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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Patchwork Kente cloth vest

1940s-1950s

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A patchwork Kente cloth vest. The front of the vest is made from two panels of patched together Kente cloth weaves (ribbed, plain, satin) that uses yellow, green, red, navy blue, and black fabric. There are two 8” shaping darts (one on each side) and two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.923
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Paterson City Club vs. Baltimore Black Sox

ca. 1920s

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A folded baseball scorecard consisting of blue printed ink on faded blue paper. On the front is [Paterson / City Club / vs. / Baltimore Black Sox] and an advertisement for the Wonder Tavern in Paterson, New Jersey. In the middle is the printed scorecard…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.44.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Paterson City Club vs. "Cuban Stars"

1932-1936

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A folded baseball scorecard consisting of blue printed ink on brown paper. On the front is [Paterson / City Club / vs. / "Cuban Stars"] and an advertisement for the Wonder Tavern in Paterson, New Jersey. In the middle is the printed scorecard surrounded by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.44.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

Pathway between rock-hewn churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Original Carousel 22, slide 25.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2698
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Patient identification card for the Medical College of Virginia

1952

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A plastic identification card for the Medical College of Virginia. The card is off-white with green writing and green leaf embossing. The card reads "MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA / RICHMOND, VIRGINIA / PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CARD / PRESENT THIS CARD FOR…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.75.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Patriarch of Pios Ahigbe's family, Afashio, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Patriarch of Pios Ahigbe's family, Afashio, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5078
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Biography & Culture

Patricia A. Singletary

1948–

Patricia Ann Singletary is an American pastor, educator, author, and community organizer. She is the founder of Adoni Economic Enterprises, Inc. In 2002, she became the first female minister of Elmendorf Reformed Church in Harlem, the oldest religious…

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Biography & Culture

Patricia Bell-Scott

Biography

Patricia Bell-Scott is an American scholar of women's studies and black feminism. She is currently a professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. As an author, she has been widely collected by…

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Historical photographs & documents

Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #1”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1044
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Historical photographs & documents

Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #2

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #2”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1045
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Historical photographs & documents

Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #3

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #3”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1046
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Historical photographs & documents

Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #4

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Patricia Duncan Family Home Movie #4”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1047
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Sports & Achievement

Patricia George

1996–

Patricia del Carmen George (born 18 December 1996) is an American-born Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fenerbahçe SK and the Nigeria women's national team.

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Civil Rights & Community

Patricia Stephens Due

1939–2012

Patricia Stephens Due (December 9, 1939 – February 7, 2012) was one of the leading African-American civil rights activists in her home state of Florida. Along with her sister Priscilla and others trained in nonviolent protest by CORE, Due spent 49 days in…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
black-and-white photographs

Patrick Foster

March 8, 2008; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of Patrick Foster. He is wearing a jacket, glasses and has a mustache and is balding. The print is inscribed on the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.14
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Civil Rights & Community

Patrick H. Reason

1816–1898

Patrick Henry Reason, first named Patrice Rison (March 17, 1816 – August 12, 1898), was one of the earliest African-American engravers and lithographers in the United States. He was active as an abolitionist (along with his brother Charles Lewis Reason).…

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Sports

Patrick Kanyuka

1987–

Patrick Elamenji Kanyuka (born 19 July 1987) is a Congolese former footballer who played as a defender. He is the founder and chairman of Waltham Cross Football Club and the owner of multiple businesses, including Future Cross CIC, Patkans, and the…

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Biography & Culture

Patrick Kelly

1954–1990

Patrick Kelly (September 24, 1954 – January 1, 1990) was an American fashion designer who came to fame in France. Among his accomplishments, he was the first American to be admitted to the Chambre syndicale du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs…

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Literature

Patsy Moore

1964–

Patsy Alexis Moore (born August 10, 1964 on the West Indian island of Antigua) is a singer-songwriter, as well as a poet, essayist, and educator. Raised in a devout Christian home, and an adult student of New Thought Metaphysics, she has spent most of her…

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Resistance

Paul Bogle

c. 1822–1865

Bogle organized communities against injustice and poverty, leading the 1865 protest remembered as the Morant Bay Rebellion.

National Library of Jamaica
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Business & Enterprise

Paul Coates

1946–

William Paul Coates (born July 4, 1946) is an American publisher, printer and community activist. In 1978, he founded the Black Classic Press (BCP), devoted to publishing works significant to people of African descent, particularly previously out-of-print…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Paul Coates Oral History Interview

March 14, 2024

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An oral history interview and conversation with book publisher and community activist Paul Coates. It consists of three versions of digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.12.1.1 and 2025.12.12.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.12.1
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