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Sports & Achievement

Hilda M. Hankerson

1956–

Hilda M. Hankerson (born July 2, 1956) is an American high school girls basketball coach. She is the head coach for the Westlake High School (Georgia) Lions girls basketball team where she won one National Championship and four Georgia State High School…

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Music

Hilliard Greene

1958–

Hilliard Greene (born February 26, 1958) is an American bassist (playing both double bass, and bass guitar) specializing in modern creative, improvised, and jazz music, as well as a music educator.

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Arts & Performance

Hilyard Robinson

1899–1986

Hilyard Robert Robinson (December 3, 1899 – July 2, 1986) was an American architect, teacher, and engineer. He was a prominent early Black architect in the United States, and influenced a generation of students. Born and raised in Washington, D.C.,…

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Historical photographs & documents

Hip Hop Journal Articles

1990-2001

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Cataloged as “Hip Hop Journal Articles” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Politics

Hiram Rhodes Revels

1827–1901

Revels, a minister and educator, took a Senate seat from Mississippi during Reconstruction in 1870.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

History of the Negro in America

1965

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A documentary series with the title History of the Negro in America. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. Each film has a different focus and title. The first film (part 1) is titled "1619-1860 Out of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.24.1abc
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Books and Published Materials

History of the Southern Province, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

1999

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A signed hardback first edition of History of the Southern Province, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. This book has a red and cream cover. On the front cover, printed in gold lettering, is the title [History / of the / Southern Province / Kappa Alpha Psi…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.171.2
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Literature

Hitmaka

1985–

Christian Ward (born September 9, 1985), known professionally as Hitmaka, is an American record producer. Ward began rapping under the stage name Iceberg in 2001, at the age of 15. His career was cut short, due to his time at a military-based boarding school.

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Archival documents & files

Hodges, Joyce Ethel Cummings: Diploma, Morgan Academy, Morgan College, Howard University — Series 1: Biographical Material

1920 June 3; 1931; 1924

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Cataloged as “Hodges, Joyce Ethel Cummings: Diploma, Morgan Academy, Morgan College, Howard University”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref700
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Civil Rights

Holland Thompson (politician)

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Holland Thompson was a teacher, state legislator, religious leader, and civil rights advocate in Alabama. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. A former slave, he served as a city…

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Engineering

Holly Barnard

Biography

Holly René Barnard is an American geographer and associate professor of geography at the University of Colorado Boulder. She studies how vegetation impacts the dynamics and pathways of streams. In 2020 Barnard was awarded a $7 million National Science…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Home from School

1940s

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Home from School - Ralph Avenue, Kingsboro Tenants, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 90. A black-and-white photograph of three boys crossing the street. In the background, more children…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.76
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gelatin silver prints

Home From School II

1940s

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A black-and-white photograph of children walking down a city sidewalk towards the camera on their way home from school.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.171
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programs

Homecoming

1984

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1984 program for the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) 8th annual conference held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The program cover features an image of the city and information about the conference.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.22.15
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Business & Enterprise

Homer B. Roberts

1885–1952

Homer B. Roberts (1885–1952) was a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College and veteran of World War I who was the first black man to attain the rank of lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps. He began his auto business by placing ads in…

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Sports & Achievement

Homer Harris

1916–2007

Homer E. Harris Jr. (March 4, 1916 – March 17, 2007) was an American college football player and coach. He attended the University of Iowa, where he played as an end and tackle and became the first African-American captain of a Big Ten Conference team.…

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Science & Inventions

Homer Neal

1942–2018

Homer Alfred Neal (June 13, 1942 – May 23, 2018) was an American particle physicist and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan. Neal was president of the American Physical Society in 2016. He was also a board member of Ford Motor Company,…

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Politics

Homer S. Brown

1896–1977

Homer Sylvester Brown (September 23, 1896 – May 22, 1977) was an American judge, civil rights leader, and elected state representative in Pennsylvania. In a career of firsts, he was the first African American in a variety of leadership roles, including the…

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Music

Honey Davenport

1985–

James Heath-Clark (born August 13, 1985), known professionally as Honey Davenport, is an American drag performer, singer, songwriter, actor and activist. Davenport was a longtime fixture of the New York City nightlife scene and came to international…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Honorary Degree from Wilberforce University awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.

1941

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An honorary doctorate degree from Wilberforce University awarded to James Albert Parsons on June 12, 1941. Printed in black ink on off-white paper, the certificate confers the "honorary degree of Doctor of Science". It has the seal of Wilberforce…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.2
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Literature & Journalism

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

1967–

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967) is an American poet and novelist, and a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. She has published five collections of poetry and a novel. Her 2020 collection The Age of Phillis reexamines the life of American…

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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Hoodie worn by Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley delivering a sermon on Trayvon Martin

March 25, 2012

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A long-sleeved black hooded sweatshirt worn by Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley while giving the sermon "A Rizpah Response" on March 25, 2012, at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The cotton and polyester blend sweatshirt has full-length…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.159.1
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