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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights

Amos Brown

1941–

Amos Cleophilus Brown (born February 20, 1941) is an African American pastor and civil rights activist. He is the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, and was head pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco from 1976 through 2025.…

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Amos C. Brown Oral History Interview

March 2, 2013

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The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h. Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.60.1a-h
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Scholarship

Amos N. Wilson

1941–1995

Amos Nelson Wilson (February 23, 1941 (or 1940) — January 14, 1995) was an African-American theoretical psychologist, social theorist, Pan-African thinker, scholar, author and a professor of psychology at the City University of New York.

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Education & Scholarship

Amos Noë Freeman

1809–1893

Amos Noë Freeman (1809 —1893) was an African-American abolitionist, Presbyterian minister, and educator. He was the first full-time minister of Abyssinian Congregational Church in Portland, Maine, where he led a station on the Underground Railroad.

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books

An Alpha Kappa Alpha Family Album

1984

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A hardcover book titled “An Alpha Kappa Alpha Family Album” written by Marjorie H. Parker. The cover has sixteen portrait drawings of different women.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.40
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Historical photographs & visual records

An artist holding her drawing at a school, Emebet, Eritrea

circa 1997

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Cataloged as “An artist holding her drawing at a school, Emebet, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1104
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Historical photographs & visual records

An artist standing and holding her drawing at a school, Emebet, Eritrea

circa 1997

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Cataloged as “An artist standing and holding her drawing at a school, Emebet, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1107
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An artist standing behind their painting during an art school workshop, Ethiopia

1997-1998

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Cataloged as “An artist standing behind their painting during an art school workshop, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0089
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An artist standing next to their painting during an art school workshop, Ethiopia

1997-1998

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Cataloged as “An artist standing next to their painting during an art school workshop, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0079
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language

1845

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The book is hardback and brown in color; almost completely absent of design, it is only marked with the title printed on its spine in horizontally oriented gold text on a narrow section of black cover which is a slightly different material than the rest of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.273.6
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Politics & Public Life

Ana Lúcia Martins

1966–

Ana Lúcia Martins Rosskamp (born 20 August 1966) is a Brazilian literacy activist, physical education teacher, Black movement activist, professor, and politician. She was elected as councilwoman to the city of Joinville, in Santa Catarina state, during the…

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Engineering

Ana P. Barros

Biography

Ana Paula Barros is an African-born American civil and environmental engineer currently the Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an…

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Biography & Culture

Ana Rita Santiago

Biography

Ana Rita Santiago is a Brazilian retired associate professor at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) and professor for the cultural criticism postgraduate programme, at Bahia State University (UNEB). Concentrating her research on literature…

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Arts & Performance

Anairis Quiñones

1997–

Anairis Quiñones (born September 16, 1997) is an American voice actress. After watching several anime dubs as a child, Quiñones was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting, which she began in 2009. Some of her noteworthy roles include Mirko in My Hero…

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Biography & Culture

Anarcha Westcott

Biography

Anarcha Westcott (c. 1828 – June 27, 1869) was an American enslaved woman who is known as the "Mother of Modern Gynaecology" for having undergone a series of experimental surgical procedures conducted by medical doctor J. Marion Sims, without the use of…

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Scholarship

Ancella Bickley

1930–2026

Ancella Radford Bickley (July 4, 1930 – February 16, 2026) was an American historian who was involved in the preservation of African American history in West Virginia.

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Arts & Performance

Anderson Delano Macklin

1933–2001

Anderson Delano Macklin (January 17, 1933 – July 26, 2001), also known as A. D. Macklin, was an American artist, professor, art historian, and author. He chaired the art department at a few historically black colleges, including Jackson State University,…

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Business & Enterprise

Anderson Hunt Brown

1880–1974

Anderson Hunt Brown (1880 – 1974) was an American businessman, real-estate developer, and civil rights activist. As a very successful African-American man in West Virginia, A.H. Brown worked on behalf of citizens and residents of the Charleston Independent…

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Science & Inventions

Anderson Sunda-Meya

Biography

Anderson Sunda-Meya is a Congolese–American physicist and the Norwood Endowed Professor of Physics at Xavier University in New Orleans. He also holds the position of Associate Dean. Sunda-Meya was awarded the 2021 American Physical Society Excellence in…

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Sports & Achievement

Andra Manson

1984–

Andra Kareem Manson (born April 30, 1984) is a male high jumper from the United States. His personal best jump is 2.35 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Austin. He has 2.33 on the indoor track, from February 2007 in Fayetteville. Manson was raised in…

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Sports

Andrae Murphy

1986–

Andrae Murphy (born April 11, 1986) is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Dean College from 2022 to 2024. He also coached for Everglades High School, J. P. Taravella High School, Massachusetts Maritime, Florida Atlantic,…

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Business

Andre Barnett

1976–

Andre Nigel Barnett (born June 2, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, politician, and model. After founding an information technology company, he was the presidential candidate of the Reform Party in the 2012 United States presidential election, and later…

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Education & Scholarship

André Brock

Biography

André Brock Jr. is an American scholar focusing on Black digital practices and online experiences, including Black Twitter. He is an associate professor of media studies at Georgia Tech.

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Medicine & Health

Andre Campbell

Biography

Andre R. Campbell is an American physician. He is a Professor of Surgery and the Vice Chair for Opportunity and Outreach at the University of California, San Francisco.

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