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Romoney Crichlow
1999–
Romoney Mylier Taylor Crichlow-Noble (born 3 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Barnet.
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Architecture
Romulus C. Archer
1890–1968
Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr. (March 11, 1890 – November 29, 1968) was an American architect. An African American, he is credited with designing Virginia University of Lynchburg (originally Lynchburg Baptist Seminary) in Lynchburg, Virginia and Saint Paul…
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Biography & Culture
Ron Finley
Biography
Ron Finley is a Los Angeles-based fashion designer to professional athletes, collector of original blaxploitation posters, and proponent of urban gardening. He is known for giving a widely-viewed TED talk on guerilla gardening.
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Sports
Ron Headley
1939–
Ronald George Alphonso Headley (born 29 June 1939) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played in two Tests and one ODI in 1973. An opening batsman, in first-class cricket he scored 21,695 runs at an average of 31.12, with 32 hundreds and a highest score of…
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Ron Washington
1952–
Ronald Washington (born April 29, 1952) is an American professional baseball manager, coach, and former infielder who currently serves as the infield coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Washington played for the Los Angeles…
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Civil Rights
Ronald Chisom
1941–
Ronald Chisom is an African American author, civil rights activist and community organizer who was involved in fighting for justice and equality for marginalized communities in the United States. He is a co-founder of People's Institute for Survival and…
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Civil Rights & Community
Ronald Durham
Biography
L. Ronald Durham is an American civil rights activist, pastor and a Baptist minister. He has been a pastor at First Baptist Church in Anderson, New Jersey, First Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, and Greater Friendship Baptist Church in…
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Ronald Isley
1941–
Ronald Isley ( EYEZ-lee; born May 21, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Isley is the lead singer, a founding member, and last surviving original member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.
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Ronaldo
1976–
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈnawdu luˈiz‿naˈzaɾju dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the former owner and president of…
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Rondell Sheridan
1958–
Rondell Jerome Sheridan (born August 15, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and television director, best known for his role of Victor Baxter in the Disney Channel sitcom That's So Raven, as well as its later spin-offs Cory in the House and Raven's Home.…
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Ronnie Baker
1993–
Ronnie Baker (born October 15, 1993) is an American track and field athlete specializing in sprinting. His personal best over 60 metres is 6.40 seconds.
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Ronnie Ray
1954–
Ronnie Ray (born January 2, 1954) is an American retired male track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. In…
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Historical photographs & documents
Roof and Tower, Old Custom House, Havana
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Roof and Tower, Old Custom House, Havana” (Photographs).
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref72
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Roof top of Lobi home
2004 November 8
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMillet drying on roof top of Lobi home. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 113.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0108
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Rooftop living quarters in Gourounsi home
2000-01-23
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRooftop living quarters in Gourounsi home. Original Carousel number, 7, slide number, 24.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0758
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Photographs and Still Images
Rooftop view of Oakland Police Department/ California Highway Patrol and others, c. 1969
ca. 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts two lines of police walking along the side of an urban street. To their left are several lanes of traffic. To their right are crowds of people lining the sidewalk. The view is taken from overhead and slightly behind…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.117.26
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Roots Author Alex Haley discusses his great-great-great grandfather Chicken George, and his 12 year research for his family Roots with assembled Washington D. C. Cardozo high Schools students in the school auditorium
September 13, 1977
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Alex Haley speaking into a microphone at a podium and holding up a book open to pages of photographs. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.10
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Visual Arts
Rope Hammock
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRope Hammock by Sheldon Scott. The handwoven, sculptural, rope hammock is constructed primarily with raw, white, cotton rope coated with black paint. The hammock features a woven net sling, squared spreader-bars at the head and foot of the hammock, and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.98
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Photographs and Still Images
Rosa Davis Skinner - 1995
1995; printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Rosa Davis Skinner, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Skinner is depicted from the waist up, seated and looking directly at the camera, her head tilted slightly to her right. She holds her proper right…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.206.6
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Rosa Guy
1922–2012
Rosa Cuthbert Guy () (September 1, 1922 – June 3, 2012) was a Trinidad-born American writer and activist who grew up in the New York metropolitan area. Her family had immigrated and she was orphaned when young. Raised in foster homes, she later was…
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Rosa Lula Barnes
1868–1917
Rosa Lula Barnes (August 22, 1868 – 1917) was a grocer, real estate investor and community leader Savannah, Georgia, United States.
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Photographs and Still Images
Rosa Parks and Other Civil Rights Leaders, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Rosa Parks, Reverend C. T. Vivian, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and two additional men standing on the stage at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The lectern can be seen on the left of the image with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.38
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Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ralph Abernathy, Holt Street Baptist Church During Bus Boycott
1958; printed 1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Ralph Abernathy speaking with Rosa Parks while Martin Luther King Jr. stands in the background. The image was captured at the Holt Street Baptist Church during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. There are several…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.49.11
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Rosa Parks seated with Congressman John Conyers, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy and Mr. Cleveland Robinson
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts from proper right to left John Conyers, Ralph David Abernathy, Rosa Parks and Cleveland Robinson, who are all looking off-camera to proper left. They are seated inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.9
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