A backstage pass attached to a lanyard by a metal clip. It is a laminated white paper card with a graphic purple ink background. The card's reverse has restriction details in english and Finnish. The lanyard is green cloth with gray edges bearing the logo…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.13.22.2
A laminated VIP pass for a SWV (Sisters With Voices) concert. The front of the pass features a color photograph of the group posing together; Cheryl "Coko" Gamble is closest to the bottom edge of the image while Tamara "Taj" Johnson leans her chin on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.68.13
Ashanti Mutinta (born October 4, 1991), known professionally as Backxwash, is a Zambian-Canadian rapper and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec. She is most noted for her 2020 album God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, which won the…
Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977 – February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was known for pairing the sound of his chief…
Badara Ndiaye (born 31 March 1986 in Kaolack) is a Senegalese-born American and French visual artist, journalist, fashion designer, photographer, filmmaker, model, and former NCAA Division I basketball player.
A badge for a Massachusetts representative to the Ohio Centennial Celebration in Columbus, Ohio in 1888. The badge has two bars on top that read, "MASSACHUSETTS" and "REPRESENTATIVE" attached to the medal by chains. The round medal depicts the seal of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.20.10
A metal badge with purple ribbon for a representative of the Prince Hall Lodge, Massachusetts. The badge has a narrow rectangular gold colored metal nameplate at the top with a stamped geometric border and slot to insert a piece of paper. The purple ribbon…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.71.5
One (1) U.S. Army Air Assault badge worn by General Colin L. Powell. The silver metal badge is depicted in the shape of bird’s wings attached to the face and blades of a helicopter. On the reverse of the badge is the “N.S. MEYER / NEW YORK” maker’s…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.83.1
One (1) U.S. Army Air Assault badge worn by General Colin L. Powell, earned for his successful completion of the air assault training course. The Air Assault badge was created in 1974 and was originally called Airmobile Badge. Until 1978, the badge was…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.83.2
One (1) U.S. Army Air Assault badge worn by General Colin L. Powell, earned for his successful completion of the air assault training course. The subdued (black) badge is depicted in the shape of bird’s wings attached to the face and blades of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.91
One (1) U.S. Army Expert Marksmanship badge worn by General Colin L. Powell. This dark silver metal Expert badge, the highest grade of marksmanship awarded by the United States Army, is designed in the four (4) sided sharpshooter emblem encircled by an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.81
One (1) miniature Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge worn by General Colin L. Powell. The metal pin depicts a round silver color outer wreath interwoven in and around the gold badge-ribbon shape. There are four (4) crossed gold color swords with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.75
A circular pin-back button with two ribbons for the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The circular button features a street level black-and-white image of an unidentified multi-story building. The back of the button has a gold colored metal…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.71.4
Badge for sharpshooter-level marksmanship issued to Corporal Lawrence Leslie McVey. The badge is in the shape of a cross with a bulls-eye in the center. Three clasps hang from the badge by circular hinges. The first identifies expert level as [SHARP…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.108.4
