2015.102.1.1: This is a gold ring with thick band, the Official Ring of the International President, Grand Basileus, of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The center of ring top has an amethyst rectangle with rounded edges with a gold 8-point star at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.102.1.1-.2
A white gold ring with two pearl settings owned by Ginger Smock. The shank of the ring is smooth. The shoulder, mounting and prongs of the ring are grooved and resemble the branches of a tree. The pearls are set side by side across the bridge of the ring…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.161.5
A gold and diamond “MTV” ring designed by Tito the Jeweler, aka "Manny,” and owned by Fab Five Freddy. The ring is a three dimensional reproduction of the 1981–1994 MTV logo. The ring features a block letter [M] molded on the shank and overlaid on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.38.6
Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide OON (Yoruba: [ɔ.mɔ.ɾĩ.sɔ.lá ɔ.mɔ.wũ.mi à.d͡ʒí.kɛ bà.bà.d͡ʒí.dɛ]; born 17 June 1998), known as Rinsola Babajide, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A Femminile club Roma. Born in England, she…
Rio Chima Ngumoha Adigun (born 29 August 2008) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team.
This is a paperback volume of poetry with black cover and the word "RIOT" in red san-serif typeface within a white irregular circle. The name "GWENDOLYN BROOKS" in white serif typeface are centered in the middle of the cover. The words "BROADSIDE PRESS…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.255
A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is black, dark gray, red and brown. The embossing on the front of the penny is still visible. The word "Liberty" is on the left side next to a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.96.1
A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is red and brown. The embossing on the front of the penny is still visible. The word "Liberty" is on the left side next to a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. "1917" appears…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.96.2
A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is red and brown. The front of the penny is melted with only the word "Liberty" visible. Some embossing on the back side of the coin is still visible the words "ONE / CENT / UNITED STATES / OF…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.96.3
A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is red and brown. The embossing on the front of the penny is still visible. The word "Liberty" is on the left side next to a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. "1919" appears…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.96.4
A charred penny from the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The penny is black. The embossing on the front of the penny is no longer visible. The back side of the coin is melted with only the words "ONE / CENT / UNITED" visible.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.96.5
Rita Hester (30 November 1963 – 28 November 1998) was an African-American transgender woman who was murdered in Allston (Boston), Massachusetts, on November 28, 1998. Hester was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1964. She moved to Boston in her early…
Rivers Solomon (born 1989) is an American author of speculative fiction and literary fiction. They received the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Firecracker Award in Fiction in 2018 for their debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts. Their second…
Roarie Milton Ryan Deacon (born 12 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Essex Olympian Football League Premier Division club Harold Hill, and also serves as the club's assistant manager. Deacon started his…
Rob Rainford (born November 30, 1966) is a Canadian chef, author of Rob Rainford's Born to Grill and former host of Licence to Grill (LTG) on the Food Network Canada, Discovery Home (in the United States) and Asian Food Channel (across Asia). He was born…
Robert Doffell Sasser (born March 9, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. Sasser played in one game, going 0-for-1, in 1998, with the Texas Rangers of the Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th…
Robert Fitzgerald Earle MBE (born 27 January 1965) is a former football player and current television commentator. Born in England, he represented Jamaica in international football. An attacking midfielder, he played 708 games in senior club football,…
Robert Findley (born August 4, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He was capped 11 times by the United States national team, having made his international debut in 2007. Findley played college soccer for the…
A robe (a) and hood (b) worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The robe (a) is made from a black synthetic fabric, with black velvet trim. The robe is ankle-length with full, bell sleeves and heavy pleating at the shoulders and along the back yoke. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.5ab
A robe (.1ab) and a pair of boxing trunks (.2) worn by actor Denzel Washington as “Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter” in the 1999 biopic, “The Hurricane.” The robe (.1a) is a long-sleeved, knee-length, hooded white terry cloth robe with a belt (.1b). The robe has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.127.2.1ab-.2
A Ku Klux Klan robe worn by a member of an undetermined rank. The calf-length robe is made from cotton and has full-length sleeves that are slightly flared near the cuff. Four white, plastic buttons are on the button band at the center front. Sewn over the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.231.1.2
A calf-length, olive-green cotton robe used by a Ku Klux Klan member. The robe has long full sleeves which flare towards the wrist. Five dark green, plastic buttons are on the front of the robe at center. The robe does not have a collar. A cotton belt made…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.231.8
A blue and orange satin boxing robe worn by Floyd Patterson. The body of the robe is blue with orange accents around at the cuffs, pocket, and lapel that continues down the front opening. The robe fastens with an orange satin sash and has three pockets on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.3
Black academic robe worn by Mélisande Short-Colomb during the 2017 new student convocation at Georgetown University. The robe has a zipper down the front and a tag identifying it as made by Jostens' as part of The Elements Collection. It is size 6 in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.10.1
