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Education & Scholarship

Fobazi Ettarh

1989–2026

Fobazi Michelle Ettarh (1989 – January 28, 2026) was an American academic. She served as a librarian at Temple University Libraries, California State University, Dominguez Hills and Rutgers University.

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Science & Inventions

Folakemi T. Odedina

1965–

Folakemi Titilayo Odedina (born January 21, 1965) is a Nigerian-born scientist and professor of pharmacy and medicine at the University of Florida. She is the principal investigator for the Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC), a clinical…

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Science & Inventions

Folami Ideraabdullah

Biography

Folami Ideraabdullah is an American geneticist and associate professor in the Department of Genetics and the Department of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ideraabdullah explores…

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Education & Scholarship

Folayemi Wilson

Biography

Folayemi "Fo" Debra Wilson is an American interdisciplinary artist, designer, and academic administrator. Her practice includes working as a furniture designer and maker, installation artist, muralist, and graphic designer. Wilson is the first associate…

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Tools and Equipment

Football commemorating Eddie Robinson's 324th win at Grambling State University

1985

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This is a deflated white and brown Wilson football with white lacing. On the white side is text in black letters that reads "EDDIE ROBINSON GETS 324TH WIN/ GRAMBLING 27 VS PRARIE [sic] VIEW 7/ COTTON BOWL STADIUM/ DALLAS TEXAS 10 - 5-85." On a brown side…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.224.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

November 27, 1930

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A football program for a game between Muskogee's Manual Training High versus Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School on Thanksgiving Day, 1930. The cover of the program is black ink on brown paper and has the game information and a sketch of a football…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.11
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

November 8, 1946

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A football program for the 1946 game between Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and the Oklahoma City "Trojans". The cover of the program has black ink on brown paper and the interior has black ink on white paper. The cover has a sketch of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.12
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

November 24, 1932

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A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Manual Training High School held on Thanksgiving, 1932. The cover of the program is beige and has black ink. The cover has information about the game and a sketch of a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.13.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

November 24, 1932

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A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Manual Training High School held on Thanksgiving, 1932. The cover of the program is beige and has black ink. The cover has information about the game and a sketch of a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.13.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

1932

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A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Kansas Vocational School held on Armistice Day, 1932. The cover has the information about the game and the back of the program has a scorebox and a quote.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.14
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

December 1, 1934

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A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Attucks High School. The program is black ink on yellow paper. The cover has information about the game on the front. The interior has advertisements. The back of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.15
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Football program for Booker T. Washington High School

December 1, 1928

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A football program for a game between the Booker T. Washington High School "Hornets" and Sumner High School. The cover of the program is blue with black ink and has information about the game and a picture of a football at center. The interior of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.60.16
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Books and Published Materials

Footprints in the Sands of Time... The Legacy

1998

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A hardcover book titled “Footprints in the Sands of Time... The Legacy" published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The cover is off-white with gold lettering. The Alpha Kappa alpha seal is at the center of the cover. Also on the cover at the bottom left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.39
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Engineering

Ford Carr

Biography

Ford Carr (born October 19, 1966) is an American politician and aerospace engineer serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 84th district. He assumed office in 2022, after the death of his predecessor, Gail Finney. Carr is a…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Ford Foundation, University of Ghana, Legon

1985

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Donor notes read: "University of Ghana, Legon; Ford Foundation. The date on the slide is JAN 85.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0066
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Historical photographs & visual records

Foreward in The Black Trans-Atlantic Experience: Street Life and Culture in England, Ghana, Jamaica, and the United States. Stephen Marc, Photographer. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992

1992

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Cataloged as “Foreward in The Black Trans-Atlantic Experience: Street Life and Culture in England, Ghana, Jamaica, and the United States. Stephen Marc, Photographer. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref520
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Founders paddle for Iota Phi Theta fraternity at Morgan State College

1963

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A wooden Founders Paddle from the Iota Phi Theta fraternity at Morgan State College. Paddle is not proportioned like a functional paddle. Grip is rounded, and the shaft is extremely short. The blade of the paddle is the majority of the paddle's body. A…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.191.5
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Framed drawing of Howard Chapel Choir drawn by Julian Abele Cook Sr.

mid 20th century

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A framed illustration of the Howard Chapel Choir drawn by architect Julian Abele Cook, Sr. In graphite on off-white paper, the drawing depicts the interior of the Chapel at Howard University with one figure at the organ, one at the pulpit, and several…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.95.12ab
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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

France Winddance Twine

1960–

France Winddance Twine (born 1960) is a Black and Native American sociologist, ethnographer, visual artist, and documentary filmmaker. Twine has conducted field research in Brazil, the UK, and the United States on race, racism, and anti-racism. She has…

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Literature

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

1825–1911

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be…

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Education & Scholarship

Frances Euphemia Thompson

1896–1983

Frances Euphemia Thompson (July 11,1896 – January 30, 1992) was an African American artist and art educator dedicated to improving the lives of African Americans through art education. She was one of the first African American women to graduate from…

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Politics

Frances Harriet Williams

1898–1992

Frances Harriet Williams (1898–1992) was an American activist and civil servant. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1919 and earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago in 1931.

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Politics & Public Life

Frances Huntley-Cooper

Biography

Frances Huntley-Cooper is the former mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, and was the first African American mayor elected to office in the state of Wisconsin. She was elected on April 2, 1991, and served from 1991 to 1993. She is serving as an elected board of…

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Education & Scholarship

Frances Jackson (politician)

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Frances Vinell Jackson is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who has represented the 45th district (including portions of southwestern Cumberland County) since 2023. A former middle school teacher, adjunct professor, and…

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