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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Aphrose

Biography

Aphrose is the stage name of Joanna Mohammed, a Canadian soul and rhythm and blues singer from Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted for her 2023 album Roses, which received a Juno Award nomination for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards…

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Music

Apl.de.ap

1974–

Allan Pineda Lindo (born November 28, 1974), known as Apl.de.ap, is a Filipino musician based in Los Angeles, California.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Apo Ifa

1982-08-08

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Igbefa (Ifa Adagba), six Ifa priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba; Apo Ifa; Chief Odoode; Babalawo.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2695
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Apocalypse

20th century

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An etching with a dense cluster of overlapping lines, shapes, and imagery. The print is darkest along the left side and bottom edge, with the lightest area appearing at the top right corner near the image of a horse’s head and hoof. Another horse’s head is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.121
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Apoje palm oil mill, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-11-08

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Original text on slide reads, "Apoje palm oil mill".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1374
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Apollo Crews

1987–

Sesugh Isaac Uhaa (born August 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is performing as a freelancer under the ring name Uhaa Nation. He is best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Apollo Crews.

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Apolo Kaggwa and his son at writing table

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Apolo Kaggwa and his son at writing table” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0060
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Apostle Betty P. Peebles, senior pastor and overseer, teaches from the scripture Zechariah 2:8, Jericho City of Praise Church, Landover, Maryland, 2005

2005; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of Apostle Betty P. Peebles standing behind a clear podium and speaking into a microphone. She is holding the microphone with her right hand while her left hand is extended outward, above her head, with her fingers…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.22
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Apotheose

1967

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Paperback copy of “Apotheose” with ninety-five (95) pages. The book has a red cover with black text and staples. At the top of the front cover [René Piquion [underlined]] is printed. In the center of the cover in larger font is [APOTHEOSE]. There is a line…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.5.29
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Apparelled In His White Alb, Saint Remus Gossypium Hirsutum, Stoic Before His Sanguine Colored Buskins

2020

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A painting depicting the central figure of "Saint Remus," standing in a bright, sunny field surrounded by flora and fauna. Remus, depicted as an older Black man, stands gazing at the viewer, wearing all white and with a white-painted face. His garments…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.104
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Application for Federal Recognition as a National Guard Officer and for Appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps — Military Records

Jan. 25, 1931

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Cataloged as “Application for Federal Recognition as a National Guard Officer and for Appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2014.39_ref29
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Application for veterans' disability allowance for Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

after July 3, 1930

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Application for veterans' disability allowance for Corporal Lawrence McVey. The form is labeled in the top corner, [UNITED STATES VETERANS BUREAU / Form 526-c] and in the center the title states, [APPLICATION OF VETERAN / FOR DISABILITY ALLOWANCE UNDER…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.108.22
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Archival documents & files

Applications for and Records Relating to Restoration of Property — Wilmington (Treasury Department Agent and War Department Financial Agent)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of applications for and records relating to restoration of property, September 1865–May 1866 (274), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains complaints relating to the restoration of property (September 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.54.3
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Archival documents & files

Applications for Bounties — Vicksburg (Agent for Payment of Bounties)

Date not recorded

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Unbound applications for bounties, September 1868–March 1872, are arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the applicant.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.53.6
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Archival documents & files

Applications for Employment — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of applications for employment, March–June 1865 (344), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains receipts for rent and memorandums relating to bounties.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.10
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Archival documents & files

Applications for Extensions of Time on Bonds Made to the Commission on Liens — Claim Division

Date not recorded

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Unbound applications for extensions of time on bonds made to the commission of liens, 1868–69, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of applicant. These are numbered by the commission's case number in the unbound series of planters'…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.12
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Historical photographs & documents

Applications for Lease of Abandoned Plantations if Competition Not Awarded

Sept. 1863–Jan. 1864

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Cataloged as “Applications for Lease of Abandoned Plantations if Competition Not Awarded”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 3.52.16.1
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Archival documents & files

Applications for Lease of Abandoned Plantations if Competition Not Awarded — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

Date not recorded

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Unbound applications for lease of abandoned plantations if competition not awarded, September 1863–January 1864, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.16
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Applications for Lease of Abandoned Plantations — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

Date not recorded

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Unbound applications for lease of abandoned plantations, 1863–1865, are arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the applicant.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.15
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Historical photographs & documents

Applications for Rations

Apr. 1867–Apr. 1868

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Cataloged as “Applications for Rations”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.43.14.1
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