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Historical photographs & visual records

Buyuja Church, Buddu

1900 July

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Cataloged as “Buyuja Church, Buddu” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0073
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Buzz Johnson

1951–2014

Norris Chrisleventon "Buzz" Johnson (2 November 1951 – 11 February 2014), generally known as Buzz Johnson, was a Tobago-born publisher and activist who in the 1970s relocated to England, UK. There he set up a small publishing company called Karia Press,…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

By and By

2008

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An archival pigment print photograph of collaged images. The central image is a black-and-white photograph of an older woman seated with two children. Another child is in the foreground of the photograph, with just their head and eyes appearing in front of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.77.9
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

By Any Means Necessary

October 16, 1995

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This black-and-white photograph depicts two young men standing in the crowd. One figure stands slightly in front holding a handmade sign that reads "BY ANY / MEANS / NECESSARY". He is wearing jeans and a large jacket. He gazes slightly above the viewer and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.45
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

By Parties Unknown

1931-1946; printed 1996

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A black-and-white linocut, By Parties Unknown, by Hale Woodruff, printed at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Shop in New York City, 1996. The print depicts the lynched body of a male figure, noose tied around his neck and hands bound behind his back, lain on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.145.1.5
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Civil Rights

Byllye Avery

1937–

Byllye Yvonne Avery (born October 20, 1937) is an American health care activist. A proponent of reproductive justice, Avery has worked to develop healthcare services and education that address black women's mental and physical health stressors. She is best…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges and Charles R. Byrd — Clippings

1959-1992

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Cataloged as “Byrd, Charlene Hodges and Charles R. Byrd”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref447
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Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Candids with Friends — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1940s

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14 black and white photographs. Pictures of Byrd with friends in front of a house and at a barn.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref583
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Connecticut College — Series 10: Photographs

1946-1950

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14 black and white photographs and 37 negatives. Primarily candid pictures of Byrd and her friends at Connecticut College.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref585
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Friends and Family — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1950s - circa 1960s

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26 photographs; 21 black and white and 5 color prints. Primarily candids of Byrd's friends and family, including some of her students and classmates.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref543
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Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges: House — Series 10: Photographs

1961

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12 photographs. Pictures of Byrd's home in Nitro, West Virginia.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref581
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Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges — Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges

1944

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Cataloged as “Byrd, Charlene Hodges” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref340
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Miscellaneous — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1960s

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13 black and white photographs. Pictures of Byrd's dogs; an organ; and a television screen with Martin Luther King, Jr. on the program "Face the Nation.".

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref549
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Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Portraits — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1930s - circa 1950s

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14 black and white photographs.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref535
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Archival documents & files

Byrd, Charlene Hodges: School Programs — Series 1: Biographical Material

1943-1951

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Includes programs from the Northfield School for Girls, Connecticut College, and the University of Chicago.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref77
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges — Series 1: Biographical Material

1929-2002

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Includes birth certificate and papers from Charlene and Charles's 50th wedding anniversary.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref75
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1950s

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4 photographs; 3 black and white and 1 color print. Pictures of Byrd in a graduation cap; a group picture, likely with fellow teachers; and Byrd teaching.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref533
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Byrd, Charlene Hodges: Slides — Series 10: Photographs

circa 1970s

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3 color slides of Byrd, likely at work.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref537
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