Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist LEE for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a human-robot hybrid being with one human shaped hand and one…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.5
Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist Lady Pink for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a large bare-chested woman amidst a subway car and urban…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.6
Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist Zephyr for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a Asian inspired dragon holding a spray can with its long…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.7
Celeda (a.k.a. Victoria Sharpe, b. November 17, 1970) is an American dance music singer and drag performer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She began having hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the late 1990s, beginning with "Music Is the…
Celeste Headlee (born December 30, 1969) is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, musician, and co-host of the weekly series Retro Report on PBS. In her 20-year career in public radio, Headlee has served as the host of the Georgia Public…
Celeste O. Norfleet (born February 11, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a contemporary African-American novelist known for romance and young adult novels.
Celestine Cook (1924 – 1985 in New Orleans) was an African American businesswoman, and community and political activist. She was the first African American to serve on the National Business Committee of the Arts.
Celia (c. 1835 – December 21, 1855) was an enslaved woman who was convicted of murdering her enslaver, Robert Newsom, in Callaway County, Missouri. Her defense team, led by John Jameson, argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert Newsom by accident…
Celia Rose Gooding (; born February 22, 2000) is an American actor and singer. They rose to prominence for their Broadway debut as Mary Frances "Frankie" Healy in the rock musical Jagged Little Pill for which they won a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical…
Cell phone from the set of Scandal. The grey and silver phone is vertically rectangular in shape and has rounded corners and edges. There is a smashed screen on the front top half of the phone. The bottom half of the phone has buttons. There are two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.15.3
A digital video of protesters on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, following the death of George Floyd. The video was captured with an iPhone X cellphone and contains color and sound. In the opening frame, several protesters can be seen holding their hands…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.79.1
A digital video of protesters in Washington, DC. The video was captured with an iPhone X cellphone and contains color and sound. In the opening frame, protesters can be seen standing with their hands in the air. Many of them have placards that read [BLACK…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.79.3
A digital video of speeches at a 300 Men March rally in Baltimore, Maryland. The video was captured with a cellphone and has color and sound. The footage opens with Brandon Scott giving a speech about violence in Baltimore, stating that "We have to stop…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.76.2
A digital video showing clashes between protesters and police officers at Lafayette Square park in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2020, following the death of George Floyd. The video was captured with an iPhone X cellphone and contains color and sound. In the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.79.2
A digital video of Councilwoman Sharon Middleton speaking at a 300 Men March rally in Baltimore, Maryland. The video was captured using a cellphone and has color and sound. The footage opens with 300 Men March leader Munir Bahar standing in front of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.76.1
This is a buttonhook made of orange semi-translucent Bakelite. It has a black and gold colored embellishments in the art deco style on the long oblong shaped handle. There is a metal hook at the end of a long metal neck attached to the handle.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.27.2.7
This is the case for the nail buffer. It is made of semi-translucent orange Bakelite plastic and is rectangular in shape with an oval bowl that is missing a large section. On the bottom side of the case there is a green sticker with black type that reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.27.2.3b
This is a clothes brush made of orange semi-translucent Bakelite with synthetic tan bristles. It is decorated with black and gold embellishments in art deco style. On back of brush is a white sticker that reads “57689 HOR 12/1/2010 / DAG $ / # 78A x grp".
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.27.2.10
This comb is made of orange semi-translucent Bakelite. Decorated with black and gold embellishments along the spine in art deco style, it has smaller, closely spaced teeth at one end, and more larger, more widely spaced teeth at the opposite end.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.27.2.8
