A maroon, textured file folder with a lock. The file folder has rounded edges with a black threaded leather strip around all of the non-binding edges. There is a tab closure, also bordered with black threaded leather strip that locks into a gold circular…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.43.1
Movie poster with large black and white photographic image of two girls and three boys, standing next to a brick building with barred window. Tagline above image in black text [MEET THE STUDENT / WELCOMING COMMITTEE / OF COOLEY HIGH] Title under image in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.7.65
A color film still from the film To Sir, With Love, depicting Sidney Poitier and Judy Geeson in a classroom. Gleeson sits upon a student's desk, facing towards Poitier, who stands in front of but perpendicular to Geeson, facing the camera. The teachers…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.152.211
These students, Michael Willis (now Menelik Fombi), Harry Williams, and Dwania Kyles, were three of the "Memphis 13," the group of thirteen first-graders who integrated four Memphis elementary schools on October 3, 1961. Willis, Williams and Kyles are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.16.18
First Lessons In Spoken French For Men in Military Service is a blue cloth wrapped book. The title and authors are in black print on top of the front cover, [FIRST LESSONS IN SPOKEN FRENCH / FOR MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE / Wilkins, Coleman, and Huse]. At the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.111.24.3
The photograph depicts first year cadets of the Ecole de Formation d'Officiers in classroom studying geography (lecture on India). Teacher in classroom is Lt. Anthierens. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 12710
Omon Fitzgerald Hill (born March 28, 1964) is an American former college football player and coach and college administrator. Hill served as the head football coach at San Jose State University from 2001 to 2004, compiling a record of 14–33. He was the…
A pink flag made from synthetic fabric. The heading of the flag is white with brass grommets. The flag is decorated on one side with the Alpha Kappa Alpha seal. The seal is green and brown. Along the flag's top edge, in black lettering, is "ALPHA KAPPA…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.1.3
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell (December 25, 1904 – October 3, 1980) was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in home economics. Her Ph.D. focused on nutritional interventions to address high Black mortality rates in the 1930s, and she was also the…
This flier advertises a Conference on the Struggle Against Racism following the Bakke Decision. The flier is white with black text and features a line drawing illustration of protesters, some holding signs, including one reading [Racial Equality in Jobs…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.144
This flier announces a March on Washington against the Bakke Decision. The flier is white with black text and features a drawing of a crowd of protesters on the center right. The heading at the top reads [Chelsea residents: / United Against Racism /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.146
A printed flier in various fonts announcing the NAACP National Youth Legislative Conference at American University in Washington, DC from February 3rd to 6th, 1955 sponsored by the NAACP. Participants will meet to discuss issues surrounding the challenges…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.34.20
A mimeographed flier with a mix of handwritten text and newspaper clippings reproduced in purple ink on white paper, demanding open admissions for black and Hispanic students to the City University of New York (CUNY) four year colleges. The handwritten…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.82
An off-white flier with black ink that announces a: "Pre-March Freedom Rally" for the Meredith Marchers. The flier states: "Come to Tougaloo Campus Sat., June 25th, 8:00 P.M. to welcome the Meredith Marchers to Jackson". The flier advertises: "See!! /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.109.5
This flier advertises a conference entitled Southern Africa: The Struggle for National Liberation. The flier is white paper with black text. The flier reads: [SOUTHERN AFRICA: The Struggle for National Liberation / A Conference sponsored by / The Yale-New…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.18
A flier soliciting support for the Friends of Music for Junior High School Pupils in New York City, Inc., a non-profit organization that fundraised for music scholarship. The flier consists of information on the organization and a tear away section for…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.142
A white paper flier produced by a segregationist group discrediting civil rights activist Daisy Bates. The flyer is designed with centered black print, Bates’s arrest mugshots and police record at an attempt to frame her civil rights activism as criminal,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.26.20
Small printed flyer. Black text on white paper. It reads [IF YOU WANT TO KEEP / OUR SCHOOLS SEGREGATED / VOTE / FOR REMOVAL / OF LAMB / MATSON / TUCKER / AGAINST REMOVAL / OF LASTER / McKINLEY / ROWLAND / THE MOTHER' LEAGUE / P.O. Box 3321 / Little Rock,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.13.1
A dark blue jumpsuit worn by Trayvon Martin while a participant at Experience Aviation STEM non-profit organization. The Dickies-brand coveralls are size Regular-Small and feature embroidery and patches related to the Experience Aviation program. Jumpsuit…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.32.1
Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin (born 23 September 1949), is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away, Jamboree and Fast…
Flonzie Brown-Wright (also known as Flonzie Brown-Goodloe; born 1942) is an American civil rights activist, voting rights activist, educator, and author. In 1968, she was elected Election Commissioner in Canton, becoming the first Black woman elected to a…
Flora Lonette Davis Crittenden (August 10, 1924 – November 2, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist in Virginia turned politician. She worked as a teacher and guidance counselor in Newport News, Virginia public schools for 32 years, then…
