Houston Harris (July 10, 1924 – January 20, 1998) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one of the first…
Nike bobspikes used by Vonetta Flowers for competitions during the 2005-2006 bobsledding season. The bobspikes, both size 8 are all black on the exterior with a white Nike swoosh symbols on either side. At the center of the spikes, a zipper runs from the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.67.3ab
Boce William Barlow Jr. (August 8, 1915 – January 31, 2005) was first African-American judge in Connecticut, in 1957, and the first African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1966. Born in Americus, Georgia, in 1915, Barlow came to…
Reel two of a 1925 silent film with the title Body and Soul. It consists of a single reel of 16mm black-and-white polyester film without a sound track. The film tells the story of an escaped prisoner on the run (played by Paul Robeson) who returns to his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.80.1a
REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE[,] 8849 - Boeufs au pâturage. Photographed by Dray, Robert, photographer. Published by IRIS EXPORT - Editions Touré Frères BP. 1617 CONAKRY.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6653
Bogart Raymond Leashore Jr. (August 31, 1947 – June 26, 2007) was an American sociologist, social worker, and academic administrator who served as the dean of the Hunter College school of social work from 1991 to 2003. He was previously the associate dean…
Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Chemin de fer - En gare de Bohicon pres̀ de'Abomey." Translated original caption reads, "Western Coast of Africa -…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F3061
Matthew Jehu Samuels (born October 12, 1986), known professionally as Boi-1da (a play on Boy Wonder), is a Jamaican-Canadian record producer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. He is an in-house producer for Drake's OVO Sound label and has produced…
A white and light blue laminated paper Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial 2018 “Boiler Room” pass. On blue cotton lanyard, this pass features large black print [VOTER PROTECTION / BOILER ROOM] with a square blue tinted image of “I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.20
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of men boiling crabs. The man closest to the camera is wearing a short-sleeve dress shirt and baseball cap. The man on the right is wearing a stripped dress shirt, light pants and a baseball cap. He…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.36
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