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Visual Arts

Paul Dash

1946–

Paul Dash (born 1946) is a Barbados-born artist, educator and writer who in 1957 migrated to Britain, where he was associated with the 1960s Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), taking part in their meetings and exhibitions. Describing the subject matter of…

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Sports

Paul Edwards

1980–

Paul Edwards (born 1 January 1980) is an English former footballer. He made 246 league appearances in the English Football League. Starting in non-League football, he played for Ashton United and Curzon Ashton before briefly appearing with League club…

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Sports

Paul Hall

1972–

Paul Anthony Hall (born 3 July 1972) is a football coach and former professional footballer who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers B team. As a player he was a striker he notably played in the Premier League for Coventry City,…

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Biography & Culture

Paul Henderson

1899–1988

Paul Samuel Henderson (October 10, 1899 – May 24, 1988) was an African-American photojournalist for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper from 1929 through c. 1960. He became well known for taking pictures of large groups and distant objects atop a ladder…

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Sports

Paul Hull

1968–

Paul Anthony Hull (born 17 May 1968) is an English former rugby union international full back. He was head coach of Bristol between February 2009 and May 2011 and returned to the club in November 2013 to work as Chief Scout for two years. He is still…

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Sports

Paul Kalambayi

1999–

Paul Mbwebwe Mbiya-Kalambayi (born 9 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender for National League club Barrow. Kalambayi is a product of the Brentford and AFC Wimbledon academies. He made his professional debut for…

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Biography & Culture

Paul S. Morton

1950–

Paul Sylvester Morton Sr. (born July 30, 1950) is an American Baptist pastor, Gospel singer and author. He is also a founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship and the father of musician PJ Morton.

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Civil Rights

Paul Smith (clergy)

1935–

Paul Smith (born September 20, 1935) is an American Presbyterian minister, mediator and civil rights activist known for creating multi-racial churches in Buffalo, St. Louis, Atlanta and Brooklyn, NY. Smith has been active in the civil rights movement since…

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Music

Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)

1939–1973

Paul Williams, Sr. (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Personal problems and failing health forced Williams…

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Arts & Performance

Paul Winfield

1939–2004

Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder (1972), which earned him an…

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Science & Invention

Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata

1978–

Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (born 11 November 1978) is a Colombian engineer, professor, philanthropist, and politician. She served as the 8th Minister of Culture of Colombia under President Álvaro Uribe Vélez from 10 May 2007 to 7 August 2010. Moreno made…

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Business & Enterprise

Paula Williams Madison

1953–

Paula Williams Madison (née Williams) (born 1953) is an American journalist, writer, businessperson, executive and a former NBCUniversal executive who is now CEO of a family investment group based in Chicago. On May 20, 2011, she retired from NBC after…

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Civil Rights & Community

Paulette Leaphart

1966–

Paulette Leaphart (born 1966) is an American woman who gained national attention through her self-advocacy as a breast cancer survivor and 1,000 mile walk for awareness.

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Civil Rights & Community

Paulette Wilson

1956–2020

Paulette Wilson (20 March 1956 – 23 July 2020) was a British immigrant rights activist who fought her own deportation to Jamaica and brought media attention to the human rights violations of the Windrush scandal.

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Education & Scholarship

Pauline A. Young

1900–1991

Pauline Alice Young (August 17, 1900 – June 26, 1991) was an African-American teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, humanitarian, and individualist.

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Civil Rights & Community

Pauline Pearce

Biography

Pauline Pearce is a British Liberal Democrat campaigner and anti-knife crime activist. Pearce came to prominence during the 2011 England riots, featuring in a viral video in which she chastised rioters, leading her to be dubbed the Heroine of Hackney.

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Civil Rights & Community

Pauline Short Robinson

1915–1997

Pauline Short Robinson (1915–1997) was an American librarian and civil rights activist. She was the first African American to be hired as a librarian in the city of Denver, Colorado. During her 36-year career with the Denver Public Library system, she…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Payment receipt for loan of Milly and her children, owned by Apphia Rouzee

March 14, 1807

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This document is a payment receipt for bonds of loan made by Evan Brown in the amount of seven (7) pounds ten (10) shillings, for six (6) bonds of loan, delivered to Mrs. Eleanor Lane for "support of a negro woman named Milly and her children, who are the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.34
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Historical photographs & documents

Payment receipt for work done by Lewis Henchman from the owners of Ship Suttan

undated

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Cataloged as “Payment receipt for work done by Lewis Henchman from the owners of Ship Suttan” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref113
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Historical photographs & documents

Peace Family-March Tour

2-6-2007

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Cataloged as “Peace Family-March Tour” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 4
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Photographs and Still Images

Peace Meals

ca. 1937; printed 1981

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph featuring a man selling pies out of a window in Harlem. The man is pictured leaning out an open window with a striped awning above and a hand-lettered sign below reading [PEACE / HomeCooked Meals / 10 & 15¢]. The man wears a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.26.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Peach and gold sequin dress designed by Peter Davy

1980s

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A peach and gold sequin dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a round neckline with a five-and-a-half-inch wide round collar. The collar is made of rows of gold plastic sequins and is backed in white synthetic fabric. The sleeves are gathered at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.112
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