A US Army Green Service uniform belt worn by General Colin L. Powell. This belt is made of a tightly woven webbed cotton and is meant to be worn with US Army Green Service uniform pants. The flip buckle and flat belt tip are a bright brass. There are no…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.4
A US Army green service uniform jacket (a) with officer stars (b-i) worn by General Colin L. Powell. This single-breasted jacket (a) is made from a dark olive green polyester fabric and closes at the center front with four (4) gold buttons featuring the US…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.1a-i
A US Army green Service Uniform jacket worn by General Colin L. Powell. This single-breasted jacket is made from a dark olive-green polyester fabric and closes at the center front with four (4) gold buttons featuring the US Army insignia in relief. There…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.37.1
A pair of US Army green service uniform pants worn by General Colin L. Powell. These pants are made from a dark olive-green polyester fabric and have straight cut legs that are pressed with a crease down the center front and back. The pants close at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.3
A pair of US Army green service uniform pants worn by General Colin L. Powell. These pants are made from a dark olive-green polyester fabric and have straight cut legs that are pressed with a crease down the center front and back. The pants close at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.5
A pair of US Army green service uniform pants worn by General Colin L. Powell. These pants are made from a dark olive-green polyester fabric and have straight cut legs that are pressed with a crease down the center front and back. The pants close at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.6
A US Army Green Service uniform shirt worn by General Colin L. Powell. This long-sleeved pale green dress shirt has a standard collar and closes at the center front with seven (7) round clear plastic buttons. There are two (2) breast pockets, one at each…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.2
Light colored camouflage United States Army jacket. Jacket has four (4) pockets on the front, two (2) on each side of the torso, one above the other. Above the upper pocket of the PR side is the name of the wearer [JONES]. On the PR shoulder are two (2)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.245.2.1
A navy blue mess dress jacket worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The jacket is double-breasted, with a notched collar and a wide lapel. The black lapel color indicates the branch (Infantry). The jacket has six (6) gold buttons, three on each side, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.6
A white mess dress jacket worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The jacket is double-breasted, with a notched collar and a wide lapel. The jacket has six (6) gold buttons, three on each side, and on each button is the crest of the United States. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.7
The medal was designed by Anthony C. Paquet, whose name is inscribed on the obverse, and realized in silver by the United States Mint in Philadelphia. The medal consists of a silver medallion suspended from a silver ring fixed to a silver…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.37ab
One (1) U.S. Army Parachutist Badge worn by General Colin L. Powell. This black (subdued) metal pin depicts an open parachute in the center of two wings that curl upward and has two brass metal backings. General Powell earned his "Jump Wings" after…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.89
One (1) U.S. Army Pathfinder Badge worn by General Colin L. Powell for his successful completion of Pathfinder School at Fort Benning, Georgia, between 1958 and 1960. This subdued (black) metal badge is shaped as a torch with two layers of flames coming…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.90
Light colored camouflage United States Army patrol cap, size 7 1/2. Cap has a patch on the center of the front of the sideband. Patch at front is one black bar indicating the wearer as a first lieutenant. On the back of the cap is a patch with the wearer's…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.245.2.2
One (1) Army ribbon rack with one row of three (3) foreign service ribbons in gold color frames worn by General Colin L. Powell. This gold framed row of square ribbons, from left to right, includes the Valorous Unit Award, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.60
An Army White Dress uniform jacket worn by General Colin L. Powell. The single-breasted jacket is made from an off-white polyester fabric and closes at the center front with four (4) large brass buttons featuring the US Army insignia in relief. There are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.35.1
Army White Dress uniform trousers worn by General Colin L. Powell. These pants are made from an off-white polyester fabric and have straight cut legs that are pressed with a crease down the center front and back. The pants close at the center front waist…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.35.2
A US Army White Mess Jacket with four gold officer stars worn by General Colin L. Powell. This single-breasted jacket is made from an off-white polyester fabric, designed with a v-tapered front and back hem, and closes at the center front with one (1) gold…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.36
Arna Wendell Bontemps ( bon-TOM) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, sometimes known as the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax" because of his uninhibited stomping style. Cobb wrote the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth…
Arnett Elysus Girardeau Sr. (July 15, 1929 – October 26, 2017) was an American dentist and politician in the state of Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives for the 16th district from 1976 to 1982 and in the Florida Senate for the 7th…
A black-and-white photograph of jazz musicians Arnie Lawrence (L), Howard McGhee (C), and Cecil Payne (R) performing in New York City. Lawrence plays tenor saxaphone, McGhee plays trumpet, and Payne plays baritone saxaphone. Lawrence and Payne are framed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.51
