A black and white film still from the film Pinky. The image depicts a scene of a police officer standing next to a woman who has hiked up her dress to reveal a small dagger. On the other side of the frame stands another man and a woman, both looking at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.118.172.1
This black-and-white photograph depicts a man in a suit and bowtie holding a copy of "The Final Call" paper in his right hand. The front page reads “SOUVENIR EDITION / A HOLY DAY / THE MILLION MAN MARCH / October 16, 1995." The man holds additional copies…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.10
A black-and-white archival process photograph of a page from I, Destini's script. The words [OPENING SEQUENCE] are printed on the left side of the page in large uppercase letters. Text in a column on the right side of the page reads [My name is DESTINI /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.16
Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya (; born 23 August 1983) is a former British politician and solicitor. She was elected as a Labour Party MP in the 2017 United Kingdom general election for the constituency of Peterborough and was removed from that office in 2019…
Saint-Firmin (S. F.) Monestime (December 16, 1909 – October 27, 1977) was a Haitian-Canadian politician and medical doctor, who was the first Black Canadian elected mayor of a Canadian municipality.
Square first base baseball base used in the 2007 inaugural Major League Baseball [MLB] Civil Rights baseball game. Top of base has printed design featuring an illustration of three fists grabbing a bat. Next to the design, black type reads, [CIVIL / RIGHTS…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.256.2
A paperback edition of the First Colored Directory of Baltimore, with Washington, D.C. Annex, for the years 1934-1935. The front cover of the book is green with black text and features a double line rectangular frame. Printed inside the top of the frame is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.63.5
These students, Michael Willis (now Menelik Fombi), Harry Williams, and Dwania Kyles, were three of the "Memphis 13," the group of thirteen first-graders who integrated four Memphis elementary schools on October 3, 1961. Willis, Williams and Kyles are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.16.18
During World War II, Louise Lomax joined the Army Nurse Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant in March 1943 with the help of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses and trained as a psychiatric nurse at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. By…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.2.1.1
A First Night ’94 pin found in a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The pinback button is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The front is primarily white with purple, pink, orange, and yellow text, and graphics. At the center of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.9.4
A black-and-white photograph of a mounted police officer patrolling a Manhattan street during a strike of telephone workers. A mass of people gathered along the sidewalk are visible behind the officer and his horse. On the verso is an inscription reading…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.30
Terrell Fitz Johnson (October 9, 1963) is an American soldier, businessman, and public official from Georgia. Appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in July 2021, he became the second African American and first black Republican to serve on the Georgia Public…
Fitzroy "Fitz the Whip" Vanderpool is a Canadian former professional boxer. He is one of Canada's most decorated professional champions, holding six titles. Born November 3, 1967, in Trinidad and Tobago, he moved to Canada at the age of six with his family.
This black-and-white photograph depicts a young man, E. Renaul Hill, wearing goggle-like glasses and an American flag draped around his shoulders and knotted at his throat. Hill gazes past the viewer to the left.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.49
A black-and-white digital image of men carrying flags. An American flag covers the bottom half of the image. In the center behind, an unidentified man carries a dark colored flag. He is wearing eyeglasses and a beanie and holding one hand to his mouth. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.62
A black-and-white digital image of men and women marching with American and other flags. In the forefront of the image stands a young women holding a flag folded up around the pole in her hand. She is wearing a raincoat with the hood up, vest, and a strap…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.75
A black-and-white digital image of five men holding two American flags and one United Nations flag. The men are shown in silhouette against a bright sky. The UN Flag is waving on the left of the image, held by the man in the center. An American flag can be…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.80
A small paper flag attached to a narrow, wood dowel. The flag features a graphic of Martin Luther King Jr. King is seen from the torso up, with a black suit and striped tie. Printed in a circle shape around King's head is black that reads [Martin Luther /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.159.15
A United States 48-star flag used at veteran's reunions of the \9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry battalion, who served in the Spanish-American War under then Major Charles Young. The flag is made of white cotton printed in blue and red ink on the recto and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.196.2
Flemming L. Norcott Jr. (born October 11, 1943) is a former Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Connecticut Superior Court in 1979 and remained there until his elevation to the Connecticut Appellate Court in 1987.
This flier advertises a Conference on the Struggle Against Racism following the Bakke Decision. The flier is white with black text and features a line drawing illustration of protesters, some holding signs, including one reading [Racial Equality in Jobs…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.144
This flier advertises a slide presentation by Ole Gjersad program about the MPLA and the Angolan Revolution. The flier is yellow with red text and features a photograph of a MPLA soldier. The title reads: [LIBERATION SUPPORTMOVEMENT Presents / ANGOLA…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.65
A flier advertising an anti-fascism rally. The flier is white with black typewritten text and features a black-and-white picture of Joan Bird after she was beaten by police. The flier reads [CAPITALISM + RACISM = FASCISM / COME AND HEAR / David Hilliard /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.211
A photocopied flier advertising "An evening with Gordon Parks, Jr." at Loisaida Social House. The flier is composed of several different fonts that appear in black ink on white paper. The text reads [LOISAIDA SOCIAL HOUSE / invites you to / an evening…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.283
