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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Ida Clark DePriest

Biography

Ida Clark DePriest (c. 1869 – August 1938) was an African-American suffragist, activist, and clubwoman, known for her work for women's suffrage in Colorado.

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Education & Scholarship

Ida Revels Redmond

1873–1914

Ida Alcorn Revels Redmond (19 May or July 1873 – 21 or 23 May 1914) was an American teacher and women's organizer in Mississippi. She encouraged self-improvement efforts through civic, education and social services. Her father was Hiram Revels, the first…

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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan

ca. 1925

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A pamphlet titled “Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan.” The eight-page pamphlet is printed on white paper in black text and outlines the principle beliefs of the organization. The front cover features the title of the pamphlet inside a decorative border. Below the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.231.14.1
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Scholarship

Idella Jones Childs

1903–1998

Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist. Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama. During the civil rights movement, her home was a meeting place for…

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identification tags

Identification tag for Pullman Porter Omer Ester

1941

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Small cellulose nitrate retangular photo idenitification tag issued by the Pullman Company to Porter, Omer Ester. The photograph is a black-and-white portrait of Ester wearing a blazer and tie with the following numbers superimposed on top of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.8
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Identification tag for Pullman Porter T.R. Joseph

ca. 1940

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A small, rectangular photo identification tag issued by the Pullman Company to T.R. Joseph. The photograph is a black-and-white portrait of Joseph wearing a blazer and a white shirt with "6225" superimposed on top of the photograph. Printed on the back of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.9
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dog tags

Identification tags worn by Lt. Louise Lomax

1943-1953

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Louise Virginia Lomax joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) as a 2nd Lieutenant in March 1943. Upon joining the ANC, Lt. Lomax was issued this identification tag, also called a "dog tag," which listed important identifying information including her name, her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.3
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Politics & Public Life

Idris Abdul Wakil

1925–2000

Idris Abdul Wakil (10 April 1925 – 15 March 2000) was the President of Zanzibar from 24 October 1985 to 25 October 1990.

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Civil Rights & Community

Ifeoma Ozoma

Biography

Ifeoma Ozoma (born 1991 or 1992) is an American public policy specialist and technology industry equity advocate. After two years working on public policy at Pinterest, Ozoma resigned and spoke out about mistreatment and racial discrimination she alleged…

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Business & Enterprise

Iheoma Obibi

1965–

Iheoma Kennaya Obibi is a British-Nigerian feminist writer, women and human rights activist, and entrepreneur. Obibi established Nigeria's first online intimacy shop, Intimate Pleasure.

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Politics & Public Life

Ike Leggett

1944–

Isiah "Ike" Leggett (born July 25, 1944) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Maryland and former executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Deweyville, Texas, Leggett attended Southern University…

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Biography & Culture

Ilwad Elman

Biography

Ilwad Elman (Somali: Ilwaad Elman) is a Somali-Canadian social activist. She works at the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu alongside her mother Fartuun Adan, the NGO's founder. She was voted the African Young Personality (Female) of the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Ilyasah Shabazz

1962–

Ilyasah Shabazz (born July 22, 1962) is an American author, community organizer, social activist, and motivational speaker.

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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of civil rights protesters in Greenville, Mississippi. The image features a line of men and women walking single file in two lines, while holding handmade protest signs, while a line of people face them,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image shows City Hall in the background and the backs of uniformed police officers and other men watching a picket line of protesters carrying signs.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.10
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image, taken from a low angle, shows a line of men and women marching while carrying homemade protest signs. First in line, a woman carries a sign…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.11
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image shows City Hall in the background and the backs of uniformed police officers and other men watching a picket line of protesters carrying signs.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall. In the image, men and women form a picket line carrying homemade protest signs, while being watched by individuals just out of frame to the left.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image, taken from a low angle, shows a line of men and women marching while carrying homemade protest signs. In the center of the frame, a man carries a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image, taken from a low angle, shows a line of men and women marching while carrying homemade protest signs. In the center of the frame, a woman carries…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image shows City Hall in the background and the backs of uniformed police officers and other men watching a picket line of protesters carrying signs.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image shows a line of men and women marching while carrying homemade protest signs. In the center of the frame, a man carries a large sign reading, [11…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of a civil rights protest outside Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of a picket line outside Greenville City Hall. The image shows City Hall in the background and the backs of uniformed police officers and other men watching a picket line of protesters carrying signs. A…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Image of Greenville City Hall

January 25, 1965

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A black-and-white film negative featuring the image of Greenville City Hall. The image is taken from across the street and shows the building outfitted with a stage draped with decorative bunting. Two men stand on the stage in front of the bunting, while…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.73.4
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