A framed and inscribed photograph of General Colin L. Powell’s swearing in as the 65th United States Secretary of State. On January 26, 2001, in the Oval Office of the White House, General Colin L. Powell was sworn into the office of Secretary of State…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.19ab
A framed and inscribed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell with President Ronald Reagan, in the Oval Office, April 18, 1988. This photograph (a) captures the 15th National Security Advisor, Lt. General Powell, and President Reagan, mid-conversation…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.9ab
A framed and inscribed photograph of Lt. General Colin L. Powell in the West Wing of the White House with Vice President George H. W. Bush. Lt. General Powell and the two men to his proper left sit in cream floral-patterned cloth chairs, Powell below a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.17ab
A framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell with his wife Alma and their children’s families. This photograph (a) captures a moment with the Powell’s at their family home, posed together with children and grandchildren. The family members sit and stand…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.30ab
A framed quote by United States President Abraham Lincoln, given to General Colin L. Powell. Printed in large black text on a cream paper background: [“I can make a / Brigadier General / in five minutes, but / it is not easy to replace / 110 horses / A.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.28ab
Fran Kuboye (born Frances Opeolu Folorunsho, November 22, 1949 – 21 August 1997) was a British-Nigerian singer, dentist, TV personality and women's rights activist who co-founded the Jazz 38 club in Lagos and the Extended Family Jazz Band. Born into the…
Frances E. L. Preston (1844–1929) was an American organizer and lecturer for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She served as President of Michigan Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in the early 20th century.
Frances Elizabeth Williams (September 17, 1905 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress, activist, theatre producer, organizer, and community worker. Williams was the first black woman to run for the California State Assembly in 1948 on the Progressive…
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be…
Frances Harriet Williams (1898–1992) was an American activist and civil servant. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1919 and earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago in 1931.
Frances Huntley-Cooper is the former mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, and was the first African American mayor elected to office in the state of Wisconsin. She was elected on April 2, 1991, and served from 1991 to 1993. She is serving as an elected board of…
Frances Vinell Jackson is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who has represented the 45th district (including portions of southwestern Cumberland County) since 2023. A former middle school teacher, adjunct professor, and…
Frances M. Beal, also known as Fran Beal, (born January 13, 1940, in Binghamton, New York) is a Black feminist and a peace and justice political activist. Her focus has predominantly been regarding women's rights, racial justice, anti-war and peace work,…
Frances Anne Rollin Whipper (November 19, 1845 – October 17, 1901) was a political activist, teacher, and author. Whipper and her four sisters were socially and politically active within the South Carolina state government during the Reconstruction era. In…
Frances Thompson (c. 1840 – 1876) was an American, formerly enslaved Black trans woman and anti-rape activist. She was one of the five Black women to testify before a congressional committee that investigated the Memphis massacre of 1866.
Franchesca Leigh Ramsey (born November 29, 1983), also known as Chescaleigh, is an American comedian, activist, television and YouTube personality, and actress, who has appeared on MTV and MSNBC. She gained media fame quickly after her YouTube commentary…
Francia Elena Márquez Mina (born 1 December 1981) is a Colombian politician who served as the 13th Vice President of Colombia from 2022 to 2026. She was born in Yolombó, Cauca, a village in the southwest of Colombia. She first became an activist at 13,…
Francis Ellis Rivers (July 30, 1893 – July 28, 1975) was an American lawyer and judge who served in the New York State Assembly. He was a Republican. His father, David Foote Rivers, was a Republican state representative in Tennessee.
Francis S. Guess (June 14, 1946 – July 23, 2015) was an American civil rights advocate who served on the Tennessee Commission on Human Rights for more than 30 years.
Francis K. Brooks (born May 24, 1943) is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Francis Lewis Cardozo (February 1, 1836 – July 22, 1903) was an American clergyman, politician, and educator. When elected in South Carolina as Secretary of State in 1868, he was the first African American to hold a statewide office in the United States.…
Francis Marion Wood (1878 – May 8, 1943) was an American educator and school administrator. Born and educated in Kentucky, Wood achieved his greatest prominence as the director of Negro schools for Baltimore City Public Schools, a role that he held for 18…
