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Sports

Nana Akosah-Bempah

1997–

Nana Dwomoh Akosah-Bempah (born August 29, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for TOPLYGA club Transinvest.

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Scholarship

Nana Asma'u

1793–1864

Daughter of the Sokoto Caliphate's founder, Asma'u wrote extensively in multiple languages and organized a corps of women teachers who carried education to rural communities.

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Sports

Nana Boateng

2002–

Nana Osei Boateng (born 17 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan from National League club Sutton United.

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Education & Scholarship

Nancy Jones

1860–1939

Nancy "Nannie" Jones (January 8, 1860 - July 1939) was an African-American schoolteacher and missionary to Mozambique and Southern Rhodesia. A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Jones moved with her family in childhood to Memphis, Tennessee, where she…

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Biography & Culture

Nancy Twine

Biography

Nancy Twine is founder and CEO of Briogeo Hair Care, a personal care product company focused on “green beauty,” and the youngest African-American to launch a product line at Sephora.

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Civil Rights

Nannie Helen Burroughs

1879–1961

Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist…

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Biography & Culture

Nannie Mitchell

1887–1975

Nannie Mitchell (1887–1975) was an American newspaper publisher, writer, and founder of the St. Louis Argus, a newspaper that advocated for the Black community in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Resistance

Nanny of the Maroons

c. 1686–c. 1755

Nanny led Windward Maroon resistance against British colonial forces and helped secure freedom and autonomy for Maroon communities.

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Biography & Culture

Naomi C. Earp

1950–

Naomi Churchill Earp (born February 1950) is an American lawyer and government official from Maryland and Virginia. From 2007 to 2009 she served as chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she established the Youth At Work…

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Arts & Performance

Naomi Campbell

1970–

Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is a British model and actress. Beginning her career at the age of eight, Campbell was one of six models of her generation who were declared supermodels by the fashion industry and the international press. She was…

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History & Culture

Naomi Girma

2000–

Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team. Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, which she…

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Civil Rights & Community

Naomi Gray

1922–2006

Naomi Jean Thomas Gray (18 May 1922 - 29 December 2006) was the first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood and the first female social work instructor at San Francisco State University. She created several organizations in the field of public…

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Literature

Naomi Sims

1948–2009

Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels. Sims was the first African-American model to appear on the covers of Ladies'…

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Civil Rights & Community

Naomi Wadler

2006–

Naomi Wadler (born October 16, 2006) is an American student and activist against gun violence. She has made speeches advocating for victims of gun violence in the United States, especially Black female victims, most notably at the pro-gun control protest…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Napkin from the Shabazz Restaurant

1956

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This rectangular Shabazz Restaurant paper napkin is off white with a light brown horizontal rectangular field on the lower third portion of the front. Within the field are white letters that read "SHABAZZ/ RESTAURANT/ 616 EAST 71TH ST. PHONE 483-1688."…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.39.6
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Sports

Narada Bernard

1981–

Narada Michael Bernard (born 30 November 1981) is a Jamaican-English former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. Bernard, who was capped for the Jamaica national team, is currently a personal trainer and was recently mentioned on That Peter…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Narrative of Sojourner Truth

1884

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A first edition, hardcover book of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth. The dark brown cover has a gold illustration of Truth at center. There is a frontispiece portrait of an engraving of a photograph of Truth opposite the title page. The title page reads,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.5
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Narrow bead molder made by Cesar Chelor

1753-1784

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A wooden bead molder. There is evidence of older dents, abrasions, and scratches, but the plane is covered in a dark stain that obscures damage from past use. There is uneven staining and dark stains on the stock's proper right side. There is minor…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.21
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Clothing - Military Uniforms

NASA flight jacket owned by Charles Bolden

after 1985

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Blue flight jacket featuring seven different patches. An American flag patch appears on the proper left shoulder of the flight jacket. A patch on the proper right shoulder depicts a space shuttle ascending vertically above stars set against a red, orange,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.243.6
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Science & Inventions

Nashlie Sephus

Biography

Nashlie H. Sephus is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur specialized in machine learning and algorithmic bias identification. She is a technology evangelist at Amazon Web Services. Sephus is co-founder and chief executive officer of Bean Path, a…

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Biography & Culture

Natalie Nunn

1984–

Natalie Tynika Nunn (born December 26, 1984) is an American reality television personality, executive producer, rapper, and former athlete. She is best known for her appearance on the fourth season of Oxygen network's reality television series Bad Girls…

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Sports & Achievement

Natalie Randolph

Dates not recorded

Natalie Randolph is the Director of Equity, Justice & Community at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC and former high school football coach. She served as the head football coach at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. from 2010 to 2013.…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Natascha Ardouin and a man standing in front of glass paintings displayed for sale in a private room of a family's workshop, Dakar, Senegal

October 1990

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Cataloged as “Natascha Ardouin and a man standing in front of glass paintings displayed for sale in a private room of a family's workshop, Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020064
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Sports

Natasha Anasi

1991–

Natasha Moraa Anasi-Erlingsson (born 2 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Grindavík/Njarðvík of the Besta deild kvenna. Born and raised in the United States, Anasi played college football for the Duke Blue Devils before…

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