Video includes scenes from the second half of Hampton's Homecoming football game between Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute. (NB: Both schools are now universities.), Fall 1966 00:04 – 01:14 minutes The Tuskegee Institute band (in crimson uniforms,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20171213_Leigh_R8_04
Willie Lawrence Herzfeld (June 9, 1937 – May 9, 2002) was an American clergyman and civil rights activist who was presiding bishop for the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. He was the first African American to lead a national Lutheran church…
The handwritten will of Frederick Smith of Mongtomery County, Viriginia, dated March 27, 1802, in which he bequeaths to his wife Margaret an enslaved girl named Betty, along with a list of other possessions. The document consists of black ink on both sides…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.158.17
A handwritten will for Joseph Rickett of Antigua dated September 23, 1736. The right side of the front of the document is a formal will written by Joseph Rickett granting his brother his [money Depts goods Houses Lands negroes and claims]. The middle…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.225
This is a self-portrait created by Emma Amos. In the portrait, Amos is an adult woman falling from the sky while holding over her head a large painted representation of a black-and-white photograph of her mother, India, positioned seated on steps wearing a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.34
Willa Mae Sudduth (1925–2015) was one of the founders of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. She was involved in many social justice causes, issues, and concerns most of her adult life. She was an African-American woman and the mother of six children.
Willard Jessie Brown (June 26, 1915 – August 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns, where he was one…
Willard "Mike" Blystone Ransom (1916–1995) was an American lawyer, businessman, community civic leader, and a civil rights activist in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in…
A color digital print photograph of Willi Smith. Smith is featured at the center of the photograph with his proper right hand resting on his cheek and his proper left hand resting on his leg. He is wearing large glasses, a black V-neck sweater, a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.77.11
Willi Donnell Smith (February 29, 1948 – April 17, 1987) was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry. His company, WilliWear Limited,…
William Allen (April 2, 1821 – May 21, 1898) was an American Quaker minister, known as the only Black Quaker minister in 19th century Canada. William pastored at Pelham Evangelical Friends Church in the town of Pelham (Fonthill) on 940 Haist road, from…
William B. Derrick (July 27, 1843 – April 15, 1913) was an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) bishop and missionary. He began his career as a seaman and later served in the Union Navy during the US Civil War. Following the war, he transitioned to the AME…
William Beverly Nash (c. 1822 – January 19, 1888) was a barber, shoe shine, porter, waiter, and state senator in South Carolina. An African American, Nash was born enslaved in Virginia, Nash gained his freedom at the age of 43 with the passage of the 13th…
William Bradwell (December 1822 – July 16, 1887) was an American politician and religious leader of the Reconstruction era. A resident of Jacksonville, Florida, he represented Duval County in the Florida House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870. An…
William Chester Jordan (born April 7, 1948) is an American medievalist who serves as the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University; he is a recipient of the Haskins Medal for his work concerning the Great Famine of 1315–1317. He is also…
William Clarence Hueston Sr. (September 24, 1880 – November 25, 1961) was an American lawyer, magistrate, and community leader. Hueston was the first African-American graduate from the University of Chicago Law School.
William David Chappelle (November 16, 1857 – June 15, 1925) was an American educationalist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Chappelle served as president of Allen University, a historically Black university in Columbia, South Carolina,…
William D. Foster, sometimes referred to as Bill Foster (1884 – 15 April 1940), was a pioneering African-American film producer who was an influential figure in the Black film industry in the early 20th century, along with others such as Oscar Micheaux. He…
William Decker "W. D." Johnson (November 15, 1869 – June 17, 1936) was an American Bishop and educator. He was the 42nd Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the founder of the community of Archery, Georgia, and the founder of Johnson…
A black-and-white photograph of William DeShields. He is looking at the camera and wearing a dark colored jacket and a touring cap. The print is inscribed on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.11
William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was an American clergyman. He was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson. The Witherspoon Street Presbyterian…
William E. Matthews (July 1845 - May 2, 1894) was an African-American lawyer, financier, and civil rights activist in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington DC. He was active in promoting education for freedmen during and after the Civil War. He was very…
William Gardner (born Billey, c. 1759 - 1795) was an enslaved man born into the family of James Madison in Montpelier, Virginia, to a man likely named Tony. Madison's father gave Gardner to the young Madison as a companion when Madison was a child.
