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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Honey Mahogany

1983–

Honey Mahogany (born December 30, 1983) is an American activist, politician, drag performer, and singer. She first came to national attention on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, followed by releasing her debut EP Honey Love. She was instrumental in…

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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Hoodie worn by Bishop John Bryant to the White House Easter Prayer Breakfast

April 4, 2012

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A dark gray hooded sweatshirt with full-length sleeves and a kangaroo patch pocket worn by Bishop John Richard Bryant to the Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House on April 4, 2012. The word "NIKE" above the Nike brand swoosh logo is printed in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.85
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Hoodie worn by Marian Wright Edelman for a Children's Defense Fund photo shoot

2012

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Gray hooded sweat shirt worn by Marian Wright Edelmen for a Children's Defense Fund photo shoot related to Justic for Trayvon events and publications. The sweat shirt has a half-zip center front closure with a gray plastic zipper, full-length sleeves with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.132
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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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Visual Arts

HOPE

2008

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Offset print, artist's proof, "HOPE" by Shepard Fairey from the Obama Series, signed and dated by artist. Field collection. The print features a bust-length portrait of Barack Obama in shades of red, white, and blue. The word HOPE is printed along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.92
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Visual Arts

Hope

2008

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A lithograph titled “Hope” by Shepard Fairey. Using the color palette of red, beige, blue, and dark blue, the poster is a headshot of Barack Obama from the chest up wearing a suit with a red tie. Obama’s proper left side of the face and background are red…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.39.14
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Civil Rights

Hope Giselle

1993–

Hope Giselle (born August 2, 1993) is an African-American transgender activist and author. She is the executive director of the National Trans Visibility March.

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Biography & Culture

Horace J. Bryant

1909–1983

Horace J. Bryant, Jr. (June 29, 1909 – April 13, 1983) was an African American civil rights activist, banking commissioner, and politician from New Jersey. As Commissioner of Banking and Insurance under Governor Richard J. Hughes, he was the first African…

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Journalism

Horace R. Cayton Sr.

1859–1940

Horace Roscoe Cayton Sr. (February 3, 1859 – August 16, 1940) was an American journalist and political activist. The son of a slave and a white plantation owner's daughter, Cayton went to Seattle, Washington, in the early 1890s.

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Politics

Horace Sheffield III

1954–

Horace Sheffield III (born December 28, 1954) is an American Christian minister and media personality who serves as pastor of New Destiny Christian Fellowship in Michigan. As of 2018, he served as the co-chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Community…

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Education

Horace Tate

1922–2002

Horace Edward Tate (1922 – November 28, 2002) was an American educator, activist, scholar, and politician who spent most of his life and career working toward educational equity for Black Americans, particularly in the south. A Democrat, he served in the…

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Politics & Public Life

Horace Ward

1927–2016

Horace Taliaferro Ward (July 29, 1927 – April 23, 2016) was a lawyer, state legislator, and judge in Georgia. He challenged the racially discriminatory practices at the University of Georgia School of Law and was the first African American to serve as a…

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Civil Rights

Hosea Easton

1798–1837

Hosea Easton (1798–1837) was an American Congregationalist and Methodist minister, abolitionist activist, and author. He was one of the leaders of the convention movement in New England.

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Biography & Culture

Hosea T. Lockard

1920–2011

Hosea T. Lockard (June 24, 1920 - December 12, 2011) was an African-American Criminal Court Judge in the U.S. State of Tennessee for Shelby County. He was born in Ripley, Tennessee, and was raised on a farm in the nearby town of Henning by Albert and…

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Politics & Public Life

Hosea Williams

1926–2000

Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 – November 16, 2000) was an American civil rights leader, activist, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician. He was considered a member of famed civil rights activist and Nobel Peace…

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Photographs and Still Images

Hosea Williams & Lou Rawls - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This image depicts Hosea Williams and Lou Rawls on a small wooden outdoor stage in Resurrection City with a group of other individuals. Hosea Williams stands in front of the small crowd on stage. Wearing a dark jumpsuit, he holds a microphone in his left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.45
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communion sets

Host box in Chaplain Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

1939-1944

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A brass host box, or ciborium, in three parts, with container (a), small insert for consecrated Eucharist (b), and lid (c). The host box is in a simple, completely unadorned style. The host box is cylindrical, with a flat base and flat rim. On either side…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.1.5abc
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Photographs and Still Images

Hostile Residents

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of a man and a woman making faces out of a brick building window. The woman on the left has her hand spread in front of her nose. The man has his hand closed with his thumb on his nose. The bottom of the window has a floral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.86
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gelatin silver prints

Hotel Clark, For Colored Only

1950s

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A black-and-white photograph of a sign on the side of a building that says HOTEL CLARK, and a sign below that says FOR COLORED ONLY 144.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.107.25
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Politics

Houston A.P. Bassett

1857–1920

Houston A.P. (Pat) Bassett (March 14, 1857 – July 17, 1920) was an African-American Republican politician who served in the Twentieth Texas Legislature. The son of poor farmers, Bassett lived in his native Grimes County, Texas, for most of his life. He was…

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Visual Arts

Houston Conwill

1947–2016

Houston Eugene Conwill (April 2, 1947 – November 14, 2016) was an American multidisciplinary artist known best for large-scale public sculptural installations. Conwill was a sculptor, painter, and performance and conceptual artist whose site-specific works…

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Books and Published Materials

How to Speak and Pray in Public

1951

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A softcover copy of How to Speak and Pray in Public by J. Vernon Jacobs. The softcover book has an adhesive and stitched binding. The front cover is light and dark brown. At the top two-thirds of the cover is an illustrated, large, dark brown square with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.34
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Politics & Public Life

Howard Clifton Brown

1868–1946

Brigadier-General Howard Clifton Brown (3 April 1868 – 11 September 1946) was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury.

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Science

Howard McCurdy

1932–2018

Howard Douglas McCurdy (10 December 1932 – 20 February 2018) was a Canadian civil rights activist, politician and university professor. He grew up in Southwestern Ontario before moving to the Windsor, Ontario, area. He did his undergraduate work at what is…

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