He founded Conart (stylized in all caps), a brand credited with originating the integration of graffiti art into apparel in the early 1990s…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Ashanti Alston

1954–

Ashanti Omowali Alston (born 1954) is an anarchist activist, speaker, and writer, and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. From 1974 to 1985, he spent time in prison for bank robbery, which caused him to become further…

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Education & Scholarship

Ashleigh Shelby Rosette

Biography

Ashleigh Shelby Rosette is an American management and organizations scholar. She is the Senior Associate Dean of Executive MBA and Non-Degree Programs at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Politics & Public Life

Ashley Bell

Biography

Ashley Daniel Bell is an American lawyer, political advisor, and government official serving as Regional Administrator of the Small Business Administration for Region IV. In October 2019, it was announced that Bell would serve as a White House Policy…

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Business & Enterprise

Ashley Boone

1938–1994

Ashley Augustus Boone, Jr. (1938–1994) was an American marketing and distribution executive in the film industry. He was the first black president of a major Hollywood studio, and he played a critical role in the launch of Star Wars, the most successful…

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