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Archival documents & files

Art Smith Telephone Account — Personal Papers

1973-1975

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Cataloged as “Art Smith Telephone Account”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref141
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Archival documents & files

Art Smith Wearing his Jewelry in Memphis, Photograph by Ozzie Lee Binion — Professional Photographs of Jewelry and Art Smith

1979

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Cataloged as “Art Smith Wearing his Jewelry in Memphis, Photograph by Ozzie Lee Binion”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref213
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Literature

Art Stewart

Biography

Art Stewart is an American record producer, audio engineer, and composer who has worked on many Motown recordings. He worked on the Blue album by Diana Ross, and recordings by Teena Marie, including her Wild and Peaceful album, released in 1979. With…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Art students standing in front of their artwork at a student art exhibition, Massawa, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Art students standing in front of their artwork at a student art exhibition, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0689
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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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Sports & Achievement

Art Warren

1993–

Arthur Frank Warren (born March 23, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kane County Cougars of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and…

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Sports

Art Williams

1934–1979

Arthur Williams (February 24, 1934 – February 8, 1979) was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League (NL) from 1972 to 1977, and was the first African-American umpire in the NL, wearing number 25 during his career. Williams…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Artbook

February 2019

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A signed artbook by Hugo Canuto printed in color on paper with 32 pages. The front cover depicts a single warrior, wearing presumably head gear with horns, gold embellishment around the face, and presumably fur on the outer edge. The warrior, in a forward…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.45.2.1
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Education & Scholarship

Artel Great

1981–

Artel J. Great (born September 11, 1981) also known as Artel Kayàru, is an American actor, filmmaker, and Black film scholar. He is known for portraying Rodney in the 2002 film Dahmer.

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Biography & Culture

Arthel Neville

1962–

Arthel Helena Neville (born October 20, 1962) is an American journalist, television personality, and weekend anchor for Fox News, based in Manhattan alongside co-anchor Eric Shawn. Neville is the daughter of Doris Neville and Art Neville, a Grammy…

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Visual Arts

Arthello Beck

1941–2004

Arthello Beck Jr. (July 17, 1941 – November 5, 2004) was an American artist. He often painted scenes of places he had visited, using a variety of mediums, including oils, watercolors, and charcoal. Beck was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Lincoln High…

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Music

Arthur Alexander

1940–1993

Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 – June 9, 1993) was an American country-soul singer and songwriter. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of genius, a…

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Politics & Public Life

Arthur Antoine

Dates not recorded

Arthur Antoine was an American state legislator in Louisiana. He represented Saint Mary Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874 along with Isaac Sutton. Charles Vincent documented him as having been born in Louisiana and…

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Sports

Arthur Ashe

1943–1993

Ashe combined tennis excellence with activism against apartheid and, later, HIV/AIDS awareness.

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Science & Inventions

Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.

1936–2001

Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker Jr. (August 24, 1936 – April 29, 2001) was an American solar physicist and a pioneer of EUV/XUV optics. He developed normal incidence multilayer XUV telescopes to photograph the solar corona. Two of his sounding rocket…

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