A color photograph of LL Cool J and Russell Simmons. LL Cool J is on the proper right side of the image. He is sitting on a black bar stool. He is wearing a white Kangol hat, a white t-shirt, white pants, and white sneakers with grey details. He is also…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.1
This black and white photograph that depicts twenty-one women and one small child. The women stand in two rows on the steps of a building. In the upper left corner of the image is some wooden scaffolding. Seated in the scaffolding is a small child,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.11
This black and white photograph depicts twelve women, three men, and one boy. The women all stand a row wearing light-colored shirts and dark skirts, except one woman fifth from the right, who wears a light-colored skirt. The women all face the left and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.12
Black and white photographic bust length portrait of Madam C.J. Walker. Sitting sideways, her head is turned slightly right towards the viewer. Her gaze is to the lower right. Her hair is smooth, parted in the middle, and falls to ear length, and tucked…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.153.8
A black-and-white photograph of third-generation midwife Susie Carey, standing on a dirt road in a rural landscape. She is wearing a white dress, black shoes and dark cardigan sweater. Her hair is pulled back and she wears glasses. On the verso is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.282
A color photograph of Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee at Chung King Studios. The two men are pictured standing behind a large piece of studio recording equipment. Davis, on the left, wears sunglasses and a fringed leather jacket over a red shirt. Bee is on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.104
A black-and-white photograph of North Greenwood Ave. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, prior to the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. The photograph was taken looking north down the avenue from East Archer Street. The Williams Building is visible on the left side of the photograph.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.6
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Isabella Salcedo, at NMAAHC. Salcedo interviewed Paul Coates for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.3
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Isabella Salcedo, at NMAAHC. Salcedo interviewed Paul Coates for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.4
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, at NMAAHC. Navies coordinated the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.5
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s director, Kevin Young, at NMAAHC. The image captures the two standing side-by-side on a balcony, looking directly into the camera.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.6
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The image captures Coates sitting and looking directly into the camera, smiling. He wears a black long sleeved shirt and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.2
A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s director, Kevin Young, and oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, at NMAAHC. Navies coordinated the Social Justice Conversations Oral…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.7
A black-and-white photograph of a group of people sitting at a large table in Hunt’s Cafe, an African American owned business in Earle, Arkansas. At the center of the photograph is a long, rectangular table with a white tablecloth. Around the table are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.27.11
A black and white photograph of Queen Latifah and associates. Queen Latifah is standing in the center of the image. She is wearing a white button down shirt, a black suit jacket, black pants, and black heels. She has shoulder length hair. Her arms are down…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.109
A black-and-white photograph of Jam Master Jay and Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, Russell Simmons, Steve Plotnicki, and Cory Robbins of Profile Records, taken in New York City. Clockwise from left to right is Darryl McDaniels, Russell Simmons, Steve…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.393
A digital image of Selena D. Williams captured in the family business, Selena’s House of Beauty, a hair salon in Chicago, Illinois during an oral history interview. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). Visible from the chest up, Williams wears a yellow shirt…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.2
A digital image of Selena Williams with her grandchildren, Bonnie Taylor-Williams, Brian Parker, and Herbert “Scotty” Taylor along with Bonnie’s husband, Paxton Williams. They are captured in the family business, Selena’s House of Beauty, a hair salon in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.4
A digital image of siblings Brian Parker, Herbert “Scotty” Taylor, and Bonnie Tayflor-Williams captured in the family business, Selena’s House of Beauty, a hair salon in Chicago, Illinois after an oral history interview. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif).…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.5
A black-and-white photograph of six people socializing on the lawn of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Five women and one man are seated in chairs arranged in a semi-circle. The two women on the far-left side of the image are sitting in front of an open,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.54.3
A black-and-white photograph of six people socializing on the lawn of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Five women and one man are arranged in a semi-circle. The two women on the far-left side of the image are sitting in front of an open, striped, lawn umbrella…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.54.5
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of six (6) people standing at a tailor shop’s front counter. The two (2) men and two (2) of the women are standing behind the front counter. The man depicted on the left is standing behind a cash…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.195
A color photograph of Smokey Robinson posing with Casey Grant and fellow Delta Air Lines flight attendants, Debbie Phillips, Sharon Hirtzer, and Ellen Lucas. The group is depicted standing close together and smiling at the camera. Robinson is pictured at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.50.24.7
A digital image of the street signed for Selena’s House of Beauty & School of Hair-Weev Technology, a family business hair salon in Chicago, Illinois. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). The yellow sign is a blade sign mounted perpendicular to the façade of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.6
