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Politics & Public Life

Andrew Holmes (activist)

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Andrew V. Holmes (born 1959 or 1960) is a community activist active in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is especially known for his activism related to combatting gun violence, and is also active in advocacy for senior citizens and the homeless. Since…

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Politics & Public Life

Andrew Jackson Junius

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Andrew Jackson Junius was a carpenter, Baptist minister and state representative in Florida. He represented Jefferson County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives in 1879.

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Biography & Culture

Andrew M. Bradley

1906–1983

Andrew M. Bradley (1906–1983) was an American accountant and public official who served as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's budget secretary (1955–1957) and then as secretary of property and supplies from July 1957 to 1960. Serving under two Democratic…

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Biography & Culture

Andrew Pulley

1951–

Cleve Andrew Pulley (born May 5, 1951) is an American former politician who ran as the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972 and one of three nominees the party put forth for President of the United States in…

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Journalism

Andrew W. Cooper

1927–2002

Andrew W. Cooper (August 21, 1927 – January 28, 2002) was an African-American activist during the Civil Rights Movement, businessman, and journalist. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The City Sun.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Andrew Young

2011; printed 2019

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A black-and-white photograph of Andrew Young, by Platon. The close-up of Young depicts him in bust pose, from the chest up. He is facing the viewer and tilting his head downwards and very slightly towards his proper left shoulder. His eyes are closed and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.31
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Politics & Public Life

Andrew Young

1932–

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership…

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Photographs and Still Images

Andrew Young addressing he audience at the first birthday celebration in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 1969; printed 2011

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This black and white photograph shows Andrew Young in profile speaking at a lectern inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church during Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. There are two figures in front of the camera facing Young. White flowers…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Andrew Young Addressing Marchers, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of Andrew Young standing in a crowd with his arm raised. Young is featured wearing a jean jacket and is facing away from the camera. A man's profile can be seen on the left edge of the image. A woman stands in the center,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.60
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Photographs and Still Images

Andrew Young, civil rights activist and one of Dr. King's closest SCLC advisors, with two mules, Marks, Mississippi

April 1968

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This black and white photographic print depicts a man standing between two mules. He wears a light colored button down shirt under a dark jacket and dark pants. Viewed from below, he gazes over the viewer's head to the left. Behind his left shoulder is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.125.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Andrew Young Speaking to Ralph Bunche and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, and Dr. Ralph Bunche in discussion. Coretta Scott King stands beside her husband, on the right of the image, looking to the right. Dr. King stands facing Young, his face in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.79
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Politics & Public Life

Angel Joy Chavis Rocker

1966–2003

Angel Joy Chavis Rocker (April 29, 1966 – February 26, 2003) was an American politician and guidance counselor from Florida. In 1999, she became the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican.

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Biography & Culture

Angel Kelley

1967–

Angel Kelley (born 1967) is an American attorney and judge serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She is a former associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Angel Kyodo williams

1969–

angel Kyodo williams (born December 2, 1969) is an American writer, activist, ordained Zen priest and the author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace, published by Viking Press in 2000, and the co-author of Radical Dharma:…

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Politics & Public Life

Angela Alsobrooks

1971–

Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2011 to 2018 as state's attorney for Prince…

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Politics & Public Life

Angela Angel

1979–

Angela Angel (born December 26, 1979) is an American politician who represented District 25 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she ran for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district in 2022.

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Scholarship

Angela Bowen

1936–2018

Angela Bowen (February 6, 1936 – July 12, 2018) was an American dance teacher, English professor, writer, and a lesbian rights activist. She was also the subject of an award-winning 2016 documentary.

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Politics

Angela Bryant

1951–

Angela R. Bryant (born December 9, 1951) is an American Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission (a full-time position). From 2007 through 2018, she served in the North…

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Politics & Public Life

Angela Cockerham

1976–

Angela Cockerham is an American politician currently serving as an independent member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 96th district. Cockerham joined the Mississippi House appropriations committee in 2013. According to…

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Scholarship

Angela Davis

1944–

Davis became an internationally known writer and organizer on race, class, gender and the justice system.

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Photographs and Still Images

Angela Davis after her acquittal, San Jose, June 4, 1972

June 4, 1972; printed 2021

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A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis after her acquittal. She is framed by two out-of-focus individuals in the foreground at right and left. She stands in profile facing the viewer's left. She wears hoop earrings and a paisley and floral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Angela Davis relaxes during a day off from her trial, San Jose, 1972

1972; printed 2021

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A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis standing in a room. The image is centered on Davis, who stands in front of a coach and side table. She wears a dark dress with a shawl over it; she carries a purse over her left shoulder and papers in her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Angela Davis released from jail when her bail is granted, San Jose, February 23, 1972

February 23, 1972; printed 2021

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A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis being released on bail. She smiles widely while standing behind a man whose back is to the viewer. The two appear to stand in front of a car with a door open for entry. A woman carrying a messenger bag over…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.8
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Angela Davis sits outside the courtroom during her trial, San Jose, 1972

1972; printed 2021

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A black-and-white archival print of Angela Davis seated next to an unidentified man outside the courtroom during her trial. The pair sit on a stone bench in front of a stone wall engraved with names. She wears an overcoat and holds a cigarette in her left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.13
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