A peach fabric clutch with gold a clasp used by Precola DeVore Parks. The clutch is made of synthetic plain weave and is trapezoidal in shape. The bottom of the bag is the widest part and narrows at the top. The purse is stiffened with either board or…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.134
This peach dress (a) and pleated chiffon belt (b) were designed by L'Wren Scott and worn by Oprah Winfrey during the series finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show in May 2011. The dress is made from a peach twill silk and has a fitted bodice that ends at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.7.2ab
A peach sheer polyester nightgown cover from Mae's Millinery Shop. The round collar and fitted cuffs of the full-length sleeves are smocked with a geometric design in peach thread. There is a slit at the center front neck that closes with two (2) small…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.65
A pink shoe tree with a wooden toe and heel connected by a metal spring bar. A peach shoe tree with a wooden toe and heel connected by a metal spring bar. The toe and heel are painted peach, and the bar is inserted into each piece of wood. The toe has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.980.5
A peach straw hat with fabric flowers. The hat is made of coated straw, it has a rounded crown and a wide brim. A green silk velvet ribbon is adhered to the base of the crown and is tied into a bow at the center back. Fabric flowers and leaves are adhered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.727
Peach wool jacket (.1) and skirt (.2) with matching scarf (.3) by Marc Bohan for Dior. The jacket (.1) is made from pale peach wool with an all over printed design of darker peach speckles. It has a straight cut body with a wide notched collar and straight…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.141.12.1-.3
A peacock suit with a matching shirt (a), pants (b), and jacket (c). The shirt (a) has a 1.25” wide band collar made from one panel of cotton fabric. There’s a 6” opening on the proper left neckline/shoulder area of the shirt that closes with two black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.938abc
Pearl body jewelry from the “Jewelry-as-Clothing” collection by Bill Smith for Richelieu. The structural outline of the body jewelry is in a gold-colored metal chain. Strings of white faux pearls connect across the outline to make up the body of the piece.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.16
A black and white photograph of Pearl Primus in a group by Arthur Leipzig. Pearl Primus is in the center of the image. She has both hands in front of her body and her head is thrown back with her mouth open. Primus is wearing a black outfit with a metallic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.60.3
Pearl T. Sherrod (born Pearl T. Barnett; 1896 – year of death unknown), was an African American activist known for her advocacy for Black and Asian solidarity during the 1930s. Her involvement in Detroit-based organizations such as Nation of Islam (NOI)…
Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams. In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale…
Pearleen Oliver (1917 – 2008), sometimes Pearleen Borden Oliver, was a Black Canadian church leader, an anti Black-racism activist, writer, historian and educator. She founded the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and co-led…
A black-and-white photograph of Pebblee Poo posing in her home with a lion statue. Pebblee Poo is pictured center frame wearing a paisley print top. Her body is turned towards the lion statue at the right of frame while her head is turned to look straight…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.49
Cataloged as “Pedi People (Northern Sotho) Wedding (Mpumalanga), Swaziland Reed Dance, Ntwana Woman, Sotho Homes and Decorative Clothing, Zulu Woman, and Ndebele Atwork and People” (Slides).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2012-010_ref107
A color photograph portrait of Pedro Marquez against a blue background. The portrait captures Marquez from the chest up. He is wearing a white button down shirt that is unbuttoned and he gazes directly at the camera with his body is angled slightly away.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.10
Peggy Shepard is co-founder and executive director of the not-for-profit WE ACT for Environmental Justice in New York in the USA. She has been involved with organizing environmental protection campaigns in and around New York since the 1980s, and also…
Peleg Nott (fl. late 18th century) was an African American leader who in 1780 became the Black Governor of Connecticut, an elected office that nominally presided over the state's Black community, estimated at 5,885 people at the time. Although they held…
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (born 22 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL League One club Cambridge United. Born in England, he has represented the DR Congo national team. In 2023, Mpanzu became the first footballer…
Oluwalopemiwa Adedunmola Aderoju (born 5 May 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Crawley Town on loan from EFL League One club Peterborough United.
A pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled "I, Destini." The sketch features the silhouette of Destini Riley from behind. In front of her is a cross-section view of a two-story house. Individuals inside the house can be seen…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.2.1
A pen and ink drawing of an animation still from the court scene of I, Destini. It features a sketch of a judge looking at Carlos Riley, Jr. through a pair of binoculars. Carlos himself is also partially visible in the frame.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.2.11
