A beaded necklace from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The single strand necklace is strung primarily with blue, white, and pearl colored seed beads. The seed beads are strung in small groupings separated by silvered, mauve colored, glass tube beads. At the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.7
A wooden four poster bed frame with head board and foot board. The side rails screw into the frame providing greater strength and limited hiding places for vermin. This type of frame is known as the "Boyd Bedstead."
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.113.1a-m
A bed frame from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The disassembled bed has several parts that include: a headboard (2011.12.14a), footboard (2011.12.14b), right and left side rails (2011.12.14cd), and five bed slats (2011.12.14e-i). The headboard, footboard,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.14a-i
A wool single breasted man’s jacket by Jeffrey Banks. The jacket features a single panel collar with a notched lapel. The underside of the collar is backed with a single panel of wool felt. The jacket closes proper right over left with two round plastic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.689
The Bejeweled necklace by Art Smith. The necklace has a large collar loop and a smaller drop loop with a centered pendant at the bottom. The necklace is primarily constructed with four connected J-curved sterling silver pieces and accented with four large,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.85
A 45 rpm record of Nina Simone's single "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" as recorded by French singer Christine Lebail, with a letter to Andy Stroud from Ivan Mogull asking for Simone's written praise. The vinyl record (a) has a pink and white label at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.132.8.1ab
IRIS [logo]; AFRIQUE EN COULEURS[,] 3022 - Belle Africaine[,] AFRICA IN PICTURES[,] Pretty african woman; Printed in France. Published by IRIS - MEXICHROME.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0823
Ben Carter (February 10, 1910/1907 – December 12, 1946) was an American actor and casting agent. He appeared in numerous Hollywood feature films including The Harvey Girls, Tin Pan Alley, Crash Dive, Born to Sing, and Dixie Jamboree.
Benjamin Sylvester Ruffin (December 11, 1941 – December 7, 2006), also known as Ben Ruffin, was an African American civil rights activist, educator, and businessman in Durham, North Carolina. Growing up during the Civil Rights Movement era, Ruffin's life…
A wooden bench with seat cushion from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mahogany, rectangular, wooden bench, features a rectangular padded cushion. The bench has brown cane webbing over the seat, four carved legs, and an I-shaped support bar attached to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.22
Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American businessman and musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of Global Thermostat, a direct air capture company that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Benjamin Thomas Brooks Sr. (born April 23, 1950) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate for District 10, based in Baltimore County, since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district in…
Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr. (born January 22, 1948) is an African-American activist, author, journalist, ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and the current president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. He serves as…
Benjamin Franklin Roberts (September 4, 1815 – September 6, 1881) was an African-American printer, writer, activist and abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts, whose famous case on behalf of his daughter, Sarah Roberts v. Boston, resulted in a verdict that…
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (August 15, 1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas. A former slave from Tennessee who escaped to freedom in Ontario in 1846,…
Benjamin Sterling Turner (March 17, 1825 – March 21, 1894) was an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Alabama's 1st congressional district in the 42nd United States Congress. He was a…
Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 25, 1835 – January 14, 1923) was an American clergyman and editor. He edited The Christian Recorder, an influential African American Methodist newspaper, and later founded The AME Church Review, an academic journal. He also…
Benny Nelson Napoleon (September 10, 1955 – December 17, 2020) was an American attorney, law enforcement officer, and politician who served as the sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan from 2009 to 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served…
A 415 Berkley spinning fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rod has a black butt cap, cork handle grips, and a silver tone reel seat. The rod blank is white and has three silver tone metal guides held in place with wrapped thread.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.21.1
A black Bernard Johnson jacket worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The polyester jacket features a folded down collar made from one panel of fabric. Two panels of fabric with a diamond quilt pattern make up the front of the jacket. At the proper left breast is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.8.1
