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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of a class reunion in Tulsa, Oklahoma

July 1976

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Chromogenic color photographic group portrait of fifty-two people sitting and standing in three rows. The men are dressed in suits while the women are wearing dresses. Most wear what appear to be name tags. The group is posed in front of purple and white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.19
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of a graduating class

1948 - 1970s

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A black-and-white photograph of a large group portrait of a co-ed class posed in their graduation caps and gowns. A man and woman are visible to the left of the graduates, while two women and one man are on the right.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.19
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of a graduating class

1948 - 1970s

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An indoor portrait of young men, posed in graduation caps and gowns, with white boutonnières. Each man holds his diploma to his chest with his right hand. In the middle of the bottom row, a woman poses with them.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of a jazz band at high school prom

1948 - 1970s

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A large band consisting mostly of young men stand in front of the "Moonlight and Roses" prom banner with instruments in hand. An elderly man in black tie sits in a chair in front of the musicians. White/light colored linoleum dominates the foreground of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.34
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of a young women's basketball team

1948 - 1970s

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A black-and-white photograph of eleven members of a women's basketball team standing in front of a curtain. The tallest woman stands in the middle, with the individuals being shorter as they stand further from the center. They wear light sweaters with dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.38
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of carpentry class

1948 - 1970s

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A large group of men gather in front of a long building with an open sliding wooden door. Men in the front row hold various tools of carpentry (saws, hammers, rulers, etc.) while the men in the back row stand and look directly into the camera; most wear…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.43
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of five young women outside Breisch High School

1951-1952

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A black-and-white photograph of five young women in front of Breisch High School, from left to right: Luella Sartin, Barbara McNeil, Ruby Lowe, Gloria McGlouster, and Mary Williams. They are seated or squatting with their right hands on the right shoulder…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.51
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of graduates

1948 - 1970s

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A black-and-white indoor portrait of three young men in full graduation regalia. They are posed with their arms and hands held at their sides. The man on the left holds a piece of paper in his right hand.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.22
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of Mississippi Vocational College football coaches

1954 - 1957

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A black-and-white photograph of four coaches from the Mississippi Vocational College football program. They are down on one knee in front of a football field, and wear baseball caps, t-shirts, whistles, baggy-knee trousers, and sneakers.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.39
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Group portrait of MVC football players with J.H. White and Coach McPherson

1954 - 1957

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A black-and-white photograph of two football players in uniform, standing on either side of two men. The man on the left holds a puppy. From left to right: unknown football player #33, James Herbert White (MVC President), Ulysses McPherson (coach), and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.17
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of The Player Guild drama club at Mississippi Vocational College

1956

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An indoor group portrait of young men and women. Nine are standing in the back row; the man in the middle wears a leather jacket. Eight are sitting in the front row. They are posed in front of what appears to be a curtain.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.21
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of the Samuel Huston College women's basketball team

1920s

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A black-and-white photograph of Samuel Huston College's women's basketball team standing on the front steps of a building. Thirteen women stand in three rows, with an additional man and woman standing one step closer to the camera. Twelve of the thirteen…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.109
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Photographs and Still Images

Group portrait of three young women during National Book Week

1948 - 1970s

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A black-and-white photograph of three young women setting up a small table for National Book Week. A sign being posted above the table reads "NAT'L BOOK WEEK / READ ABOUT / THE NEGO IN" with genres "Music," "Fact," "Biog," "Fiction," and "Thought" arrayed…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.45
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gelatin silver prints

Group portrait of women in front of a blackboard

1948 - 1970s

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A black-and-white photograph featuring nine women posed in front of a blackboard. Most of the women wear matching light colored blouses and skirts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.3.8
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Gus Casely-Hayford

1964–

Augustus Lavinus Casely-Hayford (born 1964) is a British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer with ancestral Ghanaian roots in the Casely-Hayford family. He is the director of V&A East and was formerly director of the Smithsonian National…

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Literature

Gus John

1945–

Augustine Gregory John (born 11 March 1945) is a Grenadian-born writer, education campaigner, consultant, lecturer and researcher, who moved to the UK in 1964. He has worked in the fields of education policy, management and international development. As a…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Gus Johnson (sportscaster)

1967–

Augustus Cornelius Johnson Jr. (born 1967 or 1968) is an American sportscaster. He is the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports calling college football and college basketball. Prior to working with Fox, he was with CBS Sports. He also called select…

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Arts & Performance

Gus Solomons Jr.

1938–2023

Gus Solomons Jr. (August 27, 1938 – August 11, 2023) was an American dancer, choreographer, journalist, and educator. He was a leading figure in postmodern dance and experimental dance.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Guvna B

1989–

Isaac Charles Bortey Borquaye (born 13 June 1989), better known as Guvna B, is a rapper, author, and broadcaster from Custom House, London. He has released 10 albums, written two books, produced segments for the BBC, and served as a football pundit for Sky…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Guy E. Hoffman

1898–1983

Guy Elliott Hoffman (January 27, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American educator and college football player and coach. He was served as the head football coach at Tennessee A&I State Normal School for Negroes—now known as Tennessee State University—in…

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Biography & Culture

Guy Fisher

1947–

Guy Thomas Fisher (born July 21, 1947) is an American former drug trafficker who was identified in federal prosecutions as a member of The Council, a Harlem heroin consortium led by Leroy "Nicky" Barnes. In 1984 he was convicted of operating a continuing…

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Literature

Guy Mark Foster

Biography

Guy Mark Foster is an American writer and academic. His short story collection The Rest of Us was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014. A professor of African-American literature and…

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Education & Scholarship

Guy McElroy

1946–1990

Guy Clinton McElroy (1946 – May 31, 1990) was an African American art historian and curator. Most notably, McElroy curated the major exhibition titled Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940. He died during the run of the show in 1990.

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BIOGRAPHY
Military

Gwen Bingham

1959–

Lieutenant General Gwendolyn Bingham (born 1959) is a retired officer of the United States Army who served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management from 2016 to 2019. Bingham previously served as the Commander of the TACOM Life Cycle…

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