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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Anthony Johnson

Biography

Anthony Johnson (b. c. 1600 – d. 1670) brought as an indentured servant from Angola and manumitted in the Colony of Virginia, became the first black man to own another black man in servitude for life, before moving to the Province of Maryland. He has been…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Anthony Smith (basketball)

1997–

Anthony Smith (born March 16, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for Barton Community College and Murray State.

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Sports

Anthony Stewart

1992–

Anthony Kelvin Stewart (born 18 September 1992) is a Turks and Caicos Islander professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League North club Bedford Town. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Anthony Stewart (ice hockey)

1985–

Anthony Stewart (born January 5, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, having played in the NHL, AHL, and KHL. He was born in Quebec, and his family moved to Toronto while he was a child. Stewart played minor hockey in Toronto, winning…

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Biography & Culture

Anthony Woods

1980–

Anthony Christopher Woods (born July 20, 1980) is an American politician who served as the secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families from 2023 to 2025. He was a U.S. Army officer deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Woods…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Anthracite coal heart-shaped pendant attributed to C. Edgar Patience

1969

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This heart-shaped pendant carved from anthracite coal is attributed to C. Edgar Patience from a design by his father Harry Brazier Patience. A design of inlaid pyrite of a circle with four (4) small leaves, two on each side of the circle, is placed on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.70.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Antigone en Créole

1953

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A soft cover, first edition of the play Antigone en Créole by Félix Morisseau-Leroy. The front cover is white and features [F. MORISSEAU-LEROY] in uppercase green letters at the top left-hand corner. The name of the play [ANTIGONE] is printed just below in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.47
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Antionette Carroll

Biography

Antionette D. Carroll is an activist and entrepreneur working for racial and health equity. She looks at systems of oppression from a design perspective. In Carroll’s mind, the same way a machine can be redesigned so can these social systems.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Antoine Dodson

1984–

Kevin Antoine Dodson (born June 27, 1986) is an American Internet celebrity, singer, and actor. In 2010, while a resident of the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama, he gave an interview on local television news prompted by the report of an…

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Sports & Achievement

Antoine Joubert

1965–

Antoine Glen Joubert (born February 20, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played high school basketball at Southwestern in his native city of Detroit, Michigan, where he was ranked as one of the best players of his…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Antoine Semenyo

2000–

Antoine Serlom Semenyo (born 7 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or wide midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City. Born in England, he plays for the Ghana national team. He made his professional debut for Bristol…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Anton Ferdinand

1985–

Anton Julian Ferdinand (born 18 February 1985) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre back. He is a first-team coach at National League club Hornchurch. A product of the West Ham United academy, he also played…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Antonia Bonds Family Home Movies — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 2000

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The Antonia Bonds Family Home Movies feature casual gatherings of family and friends, a wedding, and documentation of a food recipe.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref739
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Antonia Bonds Home Video #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Antonia Bonds Home Video #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180315_Bonds_VHS_01
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Historical photographs & documents

Antonia Bonds Home Video #2

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Antonia Bonds Home Video #2” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180315_Bonds_Hi8_01
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Antonio Michael Downing

Biography

Antonio Michael Downing is a Trinidadian-Canadian writer, musician and broadcaster, best known as the host of CBC Radio One's weekly literary talk show The Next Chapter since 2024. Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, Downing was initially raised by his…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Antwoine Hackford

2004–

Antwoine Hackford (born 20 March 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League Two club Swindon Town. Hackford began his career with Sheffield United, spending 12 years with the club. He played on loan at Alfreton Town,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Anye Elite

1987–

Anye Elite (born August 31, 1987) is an American singer, rapper and LGBT activist. He is best known for his contributions to Atlanta's gay community.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Apartment building with tires in yard - New Bedford, Mass. - 1972

1972

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This image depicts a number of rubbers tires lying on their sides in an abandoned lot next to several brick and concrete buildings. The lot is empty except for the tires, some broken boards and a few pieces of trash scattered over the concrete ground. In…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.10
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Ape skeleton dressed for sale at fetish market, Lake Togo to Lome, Togo

2004 November 20

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Ape skeleton dressed for sale at fetish market. Original Carousel number, 5, slide number, 125.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0658
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Aph Ko

Biography

Aph Ko is an American writer, vegan activist, and digital media producer. She is the author of Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out (2019), co-author of Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Apostle Betty P. Peebles, senior pastor and overseer, teaches from the scripture Zechariah 2:8, Jericho City of Praise Church, Landover, Maryland, 2005

2005; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of Apostle Betty P. Peebles standing behind a clear podium and speaking into a microphone. She is holding the microphone with her right hand while her left hand is extended outward, above her head, with her fingers…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.22
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Textiles and Quilts

Appliqué quilt made by Ruth Bailey

1980s

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Appliqué quilt in red, dark green, yellow, and white made by Ruth Bailey. The quilt top consists of nine (9) blocks all the same with a hand-appliquéd abstract floral design in solid dark green, solid red, and yellow printed floral fabrics on a white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.156.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Appraisal of a plantation owned by Elisha King listing 43 enslaved persons

1852

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An appraisal conducted on September 10, 1852 on a plantation owned by Elisha F. King in Bibbs County, Alabama. The appraisal is handwritten with blue ink, recorded on both sides of a single sheet of blue paper, folded in half to make four pages. Written in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.43.4
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