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Sports

Sura Yekka

1997–

Sura Bayoru Yekka (born January 4, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise FC and the Canada national team.

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Civil Rights & Community

Susan E. Cannon Allen

1859–1935

Susan E. Cannon Allen (May 26, 1859 – May 12, 1935) was an African-American suffragist and temperance activist from Illinois. She served in numerous executive positions in several different women's clubs and was involved in club work at both the local and…

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Politics & Public Life

Susan Rice

1964–

Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the…

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Photographs and Still Images

Susie cleaning crab on her front porch

1979; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman named Susie cleaning crabs on her front porch. She is sitting in a chair and has a pot in her lap. A child is standing on the ledge of the porch behind the support column. There is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.38
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Civil Rights

Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton

1862–1942

Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton (1862–1942) was an American suffragist and activist in Wilmington, Delaware, and a founding member of the Equal Suffrage Study Club.

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Civil Rights & Community

Susie McDonald

Biography

Susie McDonald, also known as Miss Sue (c. 1878 – June 30, 1968) was an African American activist who served as one of the plaintiffs in the bus segregation lawsuit Browder v. Gayle (1956) in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Literature

Susie Revels Cayton

1870–1943

Susie Revels Cayton (January 1, 1870 – July 28, 1943) was an American writer, editor, activist, and leader in the African-American community in Seattle at the start of the 20th century.

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Photographs and Still Images

Susie Smith on her back porch with horse

ca 1979; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman named Susie Smith standing on her back porch. She appears on the right side of the photograph with her house beside her. On the left side of the photograph a tree appears in the distance.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Susie standing next to a holy picture in her living room

ca 1978; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman named Susie standing next to a picture of Jesus. She is standing in an open doorway and stairs of into the distance. She is wearing a knit button down sweater and has a handkerchief on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.10
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Clothing - Costume

Suspenders for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1978

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Suspenders from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields in the original 1978 Broadway production. The suspenders have a pattern of red and pink alternating color triangles and light blue, dark blue, and clear rhinestone…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.6
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Clothing - Costume

Suspenders for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1982

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Suspenders from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act II worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The red suspenders have a double button enclosure on each arm. Inscribed onto each of the metal adjusters is the manufacture’s name,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.2.7
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Suspenders from a suit worn by Reverend Ike

mid 20th-early 21st century

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A pair of Burberry’s suspenders worn by worn by Reverend Ike. The suspenders are made of two straps of a red and navy blue striped, stretchy synthetic fabric with black cord loops at the ends to attach to the trousers. The straps of the suspenders are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.49.2.5
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tuxedoes

Suspenders worn by Eugene Allen

1980s

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Suspenders from a White House butler uniform worn by Eugene Allen. The white suspenders have ribbed elastic fabric. There are metal clasps at the ends to connect the suspenders to a waistband.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.5.1.5
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Suspenders worn by Melvin Van Peebles

Mid to late 20th century

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A pair of polka dot suspenders worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The Y suspenders feature a button end made from two two-pronged leather ends – one on each side. Connected to each button end via brass hardware is a panel of stretchy purple polyester fabric with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.14
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Suspenders worn by Melvin Van Peebles

Mid to late 20th century

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A pair of X suspenders worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The suspenders are made from two panels of woven black stretchy polyester that have three gray lines woven into each vertical side. The middle gray line has white polka dots running the length of it. There…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.60.15
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Literature

Sussie Anie

1994–

Sussie Ohenewaa Anie (born 1994) is a British-Ghanaian writer. Her debut novel To Fill a Yellow House appeared in 2022, and was praised by the critics. Anie won the Somerset Maugham Award for this novel, which was also nominated for the Authors' Club Best…

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Biography & Culture

Suzan Johnson Cook

1957–

Suzan Denise Johnson Cook (born January 28, 1957) is a U.S. presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under The Obama Administration from…

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Literature & Journalism

Suzanne Barr

Dates not recorded

Suzanne Barr is a Plantation, Florida based chef and author. She is also a restaurateur having owned two restaurants in Toronto, where she was born. Barr is CEO and founder of Suzanne Barr Food, Inc. Barr was featured in the movie The Heat: A Kitchen…

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Literature

Suzanne Jackson

1944–

Suzanne Jackson (born 1944) is an American visual artist, gallery owner, poet, educator, and set designer; with a career spanning five decades. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Since the late 1960s, Jackson has…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Swazi girl in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Swazi girl in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063046
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Historical photographs & visual records

Swazi girl with traditional clothing and jewelry , Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Swazi girl with traditional clothing and jewelry , Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063063
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Historical photographs & visual records

Swazi girls in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Swazi girls in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063045
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Historical photographs & visual records

Swazi man in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Swazi man in traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063052
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