Text on recto reads: "Belleza da Africa Oriental." Translated postcard caption reads, "Beauties from East Africa." Additional text on verso reads: "Photo by J. P. Fernandes. From Akbarali Merali Jiva, Tanga, P.O. Box No.28, Tanganyika Territory, East Africa.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA TZ 2009-010-136
"This image is Sapelo Island, described as a "time capsule adrift on the Atlantic." It encapsulates centuries of Gullah Geechee culture, preserving a rich heritage. As a child whose parents are from South Georgia and who had an Uncle who practiced his MD…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.8
A hardback copy of "Beloved: A Novel" by Toni Morrison. The book has a paper dust jacket with a clear plastic cover. The jacket is white with red, black, and green type. The front of the jacket reads: "BELOVED / A NOVEL / TONI / MORRISON". The back of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.58.4
A metal belt buckle, oval, with a raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, at top reads [STUNTMEN'S ASSOCIATION], and at the bottom [OF MOTION PICTURES]. In the middle is a relief depiction of a movie camera with a banner underneath…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.2
A silver belt buckle, rectangular with rounded edges. Decorated like a strip of film (squares along top and bottom like edges of film), with [ALABAMA / FILM COMMISSION / NORMA RAE] in relief in the center. The back is the loop and hook style buckle,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.4
A metal belt buckle, circular, with raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, centered, reads [81] at the top, and [WHITE DOG] at the bottom, with a relief depiction of a dog (mouth open slightly showing teeth and erect ears) in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.3
A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a black plastic pressure snap closure. There is a square tag sewn at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.3
A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a metal hook-and-eye closure.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.4
Belvagene Davis (née Melton; October 13, 1932 – September 24, 2025) was an American television and radio journalist. She was the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She won eight Emmy Awards and was…
Belvin Perry Jr. (born October 10, 1949, in Orlando, Florida) is a personal-injury attorney and former chief judge of Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit. He was the presiding judge for the high-profile Casey Anthony murder trial.
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American-born Israeli spiritual leader. Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem,…
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