The photograph depicts a full-length image of seven youths, three in the front row half crouched and four behind, standing on an AA and E train waiting platform in Manhattan. All of them, posed with their arms in the air and around one another, are dressed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.63.1
Mary Thea Bowman (born Bertha Elizabeth Bowman; December 29, 1937 – March 30, 1990) was a Black Catholic religious sister, teacher, musician, liturgist and scholar who contributed to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward African Americans. She…
Thea L. James is an American emergency medical physician as well as an associate professor, associate chief medical officer, and vice president of mission at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) in Boston, Massachusetts. She serves as director of the Violence…
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her father, Carlos Riley, workshopping for their film I, Destini. Carlos sits by a long table as Destini looks over his shoulders. They both wear socks but no shoes.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.12
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her mother, Lattina Riley while workshopping the "Smiles" sequence of their short film, I, Destini. In the photo, Destini uses her hands to stretch her mother's face, creating a smile.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.10
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her parents, Carlos and Lattina Riley, workshopping the smiles sequence for their film I, Destini. In the photo, Destini holds her father's hands up to his face as her mother Lattina…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.13
Thelma D. Burns was a community activist in Boston. She has served as a director of the non-profit, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) for 35 years. She has also served as a leader on community boards including the Mayor’s Senior Advisory…
Thelma Dailey-Stout (1918 – 2005) was an African American and Native American civil rights activist known for founding the magazine The Ethnic Woman (1977). She was active in the labor movement in New York City in the 1970s and was a member of many civil…
Thelma Dale Perkins (October 23, 1915 – September 29, 2014) was an African-American activist. Her maternal uncle was Frederick Douglass Patterson. She was also a member of the CPUSA. She joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the Liberal Club (an…
Thelma Cornelia Davidson Adair (August 29, 1920 – August 21, 2024) was an American educator, Presbyterian church leader, advocate for human rights, peace and justice issues, writer and activist. She was active with Church Women United, a Christian women's…
Thelma Thurston Gorham (1913–1992) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, professor, and a Bahá’í, whose career spanned Black newspapers, including a military publication, teaching at universities, and civil‑rights–era public discourse. Born in…
Thelma Waide Brown (1897 - August 25, 1975) was an African-American concert and opera singer. Brown was born in Ashland, Kentucky, and lived in Indianapolis before moving to Chicago. She toured as a concert singer and performed in operas, and was also a…
Thelonius Alston Bradley "Theo" Bair (born August 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on loan from Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the Canada national team.
Theo Larayan Ronaldo Shadiki Robinson (born 22 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Southern League Premier Division Central club Bromsgrove Sporting. Born in England, he won seven caps for Jamaica in 2013. He began his career at…
Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger and a striker. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and won 47 caps, scoring eight goals. Walcott currently appears as a club…
Theodore Doughty Miller (September 19, 1835 – March 1, 1897) was a Baptist preacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 19th century. Before the US Civil War (1861–1865), he was a part of abolitionist society in Philadelphia, and after the war he…
Theodore Sedgwick Wright (April 1797 – March 25, 1847), sometimes Theodore Sedgewick Wright, was an African American abolitionist and minister who was active in New York City, where he led the First Colored Presbyterian Church as its second pastor. He was…
Theophilus John McKee (September 29, 1879 — August 4, 1948) was an African-American attorney in the prominent Syphax family. He lived most of his life as a Euro-American, but revealed his African ancestry late in life to obtain an inheritance.
Theresa Burroughs (1929 – May 22, 2019) was an active participant in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. She worked to secure the right to vote for blacks in Alabama and the rest of the Southern United States. In 1965 she was attacked and arrested…
Therese Patricia Okoumou, commonly known as Patricia Okoumou, is a Republic of the Congo-born immigrant rights activist, most known for scaling the base of the Statue of Liberty in protest of children being separated from their parents at the Mexico-United…
A dark blue t-shirt from the costume worn by Mike Colter as the character Luke Cage on the episode "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" (103) of Marvel’s television series “Luke Cage.” The Ralph Lauren t-shirt is in a cotton thermal knit and features a round…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.47.2.2
An olive brown long-sleeved thermal turtleneck worn by Admiral Michelle Howard as rear admiral (lower half). The fabric is knitted, but has a fleece finish on the interior. The shirt has a half-zip center front neck closure and fitted cuffs on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.146.2.5
This stereograph card depicts a group of women, children and a man sitting and standing in and in font of a doorway to a clapboard building. The adults all hold children on their laps or in in their arms. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.4
They sang, they spoke, they celebrated and remembered King... This black and white photograph shows four women singing at the birthday commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr. inside Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. They are dressed in long-sleeved white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.18
