A black and white photograph of Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce at the home of Hurby Azor in Brooklyn, New York. The two women are in pictured in the center of the image, sitting on a floral sofa. Sweet Tee is on the left. She has short curly hair and is wearing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.55
A black-and-white photograph depicting a close-up view of sweetgrass growing on a sand dune. The blades of sweetgrass appear in the foreground with the sand visible just behind. In the background is more sweetgrass and clouds in the sky. The back of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.2
Swim cap worn and signed by Simone Manuel. The black rubber cap has a red, white, and blue American flag on either side. On the proper right side, the flag is backwards. The name “MANUEL” is in white text under the American flag on either side. There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.99.3
Swim cap worn by Simone Manuel. The white rubber swim cap has a red, white, and blue American flag on either side. On the proper right side, the flag is backwards. The name “MANUEL” is in black text under the American flag on either side. There is a black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.99.4
A pair of clear swim goggles with oval-shaped frames from the set of Scandal. The lenses are set into the frames, and the backs of the frames have a suction-cup like piece of plastic which goes around the eyes. The stretchy, adjustable band that goes…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.18.1
A pair of clear swim goggles with oval-shaped frames from the set of Scandal. The lenses are set into the frames, and the backs of the frames have a suction-cup like piece of plastic which goes around the eyes. The stretchy, adjustable band that goes…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.18.2
A pair of swim goggles from the set of Scandal. The frames are oval-shaped with protruding lenses and a thin, three-dimensional bridge. There is a black “speedo” logo on the center of the head band. The adjustable side strap of the headband has black text…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.18.3
TYR swim suit worn by Simone Manuel. The one-piece bodysuit is knee-length, has a high neckline, and is black, white, and grey. There is a geometric pattern and a pattern resembling snake skin. White text reads [TYR] at the top near the neckline, and there…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.99.1
Bathing suit, sarong, and sunglasses worn by Kerry Washington on Scandal. The white La Perla v-neck one piece swimsuit features five sheer tulle cutout stripes below the bust. The “v” in the front of the swimsuit comes to a flat open space rather than to a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.17.1-.3
A matched pair of swinging bar doors. The doors are wood with a natural, glossy varnish, and are louvered with fixed slats. The upper edge of each door curves upward towards the center edge, so that the inner height of the doors is greater than the outer…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.8ab
This is the Swirling Brooch is designed and created by Art Smith. The brooch is an abstract interpretation of three concentric ovals that don’t close but instead the ends at the top swirl out to connect to the other two ovals. The top right swirl…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.100
Kasseem Daoud Dean (born September 13, 1978), known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, rapper and DJ. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean embarked on his musical career as a DJ in 1994. At the age of 18,…
A Freemasonry Lodge sword made of silver metal, with a black enamel handle featuring a silver metal cross. The sword belonged to LeRoy Johnson and is accompanied by a metal sheath and leather and cloth carrying case.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.2.5a-d
Sybil Lenora Collins Mobley (October 14, 1925 – September 29, 2015) was Dean Emerita of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) School of Business and Industry. She led its business program and was the founding dean of its Business…
Sydney Loren Bennett (born April 23, 1992), known professionally as Syd (formerly Syd tha Kyd), is an American singer and songwriter. She initially gained recognition as a member of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future, and went on to co-found the…
Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove ( KAM-lah-gər-DUV; née Kamlager; born July 20, 1972) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 37th congressional district since 2023. A Democrat, she previously served in the California State…
Sydney Harold Nathans (born May 24, 1940) is an American historian who is a professor emeritus at Duke University and has written several history books including To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker and A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland.
View of Sylva, NC, from the historic Black community of Tannery Flats, May 21, 2016. (Source: Chris Aluka Berry) A color digital photograph ofg the back of the Jackson Paper Manufacturing company in Sylva, North Carolina as viewed from Tannery Flats. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.72.14
Symeon Brown (born 1987/88) is an English journalist and non-fiction author from Tottenham, reporting for Channel 4 News as home affairs correspondent. He was a youth community activist.
Tyler Dee Bell (December 26, 1922 – January 9, 1999), known as T. D. Bell, was an American blues guitarist. Bell was born in Belltown, Lee County, Texas. He played some banjo as a child, but played little guitar until after he left the army at the end of…
Thomas Julius Brown (August 18, 1915 – November 22, 1973) was an American Negro league shortstop from 1939 to 1950. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Brown attended East Moline High School in East Moline, Illinois. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 for…
Thomas Jefferson Huddleston Sr. (June 1, 1876 – October 1959) was a prominent African American entrepreneur and community leader in Mississippi. He owned dozens of funeral homes in Mississippi.
Theodore Judson Jemison (August 1, 1918 – November 15, 2013), better known as T. J. Jemison, was minister of Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in June 1953 when he led a bus boycott to protest the city's segregated public transit.…
A white t-shirt endorsing Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver. The shirt has a screen printed sneaker logo printed on the chest in blue. The sneaker is the PR shoe, shown with the laces tied. It reads [WEBB '95] in blue paint. Information about the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.46.3
