A digital scan of Leona Dean sitting on a the low wall of a porch in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is wearing a black dress and black hat which has a large white feather protruding from its proper left side. A handbag sits open in front of her and she is looking…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.1
A digital scan of Leona Dean standing on a porch in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is wearing a black dress and black hat which has a large white feather protruding from its proper left side. She is looking through the colums of the porch and holds a black handbag.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.20
A digital scan of Luther and Ida Allen's wedding photo in Lincoln, Nebraska. The couple stand on a wooden porch with their best man and maid of honor. The women stand to the right and hold flowers, the men stand to the left and hold their hands behind…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.34
A digital scan of Manitoba James and his three daughters on a porch in Lincoln, Nebraska. Manitoba is dressed in a dark suit and hat and seated on a wooden chair between two windows on the porch. Two of his daughters Myrtha (left) and Mauranee (right)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.50
A digital scan of Margaret Johnson standing on the porch of the Johnson home in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the photo she wears glasses and a large shawl and holds an open book in her hands. She is standing in front of a white rocking chair set just in front of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.18
A digital scan of Margaret Johnson sitting in front of the Johnson home in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is sitting on a chair and wears a white blouse and dark skirt with polka dots. She holds a folio in her lap with her left hand. She is positioned on a paved…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.48
A digital scan of Mayme Griffin standing on the porch of a home in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is wearing a lace decorated dress and large hat decorated with white fabric. She is standing on one of the steps up to the porch and is positioned sideways, reading a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.33
A digital scan of Odessa Johnson on her porch in Lincoln, Nebraska. Odessa wears a white dress with circular geometric pattern and white high heeled shoes. She is sitting on a porch swing and reading a copy of Ladies Home Journal.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.47
A digital scan of the O'Donnell house in Lincoln, Nebraska. The house is wooden, two stories, painted a light color and has a large front porch. Two trees obscure part of the house and the road and the front of the yard are also visible. Several people are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.57
A digital scan of the Talbert family taken in Lincoln, Nebraska. The father is wearing a dark suit and glasses and stands in the left of the frame. The mother wears a spotted blouse and dark skirt and stands in the right of the frame. The daughter wears a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.32
A digital scan of Odessa Johnson, a girl, and a boy posing outside a large wooden stucture in Lincoln, Nebraska. The photo is framed between to large, open wooden doors, possibly of a barn. A white backdrop hangs from the door's opening and a cloth has…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.39
A digital scan of two young siblings in Lincoln, Nebraska. The younger child sits in a chair that has been draped in white cloth and is wearing a white jacket and bonnet. The older girl stands to the left of the chair and faces the smaller child. She wears…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.11
A digital scan of four small children posing in front of a bicycle in Lincoln, Nebraska. The four children stand in a row, three of the children are siblings (two girls and a boy) with dark hair and the fourth is a light haired boy. The bicycle is adult…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.56.1.17
Black and pink scarf. The wide scarf has an alternating black and pink vertical striped pattern. Within the stripes there is a repeating diagonal grey stripe. It is part of a matching set. It has a finished hem at the bottoms.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2019.88.1.7.5
A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the body of an unidentified victim and a large crowd at the Convention Hall during the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the foreground of the image, a white man stands on the back of a flat-bed truck. On the truck bed,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.175.5
Scherod C. Barnes is an American politician and community activist who represented the 43rd legislative district in Baltimore, Maryland as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Barnes was appointed to the legislature on July 18, 2010 to fill the…
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of people participating in a New York City school boycott demonstration with police officers and buses in the background. At the center of the image are three people. The woman on the right is holding a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.24
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of three people participating in the 1964 New York City School Boycott. All three individuals are leaning against a metal barricade. The woman on the far left is looking to her proper right. She is wearing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.26
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman, from her shoulders up at the 1964 New York City School Boycott. The background is out of focus, with a visible person on the left. The woman has a straightened fringe and is starting…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.27
A school copy book printed by Philip Price in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and used by Hannah Amelia Lyons. The book has paper covers bound on the proper left side. A length of knotted pink string extends from the top edge of the binding, serving as a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.124.2
This color photograph shows four men standing in front of a food establishment in the Downtown section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1982. The four men are dressed in a variety of styles including turtlenecks, jeans, a leather jacket, and sweater. Two of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.84.15
A book from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The Cover text: "School Reading By Grade, Baldwin's Reader Third Year, American Book Company"; decorative illustration on back cover. First six pages missing. "James" written in pencil in front cover. Doodling inside…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.25.6
Scipio Vaughan (c. 1784–1840) was an African-American artisan and slave who inspired a "back to Africa" movement among some of his offspring to connect with their roots in Africa, specifically the Yoruba of West Africa in the early 19th century. After…
Black-and-white atmospheric photograph by Washington, DC photographer Peggy Fleming documenting the Capital Pool Checkers Club, a Washington, DC social and gaming club for African American men. This photograph features the scorecard of Kim Williams and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.32
