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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Agenda for National Black Organizations and Leaders in Arts and Culture meeting

1972

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Agenda from the Second World Black Festival of Arts and Culture meeting of National Black Organizations and Leaders in Arts and Culture. The agenda is printed on legal paper listing the conveners of the meeting, the location and address of the meeting, as…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.154.5
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Historical photographs & documents

Agents' and Superintendents' Monthly Lists of Articles Received, Expended, or On Hand

Mar. 1867–Aug. 1868

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Unbound agents' and superintendents' monthly lists of articles received, expended, or on hand, March 1867–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.4.4
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agere Ifa

1982-08-08

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2697
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Ages of Time

1959

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A short corporate documentary film with the title Ages of Time. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. It chronicles the history of timekeeping and was edited by African American film editor Hortense Beveridge. "Ages of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.79.1.3.1a
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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Aggrey Burke

1943–2025

Aggrey Washington Burke FRCPsych (13 May 1943 – 21 December 2025) was a Jamaican-born British psychiatrist and academic, who spent the majority of his medical career at St George's Hospital in London, England, specialising in transcultural psychiatry and…

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Visual Arts

Aggrey of Africa

1934

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A poster titled Agreey of Africa commemorating the Ghanian educator and leader J.E. Kewgyir Aggrey. The poster features an illustrated, bust-length portrait of Aggrey by Richmond Barthé. Aggrey is pictured smiling in a light-colored suit and tie. The title…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.14.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agidigbo Drum, Osomegbe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Agidigbo Drum, Osomegbe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0498
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Music

Agile

Biography

Ajene Griffith, better known as DJ Agile, is a Canadian hip-hop producer and DJ from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of the groups BrassMunk and Big Black Lincoln.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Aginetu, Imiamune, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Aginetu, Imiamune, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3232
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aginetu, Imigbai, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Aginetu, Imigbai, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3210
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aginetu, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Aginetu, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3104
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Agnaldo Timóteo

1936–2021

Agnaldo Timóteo Pereira (October 16, 1936 – April 3, 2021) was a Brazilian singer and politician.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell, Dance Theatre of Harlem, NYC

1983

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A digital color image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell at a rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell is seated on a high stool or chair and looks off camera with his head tilted slightly toward de…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agnes holding her child, Ogiriga, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Agnes holding her child, Ogiriga, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6675
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agnes, Imiakiu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Agnes, Imiakiu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3319
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Literature

Agnes Kane Callum

1926–2015

Agnes Kane Callum (February 24, 1925 – July 22, 2015) was a genealogist known for her research into Maryland's African-American history. She was a founding member of the Baltimore Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, a frequent columnist for…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Agnes, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Agnes, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3123
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BIOGRAPHY
Science

Agnes Yewande Savage

1906–1964

Agnes Yewande Savage (21 February 1906 – 7 September 1964) was a Nigerian–Scottish medical doctor and the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine. Savage was the first West African woman to receive a university degree in…

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Independence

Agostinho Neto

1922–1979

Neto combined literature with anti-colonial organizing and became Angola’s first president after independence.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Agricultural landscape, Egypt

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Agricultural landscape, Egypt” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 11276
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agricultural Officer Gbembo and field assistants inspecting the Chiefdom garden at Musaia

1979

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Donor notes read: "Agricultural Officer Gbembo and field assistants inspecting the Chiefdom garden at Musaia. Musaia area, Nov.- Dec., 1979. The date on the slide is FEB 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1669
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Historical photographs & visual records

Agricultural Work, Village and Scenic Views, Geleba, Eritrea

1998

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EEPA 2007-003-1537 to 1573.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2007-003_ref411
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