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MUSEUM OBJECT
Jewelry and Adornment

Enamel badge lapel pin for Kappa Alpha Psi

20th century

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An enamel badge lapel pin for Kappa Alpha Psi. The diamond-shaped badge is brass with a black enamel center with Greek letters (Kappa, Alpha, Psi) surrounding a white scroll with the Greek letters Phi, Nu, and Pi. The reverse has a brass pinback closure.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.171.7.1
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Literature

Endesha Ida Mae Holland

1944–2006

Endesha Ida Mae Holland (August 29, 1944 – January 25, 2006) was an American scholar, playwright, and civil rights activist.

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Arts & Performance

Endia Beal

1985–

Endia Beal (born February 8, 1985) is an African-American visual artist, curator, and educator. She is known for her work in creating visual narratives through photography and video testimonies focused on women of color working in corporate environments.

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Archival documents & files

Endorsements Sent and Received — Superintendent of Education

Date not recorded

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The two volumes of endorsements sent and received, August 1865–July 1866, January 1867–May 1867, and May 1867–November 1869, 1 (51) and 2 (52), are arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (52) has a name index. The entries in the volumes are cross referenced in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.1.2
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Archival documents & files

Endorsements Sent — Superintendent of Education

Date not recorded

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The single volume of endorsements sent, February 1867–December 1868 (46), is arranged in chronological order. The records are cross–referenced in Volume (45) of the single–volume register of letters received, Feb. 1868–Jan. 1869, described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.1.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Vehicles

Engine panel used by Esau Jenkins and the Progressive Club of Johns Island

1966

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The rear engine panel to a 1966 Volkswagen Transporter microbus used by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins for the Progressive Club on John's Island, South Carolina. The panel is painted green. Two hinges are at the top of the panel. A silver handle is at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.162.2
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Science & Inventions

Enid Cook de Rodaniche

Born 1906

Enid Cook de Rodaniche (1906–1980s) was an American virologist and bacteriologist. She was the Chief of the Public Health Laboratory at the Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas in Panama City, Panama where she was the first person to isolate the yellow fever…

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Science

Enitan Carrol

Biography

Enitan Carrol is a British physician and Professor of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. Carrol studies the mechanisms that underpin bacterial infection. In 2020 she was featured in Nicola Rollock's exhibition Phenomenal Women: Portraits of…

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Sports

Eno Benjamin

1999–

Enotobong Benjamin (born April 13, 1999) is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft.

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Civil Rights & Community

Enolia McMillan

1904–2006

Enolia Pettigen McMillan (October 20, 1904 – October 24, 2006) was an American educator, civil rights activist, and community leader.

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Education & Scholarship

Enos Luther Brookes

1891–1944

Enos Luther Brookes (1891–1944) was a chemist, academic, and activist for civil rights in the United States. He was born in Jamaica, then a British colony.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Enrollment Certificate to Poro College for Lucille Brown

March 19, 1915

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This is a certificate of enrollment for Lucille Brown as an agent for Poro products. Also included on the certificate are instructions for treating hair in order to be straightened, instructions for selling Poro products, prices for products and selling…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.2
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Archival documents & files

Entered in Register 3 — Registered Letters Received

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Entered in Register 3”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M844, File 4.1.3
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Archival documents & files

Entered in Register 4 — Registered Letters Received

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Entered in Register 4”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M844, File 4.1.4
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Visual Arts

Environment No. 5

1969; printed in 2000

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A three-tone mezzotint of female faces by Eldzier Cortor. Depicted in two parts, framed by a silver color border, from left to right: Two grayscale women, one in profile with a bright earring, the other looking forward with a bright head wrap, one of her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.170.6
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Sports & Achievement

Eolus Von Rettig

1908–1983

Eolus Von Rettig (July 6, 1908 – April 29, 1983) was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas College in Tyler, Texas from 1936 to 1941, Texas State University for Negroes—now known as Texas…

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Biography & Culture

Ephraim Isaac

1936–

Ephraim Isaac (born 29 May 1936) is an Ethiopian scholar of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations. He founded the Institute of Semitic Studies, which he directs from his home in Princeton, NJ, and is the chair of…

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Biography & Culture

Ephraim Salaam

1976–

Ephraim Mateen Salaam (born June 19, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL draft. He played…

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Literature

Era Bell Thompson

1905–1986

Era Bell Thompson (August 10, 1905 – December 30, 1986) was an American writer and editor. Thompson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, to an African American family, the only daughter of Steward "Tony" Thompson and Mary Logan Thompson, the children of formerly…

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Historical photographs & visual records

ere ibeji in collection of Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

1970

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ere ibeji in collection of Institute of African Studies. University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Lamidi O. Fakeye (1928-2011).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3178
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Politics & Public Life

Eric Bell II

1991–

Eric Wyatt Bell II is an American politician from the Democratic Party who serves as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 75. In 2023, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in a special election to replace…

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Sports & Achievement

Eric Bieniemy

1969–

Eric M. Bieniemy Jr. (bee-EN-uh-me; born August 15, 1969) is an American professional football coach and former running back who is the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…

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Sports

Eric Boateng

1985–

Eric Yamoah Boateng (born 20 November 1985) is a British former professional basketball player. He is a former college basketball player with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team. He attended high school at St.

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Sports

Eric Davis

1968–

Eric Wayne Davis (born January 26, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Davis was selected by…

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