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Emmanuel Jal (née Jal Jok, 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian rapper, actor, author, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, was published in 2009.
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Emmett C. Burns Jr. (August 26, 1940 – March 17, 2022) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served five terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County.
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Emmett Jay Scott (February 13, 1873 – December 12, 1957) was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, academic, and government official who was Booker T. Washington's closest advisor at the Tuskegee Institute. He was responsible for maintaining…
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Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers drew attention to the long history of…
July 21, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j. Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up…
Biography
Emmett Wigglesworth is a muralist, painter, sculptor, fabric designer, poet and civil rights activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has resided in New York since 1958. Wigglesworth is known for his abstract and colorful murals that he says are…
Biography
Emory Campbell is a community leader among the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia. The Gullahs have preserved more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other black…
1893–1968
Emory Ryan Cole (September 3, 1893 – August 16, 1968) was a lawyer and state legislator in Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He served in the U.S. military.
2009; printed 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Emory Douglas, Bobby Rush and Kathleen Cleaver, by Platon. Congressman Rush stands at the center with Douglas and Cleaver gathered closely together behind each of his shoulders. All three are depicted from the thighs up,…
2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a color print depicting a woman in a black t-shirt with her fist raised. The woman, shown from the hips up, wears a black t-shirt with white text that reads “empowered / women / empower / women.” She wears black pants, a red headwrap, and several…
c. 1851–1918
Taytu played a central political and military role in resisting Italian colonial expansion.
1995; published 2001
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover Danish edition of General Colin L. Powell’s autobiography, titled En streg I sandet [A Line in the Sand], originally published as My American Journey in the U.S. and A Soldier's Story in the UK. The book features a glossy white paper jacket…
1950-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a metal and enamel lighter belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a small refillable rectangular lighter with enameled scenes of San Francisco on the front and back. One side has an image of the Golden Gate Bridge across San Francisco Bay. The…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden end table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The tall wooden table has a medium finish, four turned legs, and an octagonal tabletop with geometric, medium dark wood inlay designs. The table also has a small, deep set skirt and a small, octagonal…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn end table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The tall, wooden table has a medium, reddish brown finish, a square tabletop, a single drawer, turned legs, and an open shelf near the bottom. The tabletop is plain with a small, plain, white, rectangular…
2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mixed media artwork with acrylic paint, collaged paper and photographs on a wood panel. The collaged historical images, patterns, and foliage elements are arranged in a central, circular design against a striated background with horizontal bands of color…
1944–2006
Endesha Ida Mae Holland (August 29, 1944 – January 25, 2006) was an American scholar, playwright, and civil rights activist.
2007-2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Endorsements of Barack Obama for President (1 of 2)”.
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Endorsements of Barack Obama for President (2 of 2)”.
2008-2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Endorsements of Barack Obama for President and Related Materials”.
1871
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn edition of a speech by Congressman Horace Maynard of Tennessee printed in black ink on off-white wove paper in a center bound booklet. The cover page reads [Enforcement of Fourteenth Amendment. / SPEECH / OF / HON. HORACE MAYNARD, / OF TENNESEE /…
1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe 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…
early 1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn engraved portrait of five African American legislators from Reconstruction Congresses. Five head portraits are depicted in a staggered arrangement of decorative oval frames. From top left to right are: Mississippian Hiram R. Revels; Alabaman James T.…
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Enoch Douglas Davis (1908—1985) was an American reverend, author and civil rights activist who spent the majority of his life in the town of St. Petersburg, Florida. A native from Burke County, Georgia, his family moved to St. Petersburg in 1925, and he…
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