A black-and-white archival photograph of Destini Riley addressing an audience. Other member of the production team beside her include her parents, Carlos and Lattina Riley, co-producer Nicholas Pilarski, and an unidentified woman.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.44
A black-and-white archival photograph of Carlos Riley addressing an audience at a community film showing. The other members of the production team seated beside him include Lattina Riley and Nicholas Pilarski.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.45
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley at a public event. She stands in front of a stage with several artworks on it, one of which has text that reads "TIRED OF BEING A / [THREAT?]." A man standing beside her holds a microphone.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.47
Arekia Bennett is an American activist and the executive director of Mississippi Votes, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting voter registration. Bennett leads efforts to reach young and underrepresented voters in Mississippi through voter drives,…
Aretha Thurmond, née Hill (born August 14, 1976) is an American discus thrower. Her personal best distance is 65.86 metres (216.1 ft), achieved in March 2004 in Marietta. Thurmond is a 1994 graduate of Renton High School and in 1998 she graduated from the…
Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an American transgender advocate and political strategist based in Houston. Sa'id is a co-founder (along with Janetta Johnson and Honey Mahogany) and former executive director of The Transgender District in San Francisco, and…
Ariel Daniel Lassiter Acuña (born 27 September 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Costa Rica national team.
Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (March 3, 1863 – July 7, 1904) was an African-American writer, temperance activist, and professor of music at Clark University in Atlanta in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Twentieth Century Negro Literature (1902) noted…
Juanita "Arizona" Dranes (May 4, 1889 or 1891 – July 27, 1963) was an American blind female gospel singer and pianist. Dranes was one of the first gospel artists to bring the musical styles of Holiness churches' religious music to the public in her records…
Arlene Holt Baker (born 1951) is an American trade union activist and labor leader. A staff assistant with the AFL-CIO since 1995, she was appointed executive vice-president of the labor federation by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in 2007 and won…
Two arm shields worn by Seba Johnson in the 1988 and/or 1992 Winter Olympics. The green plastic arm shields have blue nylon and Velcro straps. [Invicta] is printed in red text with white background on the exterior side of shields. The interior is a gray…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.163.5ab
A neon green visual effects arm sleeve worn by Simone Missick as the character Misty Knight on the episode 'Wig Out' (203) of Marvel’s television series “Luke Cage.” This bright green visual effects arm-sleeve is part of Misty’s boxing and worn on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.47.3.4
2011.12.2ab: An upholstered armchair (2011.12.2a) with cushion (2011.12.2b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.2a: An upholstered armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The overstuffed chair is covered with an orange-brown woven fabric that covers…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.2ab
Armenta Adams (Hummings) Dumisani (born 1936) is an American concert pianist and music educator who since 1960 has performed in the United States and, thanks to an international relations award from the U.S. State Department, in 27 other countries. In…
Armstrong Inya Echezolachuku Oko-Flex (born 2 March 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.
Light brown Army Air Force jump suit with zippers. The center front has a zip closure that runs from neck to inseam. The sleeves of the jump suit both have a split cuff with a single button closure. The proper left sleeve has a pen pocket. There are two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.178.14
Two black Army Chaplain's stoles used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The stoles are made from black synthetic grosgrain with black rayon fringe attached at each end. There are matching designs machine embroidered on each facing end in gold rayon…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.3.1-.2
One (1) U.S. Army Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) worn by General Colin L. Powell. This subdued (black) rectangular metal badge has a medium infantry blue enamel face superimposed over an oval oak leaf wreath, the face itself of which is superimposed by a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.88
Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, New York, on April 5, 1937. He graduated from Community College of New York in 1958 and earned his commission through the ROTC as a second lieutenant in the Regular Army. After a distinguished and highly decorated…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.34.7ab
A US Army Field Grade Officer Service dress green cap owned and worn by Major General Colin L. Powell. This dark green wool cap, without chin strap and insignia, features a double oak leaf embroidered bill in brass and the Army green tight woven band.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.38
A large, green US Army duffle bag owned and used by General Colin L. Powell. This tubular military issue duffle/kit bag is constructed of weatherproof and sturdy nylon featuring an adjustable shoulder strap, side handle, snap pocket, and top closing flap.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.39
