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MUSEUM OBJECT
Written Music

As Long as I Live

1934

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Sheet music for the song "As Long as I Live" from the production of the 24th Edition of the Cotton Club Parade. The cover is orange with a large graphic of a woman's head. Her features are simplified with only her eyes, lips, and PL ear are seen. Her face…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.11
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Politics & Public Life

Asa Coleman

Biography

Asa Coleman was an American politician and former slave. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from December 6, 1871, to April 2, 1873, and served on the Committee on Asylums and Prisons. He was a Republican.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Asa fried whole, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

2010-10-12

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Asa fish fried and served whole Original Carousel 27, slide 125.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3443
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Education & Scholarship

Asa Grant Hilliard III

1933–2007

Asa G. Hilliard III (August 22, 1933 – August 13, 2007), also known as Nana Baffour Amankwatia II, was an African-American professor of educational psychology who worked on indigenous ancient African history (ancient Egyptian), culture, education and…

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Politics & Public Life

Asa T. Spaulding Jr.

1934–2015

Asa Timothy Spaulding Jr. (September 21, 1934 – October 25, 2015) was an American businessman and politician.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo group, Ekumfi Atwa Festival

1986

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Donor notes read: "Ekumfi Atwa Festival; Asafo Co. Flag; Sept. 20, 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0815
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo group with flag, dancer, Ekumfi Atwa Festival

1986

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Donor notes read: "Ekumfi Atwa Festival; Asafo Co. Flag, dancer. Sept. 20, 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0830
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo group with flag, Ekumfi Atwa Festival

1986

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Donor notes read: "Ekumfi Atwa Festival; Asafo Co. Flag. Sept. 20, 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0827
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo groups gathered, Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival, Cape Coast

1986

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Donor notes read: "Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival, Cape Coast, Sept. 6, 1986; groups which circled the area before the chief arrived; most are Asafo Co. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0754
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo shrine at the Amoku shrine, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Asafo shrine at the Amoku shrine. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0337
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asafo Shrine III, Elmina

1986

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Donor notes read: "Elmina Boat, Asafo Shrine III. Sept., 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0785
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asana, Afokha, Okhu, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Asana, Afokha, Okhu, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3365
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asana, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Asana, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3255
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Asante

2003

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Quilt in mostly red and purple made for Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry by the African American Quilt Circle in 2003. It is comprised of several blocks both pieced and appliqued, with strips sewn in some places to create evenness in the block sizes. The fabrics are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.215.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Asante bead making village, Asamang, outside of Kumasi

1986

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Donor notes read: "Asante bead making village, Asamang; outside of Kumasi, Feb. 15, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-2009
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Asante bead making village, Asamang, outside of Kumasi, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Asante bead making village, Asamang; outside of Kumasi, Feb. 15, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0245
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Film & Television

Asante Blackk

2001–

Asante Duah Ma'at (born October 20, 2000), known professionally as Asante Blackk, is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the miniseries When They See Us (2019), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Music

Asante Haughton

Biography

Asante Haughton born July 31st 1985 is a Jamaican-born Toronto-based human rights and mental health advocate and the co-founder of Reach Out Response Network.

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BIOGRAPHY
Business

ASAP Bari

Born 1991

Jabari Shelton (born December 23, 1991), better known as ASAP Bari (stylized as A$AP Bari) or Young Lord, is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. He is known as a co-founder of the New York hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, which he formed in 2006…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

ASAP Rocky

1988–

Rakim Athelston Mayers (born October 3, 1988), known professionally as ASAP Rocky ( AY-sap; stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, record producer, actor, fashion designer, and model. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as…

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Historical photographs & documents

Ascension and Assumption

1865–67

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Cataloged as “Ascension and Assumption”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 4.1.7.2
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Historical photographs & documents

Ascension Parish

1864–67

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Cataloged as “Ascension Parish”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 4.1.7.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) — Foreign Relations

2004

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Cataloged as “ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.101_ref48
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Science & Inventions

Asegun Henry

Biography

Asegun Sekou Famake Henry is the George N. Hatsopoulos Professor in Thermodynamics and Area Head for Energy Science and Engineering in the Department of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research is focused on energy…

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