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Articles on Public Enemy 10

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 10” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref909
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Articles on Public Enemy 11

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 11” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref910
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Articles on Public Enemy 2

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 2” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref901
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Articles on Public Enemy 3

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 3” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref902
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Articles on Public Enemy 4

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 4” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref903
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Articles on Public Enemy 5

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 5” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref904
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Articles on Public Enemy 6

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 6” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref905
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Articles on Public Enemy 7

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 7” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref906
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Articles on Public Enemy 8

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 8” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref907
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Articles on Public Enemy 9

1989-2012

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy 9” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref908
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Articles on Public Enemy Correspondence

4-4-05

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Cataloged as “Articles on Public Enemy Correspondence” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 3
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Articles on Son of Bazerk

1991

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Cataloged as “Articles on Son of Bazerk” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref923
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Sports & Achievement

Artie Wilson

1920–2010

Arthur Lee Wilson (October 28, 1920 – October 31, 2010) was an American professional baseball player. He was an all-star for the Birmingham Black Barons of Negro league baseball before playing part of one season in Major League Baseball for the New York…

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Arts & Performance

Artie Young

1915–1989

Artie Francis Young (February 24, 1915 – July 30, 1989) was an African-American dancer, and actress of theater and film in the 1930s and 1940s. Her film work includes soundies. Young was considered one of the prettiest girls from Harlem in the 1940s.

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Artifacts on surface, Krobo site, Krobo Mountains, BA I Fieldtrip, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Artifacts on surface, Krobo site. Krobo Mountains, BA I Fieldtrip, Feb. 8, 1986. The date on the slide is MAY 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0226
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Artificial pink flowers from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Artificial pink paper flowers on green plastic stems with coiled paper-wrapped wire pieces coming off the stems. The flowers are tied with string to the bottom of the box. White stickers wrapped around the stems of the artificial flowers read "MADE IN CHINA".

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.105
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Artificial plant lamp from Muse Bar, the home bar of Isaiah Muse

1970s

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A decorative floor lamp contructed to resemble a potted plant. The lighting fixture is a can lamp embedded within the faux gravel base of a large, artificial plant. The plastic plant is tall with wide variegated leaves, a thick trunk-style stem, and calla…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.12
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Medicine & Health

Artina Tinsley Hardman

1951–

Artina Tinsley Hardman (born July 13, 1951) is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

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Arts & Performance

Artis Lane

1927–

Artis Lane (born Artis Shreve) is a Canadian sculptor and painter. Her bronze bust of Sojourner Truth is on display in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. It was unveiled in 2009, and was the first statue in the Capitol to…

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Education & Scholarship

Artis P. Graves

1907–1977

Artis P. Graves (September 23, 1907 – August 11, 1977) was an American college football coach and educator. He served as head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940 and again from 1944 to 1949. His 1940 Morris Brown Wolverines…

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Business & Enterprise

Artis Stevens

Biography

Artis Stevens is an American executive and the president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief marketing officer at the National 4-H Council.

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Artisan attaching woven textile to a pole, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Artisan attaching woven textile to a pole, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0261
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Artisan beginning to weave grass, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Artisan beginning to weave grass, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0198
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Artisan carving sculpture, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Artisan carving sculpture, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0248
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