A black and white photograph of Scorpio (Eddie Morris aka Mr. Ness) with two unidentified women. Scorpio is pictured on the left side of the image, facing two unidentified young women on the right side of the image. He wears a metallic jacket with studs…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.51
Ruchaun Maurice Akers Jr., better known by his stage name Scott Bridgeway, is an American songwriter and record producer. He is known for his contributions to Kendrick Lamar album GNX (2024), co-writing Baby Keem's 2021 single "Family Ties", and Kanye…
Scott Woods (born January 25, 1971) is an American author and poet from Columbus, Ohio. Woods is the former president of Poetry Slam Inc. and co-founded the poetry series, Writers Block. He authors a monthly Internet column and has published several books.…
A quilted bedcover made with printed and woven scrap fabrics by Elizabeth Salter Smith. The individual scraps are a variety of geometric shapes including squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms. All of the scraps are hand pieced together,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.162.7
Scrap quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith using a mixture of solid, woven, and printed fabric in various weaves and fibers. Most of the fabrics are cotton. The top is made up of pieces of fabrics in rectangle, square, and triangle shapes sewn together…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.215.12
A large scrapbook compiled by Mary S. Williams, sponsor of the Tulsa Youth Council of the N.A.A.C.P. The cover of the scrapbook has a outdoor fall woodsy scene with [SCRAPBOOK] in red letters at bottom center. The interior pages contains mostly newspaper…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.32
Cloth bound purple and green floral print spiral bound scrapbook containing black-and-white and color photographs along with newspaper clippings and other ephemera dating from the late 1950s to the late 1970s documenting the life of Louise Jackson Gunn in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.65.1
Scrapbook loosely bound and held together by tape with a small color postcard of a young girl wearing a pink ruffled dress and holding two sunflowers with the words "I is just your little blackbird" adhered to the front. The scrapbook created by Louise…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.65.2
A scrapbook compiled by W.D. Williams while attending the Hampton Institute. The scrapbook has a printed ocean scene on the front cover of a man and woman walking on a beach with waves in the background. The scrapbook contains news clippings, photos,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.28
A white paper scrapbook, “Sowing Truth and Justice” crafted by the Sowing Truth and Justice Collective of North Georgia. The front cover of the scrapbook features the print of a full image captured for the Sowing Truth and Justice Quilt, crafted for Stacey…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.1
A single, two-sided black scrapbook page with two black and white photographs on each side (a total of four) with silver handwritten descriptions underneath each photograph. Page 1, side 1, 2022.43a: A black and white photograph of two women named Madona…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.43a-d
Kyle Jones (born in Camden, New Jersey), better known as Scratch, is an American hip hop musician who specializes in beatboxing and vocal scratch sounds. He is best known as a former member of the band the Roots. He is well known in the hip hop and beatbox…
A script for the Pilot episode of prime-time television series “Pose” signed by the cast. The script is printed in black ink on white paper, bound by three brass brads and signed in black marker. The top, title page has printed date and version information…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.25.1
A script for Season 1, Episode 6 of prime-time television series “Pose” signed by Ryan Murphy and Janet Mock. The script is printed in black ink on white paper, bound by three brass brads and signed in black marker. The top, title page has printed date and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.25.2
A freestanding, metal sculpture in the form of a caricatured porter holding a tray. The man is depicted wearing a red porter’s hat with a chin strap, blue jacket, blue pants, and black shoes. The jacket has a white front with red buttons. The pants have a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.468
Scyatta A. Wallace is a developmental psychologist who studies how gender, race, and culture impact health outcomes of urban Black youth. In her community-based research and practice, Wallace emphasizes the importance of cultural competence and the need to…
A steel scythe with a wood handle owned by George Madison. The scythe is made up of a metal blade attached to a curved wooden shaft called a snath. The blade is attached with a metal attachment ring, nails and wire. The snath has two wooden grips attached…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.155.13
An orange Seagate prison jumpsuit worn by Mike Colter as the character Luke Cage on episodes 'Step in the Arena' (104) of Marvel's “Luke Cage” and the 'The H Word' (101) of Marvel's “The Defenders.” This short sleeve orange cotton jumpsuit has a pointed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.47.1
Originally issued in 1826, this is an official copy of an early manuscript Seaman's Protection Certificate for Robert Barnaby (April 21, 1834). The certificate describes him as as "a Citizen of the United States of America," with "black complexion, black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.14.3
Sean Bankhead is an American dancer and choreographer. He served as a judge on the American music competition series Becoming A Popstar. Bankhead has created the choreography for many music videos, including Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby"(featuring Jack…
A color photographic print portrait of Sean at the People of Color in Crisis (POCC) Ball in Manhattan, NY in 2007. Sean appears from the chest up, lit by purple-tinged stage lights. He wears a white t-shirt under an unbuttoned light purple plaid shirt and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.71.18