A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.3
A bar counter faced with padded red vinyl. On the front red vinyl surface, "MR. MUSE" is written in large capital letters via metal rivets secured through the vinyl and padding to the wood below, creating a slightly quilted look. The bar frame is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.9
A bar of soap wrapped in cream white paper with print in blue ink that says, “Lisa / Luxury Soap” with a logo design made up of four circles above the writing.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.101
Portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama seated on a couch in their home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Barack Obama, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants, is sitting casually, his legs crossed with his right arm draped across the couch back, and his left arm around…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.194.2
Obama served two terms as the 44th U.S. president after a career as a community organizer, lawyer and senator, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
A black-and-white photograph of President Barack Obama, by Platon. The close-up of Obama shows him from the top of the shoulders up. He is facing the viewer and has a slight smile on his face. His chin is slightly turned towards his proper left shoulder.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.28
A color photograph of President Barack Obama, by Platon. The heavily shadowed, bust pose, close-up of Obama depicts him facing the viewer. He and has a smile on his face and his eyes are slightly crinkled. His hair, the sides of his face, and his shoulders…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.30
A black-and-white portrait of Barack Obama wearing a dark colored polo shirt. He is posed in a three-quarter turn towards the camera but gazes directly at the viewer.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.194.1
Rectangular bumper sticker. The sticker is blue on the top half and red on the bottom half, with white lettering reading [Barack Obama / ¡Si Se Puede!]. The sticker is adhered to white paper marked on the back with [METAMARK / digitalvinyl].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.45
A single-sided Spanish-language document printed in black ink. The heading reads [BARACK OBAMA / SOBRE TEMAS LATINOS] Beneath this is a transparent banner with [Barack Obama lucha por la comunidad Latina.] This document details Obama’s stance on key issues…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.41.4
This is a single-sided Spanish-language document printed in black ink. The heading reads [ BARACK OBAMA / SOBRE TEMAS LATINOS] Beneath that is a transparent banner with [Barack Obama lucha por la comunidad Latina.] This document details Obama’s stance on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.56.3
Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (; born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the…
Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin, a Canadian drag queen and a television host. He is best known as one of the drag house mothers in the reality competition series Call Me Mother.
Barbados penny from 1788. One side of the coin shows an African figure in profile wearing a plumed crown with [I · SERVE] at the bottom. The other side depicts a large pineapple. Around the border [BARBADOES [sic] · PENNY · 1788] is in raised relief. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.17.13
Barbara A. Dortch-Okara (born 1949) is an American lawyer, who was the first African American woman to be appointed Chief justice for the Massachusetts trial courts.
Barbara Ann Williams is an American radio astronomer who was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astronomy (University of Maryland, College Park, 1981). Her research largely focused on compact galaxy groups, in particular observations of…
Barbara Jean Acklin (February 28, 1943 – November 27, 1998) was an American soul singer and songwriter, who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" (1968). As a songwriter, she is best known for…
Barbara Ann Posey Jones (born 1943) is an American economist who was a leader of the 1958 Katz Drug Store sit-in as a high school student. Since 1971, she has been a professor of economics, department head, and Dean at several historically Black Colleges…
Barbara Ann Reynolds (born August 17, 1942) is an African-American journalist and author of a notable biography of Jesse Jackson, Jesse Jackson, the Man, the Myth, and the Movement, published in 1975.
Barbara W. Ballard (born November 14, 1944) is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 44th district. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, she has served since 1993. Prior to her election to the House, Ballard served on the…
Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend of Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an…
