Bronze medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels for the 4x100 meters relay in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics. One side of the medal depicts a raised image of the goddess of victory holding a winner’s crown above her head in one hand and a bundle of palms in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.96.4.1
A commemorative Bronze Medal, produced in France in 1918, honoring the United States 371st Infantry Regiment, serving under the command of the French Army. The sculptor of the medal was Jules-Proser Legastelois, and it was produced by the firm of Henri…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.37
A right bronze metallic heel with striped mesh. The shoe has a rounded toe box made of metallic vinyl. The edge of the toe box has a wing tip; the vamp is made of plastic net with metallic thread and vertical stripes. A quarter inch wide band of bronze…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1075
A round bronze medal commemorating participation in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The front of the medal features five men standing in a line and stepping up on to a ledge. Written vertically on the left side of the medal's front is: [XI / O / L / Y / M…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.8
Bronze Star medal owned by James E. Randall. The medal features a bronze star on a ribbon. The ribbon is red with white edges and a blue and white stripe in the center. The ribbon is connected to a gold pinback through an opening on top of the pin. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.70.5
An abstract, mixed metals brooch designed and created by Russell Ferrell. The brooch’s edges are swirled out, layered with thin lines and beads of sterling silver, copper, and brass. At the top left is a swirl that begins with a turquoise stone. At the top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.1
An abstract, sterling silver brooch designed and created by Russell Ferrell. The brooch has some straight edges at the top and bottom, with empty, abstract spaces in the middle shaped by the thin, abstract lines of sterling silver. On the top half, a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.2
An abstract, sterling silver brooch designed and created by Russell Ferrell. The brooch has two crescent shapes on the left, curved around a black stone. On the right are four jagged edges with beads of metal at the tip. They meet at the bottom at a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.3
Trapezoidal Art Deco brooch with a pale gold and ebony enamel design featuring prominent clusters of rhinestones. Curved and straight lines lead to a square ebony-colored center. The brooch front has a smooth, lacquered finish.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.102
Ladies' oval-shaped brooch with a black-and-white tintype photograph of an African American man. The brooch is silver in color with a glass front and a pushpin back. The man in the photograph is wearing a dark colored necktie, jacket and vest with a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.50
Brooke Jenkins (born August 1981) is an American lawyer serving as the 30th district attorney of San Francisco. On July 8, 2022, Jenkins was appointed interim district attorney by Mayor London Breed following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, for…
Kanesha Nichole Brookes-Moody (born October 5, 1982), better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine, is an American actress, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Her single "Girlfight" peaked on U.S. music charts in 2005, paving the way…
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