A color photograph of men and women on a sidewalk with protest signs in front of real estate agency. The protest signs all pertain to equal housing. In front of the crowd are two police officers, in dark pants, light blue shirts and blue helmets, carrying…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.10
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr speaking into multiple microphones and gripping a podium with both hands. He is wearing a white shirt, black tie, and black suit. In the foreground Albert Raby, also dressed in a black suit, is standing at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.13
A color photograph of rapper Snoop Dogg posing with his vintage car on a driveway overlooking the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California. Snoop Dogg is leaning against the front of the car, wearing a white polo shirt, white sweater vest with yellow and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.123
Two inkjet prints, one signed (.1) and one work print (.2) of a color photograph portrait of Snoop Dogg taken in New York City in 1992. Snoop Dogg is pictured center frame against a green background, looking at the camera. He wears a dark-colored baseball…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.125.1-.2
A digital sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the distinct elements of the room rendered in red, green, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.47.2
A digital process sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the distinct elements of the room rendered in colorful…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.47.3
A digital process sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the figure of a Black woman seated in the foreground amidst…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.47.4
A digital process sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the elements of the room sketched in black lines against a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.47.5
A digital scan (TIFF) of an original watercolor and ink sketch for the series "Supernova Study" from the notebook of Tankeya Word. The sketch is done in black ink on custom marbled paper, washed with watercolors, and depicts an elaborate, Fulani-inspired,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.10
A digital scan of hand-painted 16mm film used to color several scenes in the short film I, Destini. The video shows abstract, broad brush strokes and droplets of paint moving across the screen. It starts out with the colors moving in a slow, liquid-like…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.3.1
A silent time-lapse MP4 file depicting the illustration process for a magazine cover by visual artist Rachelle A. Baker, commissioned by Elle Décor. The video opens with a frame of the final sketch that was ultimately used for the magazine’s cover, before…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.47.6
A digital image of marchers from the Women's March in Washington, DC on January 21, 2017. The image shows marchers on the National Mall, near Jefferson Dr. SW across from US Department of Agriculture building. At center, an unidentified woman holds a black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.87.4
Kahdijah Payne (born November 19, 1993), known professionally as DijahSB, is a rapper based in Toronto, Ontario. They released their debut album 2020 the Album in 2020, followed by their second album Head Above the Waters in 2021.
Dillian Whyte (; born 11 April 1988) is a Jamaican-British professional boxer who has formerly competed as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) interim heavyweight title twice between 2019 and 2022. At regional…
Dimonique "Dime" Davis (born October 4, 1985) is an American director and producer. She directed several episodes of the BET series Boomerang, and was the co-showrunner of the second season. Davis was the director and executive producer of the debut season…
A sculptural, princess length necklace constructed from fifteen interlocking spirals of round brass wire. The spirals are graduated in size, with the smallest spiral links at each end of the necklace and the largest link at the center of the necklace. At…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.97
Din Yero Thomas ( DEEN; born September 28, 1976) is an American former mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. In the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Thomas is a UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament Semifinalist and a…
Dina Marie Fisher (née Ruiz; born July 11, 1965), known professionally as Dina Eastwood, is an American reporter and news anchor. She is the ex-wife of actor and film director Clint Eastwood. She co-hosted the hidden camera television series Candid Camera…
Dinah Johnson (born Dianne Johnson, August 6, 1960), also known as Dianne Johnson-Feelings, is an author and professor of English. She has written books on the history of Black children's literature, and is most notable for her own children's books, which…
Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles…
This black and white photograph depicts Dinah Washington sitting behind a table. Wearing a light colored fur coat over a black dress, she sits on a chair with her left arm propped on the chair back. She carries a black patent leather bag on her lap. There…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.117.7
Dindga McCannon (born July 31, 1947) is an African-American artist born and raised in New York City. She has had a multifaceted career as a fiber artist, muralist, teacher, author, and illustrator. McCannon co‑founded Where We At, a collective of Black…
