Platform boots worn by Little Richard. The boots are made of a tan leather. They are square-toed and have a decorative silver-colored front platform with small diamond-shaped cutouts and small circle-shaped cutouts. There is a black background behind the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.53.3ab
A black and white photograph of an elderly woman standing on a porch. The woman has her hand resting on the back of some lattice work. She is wearing a sweater over a skirted bottom. A door is visible in the background. The back of the photograph is blank.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.2.4.1
A platinum print photograph of Dr. Herbert C. Scurlock taken by his brother Addison N. Scurlock. The portrait shows Herbert looking to the left of the photograph. He is wearing a suit jacket over a vest, high collar and tie. The tie has a pattern…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.3.9
This is a domed cover for a platter. Its sides rise straight upward for approximately 7.9 cm then curved inward in an indentation, before swelling outward in a rounded curve. It appears to be have been made in separate sections; the straight rise is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.19
Playbill magazine (2015.64.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.64.14.1-.3
Playbill for Fences. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of two men placed at either end of title, man on right is wearing a football uniform while man on left has his arms at his hips. [PLAYBILL/46th STREET THEATRE/FENCES]…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.45.27
Playbill, volume 118, number 3, featuring the play, "Topdog/Underdog," written by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright, and performed at the Ambassador Theatre, New York, 2002. The top third of the cover is the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.64.13
Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1995 or 1996), known professionally as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, he is considered an influential figure in modern hip-hop and a pioneer of the rage…
A beret with three layers of pleats in a pale apricot shade of wool. Two decorative wool snaps with rhinestones connect the top and bottom pleated layers at the front of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined. An orange Petersham ribbon is stitched…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.447
A pleated grey and white geometric print dress with a bow. The dress is made of printed cotton, it has a wide round neckline. A six-inch self-fabric pleated panel is sewn to a self-fabric band along the neckline. A grey silk velvet bow is tacked to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.699
A red, canvas, pledge bucket hat with an off-white band around the base of the crown from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Adhered to the front of the crown is a white patch with a red design and border. At the top of the crown is an off-white, top button. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.1
A white, cloth bucket pledge hat (2015.91.2.1) from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The hat has a red band around the base of the crown. The exterior surface of the hat is covered with thirty-eight (38) pin-back buttons, lapel pins, and a safety pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.2.1-.39
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.1
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.4
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.2
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.3
Tenth (10) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted along the top edge of this panel is text in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.110.10
A color photographic print of a line of competitors for the "Best Dressed Spectator" category of the 2007 POCC (People of Color in Crisis) Ball in 2007. All the participants are dressed in colorful suits and fedora hats. The man in the forefront of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.71.19
María Magdalena "Pocha" Lamadrid (17 April 1945 – 27 September 2021) was an Afro-Argentine activist and campaigner. She was the founder of the NGO África Vive, and was a pioneer activist of the Afro-Argentine community.
This is a pocket ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a small silver colored metal box with a hinged lid. At the top end of the box is a short metal projection, probably for use as a handle. The metal projection is gold colored and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.68
Suit pocket chains from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The suit is comprised of a jacket (2018.1.1.1.1), pants, (.2), waistcoat (.3), and two pocket chains (.4 and .5). The pocket…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.1.4-5
A pocket square from a suit worn by Reverend Ike. The pocket square is made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with seamed edges. The pocket square has a large, plain center square with a woven square frame of four thick lines that intersect at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.49.2.6
A pocket square advertising Turf cleaners from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The pre-made pocket square is a small piece of blue, woven fabric stitched with white thread to a piece of white, heavy stock paper. The fabric is mainly dark…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.1.39
A pocket square worn by Cab Calloway. The pocket square is made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with seamed edges. The pocket square has a large, plain center square with a woven square frame of four thick lines that intersect at each corner.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.28.3
