A documentary film with the title Abortion: Stories from North and South. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through interviews with women from Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Canada, the documentary…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.93.1a
Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14 June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the second President of Zanzibar from 1972 to 1984. He held several other positions, including Chairman of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Council, vice-president of the…
This hand typed letter is titled "About the Messenger." It is a page and half of information about Elijah Muhammad and his role in the Nation of Islam.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.150.11.14ab
Aaron Philips (born 3 May 1997), known professionally as Abra Cadabra, is a British rapper and singer. He is a member of the UK drill group OFB. Abra Cadabra debuted his first track, "Man Down", in September 2015. He then went on to star in a platform…
Abraham Beverley Walker (23 August 1851 – 21 April 1909) was a New Brunswick-born lawyer and journalist. He was the first Canadian-born Black lawyer in New Brunswick, and the first black lawyer born in what is now Canada (Robert Sutherland having been born…
Abraham W. Bolden (born January 19, 1935) is a former United States Secret Service agent. He was the first African American assigned to the presidential security detail, appointed in 1961 by John F. Kennedy. In 1964, Bolden was fired from the Secret…
An abolitionist and shoemaker, Shadd won election to the Raleigh Township council in Canada West in 1859, opening a path later followed by other Black Canadians.
Abraham François (born 7 June 1977) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a defender. He competed in the 1997 Canada Games with Quebec, winning the competition. He was then selected to represent Canada at the Francophonie Games in…
Abraham Harris Galloway (February 8, 1837 – September 1, 1870) was an American abolitionist and politician. A former slave, he served as a Union Army spy and early black political organizer in eastern North Carolina during the American Civil War. After the…
Abraham J. Turner is a retired major general of the United States Army and is the previous executive director for the Department of Employment and Workforce in South Carolina.
Abraham Lincoln Davis Jr. (1914 – June 24, 1978) was an American minister and leader in the civil rights movement. He led voting drives and advocated for desegregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1975, Davis became the first African American member of…
Abraham Lincoln DeMond (June 6, 1867 – January 19, 1936) was an American minister and advocate for African-American emancipation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On January 1, 1900, at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, he gave a speech, The Negro…
Abraham Lincoln "A.L." Lewis (1865–1947) was an influential American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida, and became the state's first African-American millionaire. He also founded…
Abraham Hugo Miller (March 13, 1851 – July 8, 1913) was a businessman, pastor and state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. At the peak of his business operations, he was considered the wealthiest…
Abraham Walker Niles (December 10, 1807- June 22, 1852) was an American abolitionist, deacon, and mariner. He was born and raised in Castine, Maine and later settled in Portland. Niles was a co-founder of the Abyssinian Meeting House, one of the oldest…
Abraham P. Holmes was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Colleton County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1874. He was described as "mulatto". He was honored in a legislative resolution as an African American.
Abraham Perry (c. 1842–1908) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer born in Midway, Kentucky best remembered as the winner of the 1885 Kentucky Derby with Joe Cotton. He was the first African-American trainer of a classic race winner to be mentioned in…
Abraham Thomas (1928 – July 23, 1958) was a United States Army soldier and a mass murderer who shot and killed two fellow soldiers and their girlfriends in the town of Gersthofen in West Germany on February 23, 1954. He was tried by a military…
