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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Knox Roxs: The Zine

2018

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A 2018 limited edition photozine titled Knox Roxs: The Zine designed by Jennifer White-Johnson and written by Jennifer White-Johnson and Kevin T. Johnson Jr. The front cover features a color photographic image of Jennifer White-Johnson and Kevin “Knox”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.4.1
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Arts & Performance

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

1977–

Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith is a Ghanaian born British actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in Ghost Stories (2017), Oliver in The Commuter, Templeton Frye in Mary Poppins Returns and Doctor Wren in Gwen (all 2018). He has…

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Scholarship

Koritha Mitchell

Biography

Koritha Mitchell is a professor of African American literature at Boston University. She previously taught at the Ohio State University, and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. In 2011, University of Illinois Press published her book on a…

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Toys and Games

Kourt King croquet game set balls from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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Kourt King croquet game set balls from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The set has six (6) different colored balls: red, orange, blue, black, yellow, and green. 2011.12.32.2.1: A red Kourt King croquet game ball from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The ball is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.2.1-.6
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Toys and Games

Kourt King croquet game set caddy from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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A Kourt King croquet game set caddy from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The light blue caddy is “I” shaped with three center supports and cross bars at the top and bottom. Each cross bar has six (6) holes at the top and bottom to hold the croquet mallets. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.1
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Toys and Games

Kourt King croquet game set hoops from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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Nine (9) Kourt King croquet game set hoops (or wickets) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.32.5.1: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style. A fragment of white textile is tied…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.5.1-.9
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Toys and Games

Kourt King croquet game set mallets from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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Kourt King croquet game set mallets from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The set has six (6) with different colored striped mallets: orange, green, yellow, black, blue, and red. 2011.12.32.3.1: An orange Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.3.1-.6
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croquet sets

Kourt King croquet game set manual from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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A Kourt King croquet game set manual from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The manual is three (3) pages printed on white paper with green and black text and a diagram. Page one (1) of the manual includes a diagram of the croquet court set up: the size of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.6
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Toys and Games

Kourt King croquet game set stakes from Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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Two (2) identical Kourt King croquet game set stakes from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.32.4.1: A Kourt King croquet game set stake from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The stake is constructed from a single piece of lacquered and painted wood. The stake…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.32.4.1-.2
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Scholarship

Kristen Clarke

1975–

Kristen M. Clarke (born 1975) is an American attorney who served as the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice from 2021 to 2025. Clarke previously served as president of the Lawyers' Committee…

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Biography & Culture

Kristin Henning

Biography

Kristin Henning is a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she is the Blume Professor of Law and the director of the university's Juvenile Justice Clinic. She is best known for her work in juvenile defense and for her book, The…

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Politics

Kristin Richardson Jordan

1987–

Kristin Richardson Jordan (born January 3, 1987) is an American former politician who was the Council member for New York City's 9th City Council district from 2022 to 2024. Jordan identifies as a democratic socialist and police abolitionist.

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Politics & Public Life

Kristina Karamo

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Kristina Karamo (born 1985 or 1986) is an American politician and former poll watcher who served as the chairperson of the Michigan Republican Party from 2023 to 2024. Karamo was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2022 Michigan Secretary of State…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Kroydon fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

ca. 1966

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A Kroydon Free-Spin No. K-350 fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rod has a red plastic butt cap, wood handle grips, and a silver tone reel seat. The rod blank is white and blue painted wood and has two silver tone metal guides held…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.21.2
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Politics & Public Life

Krystle Matthews

1981–

Krystle N. Matthews (née Simmons; born February 27, 1981) is an American former politician and engineering planner. She was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 117th district, serving from 2018 to 2022. She is a member of the…

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Photographs and Still Images

Ku Klux Klan Regalia

2010; printed 2019

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A black-and-white photograph of Ku Klux Klan Regalia, by Platon. At the center of the photograph are a set of white, full length, Klan robes and a matching hood displayed on a form. The hood is conical-shaped and has a back flap with squared corners. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.33.26
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Biography & Culture

Kumiki Gibson

1959–

Kumiki Gibson is a lawyer, originally from Buffalo, New York. She was named Counsel to the Governor of New York State by Governor Andrew Cuomo on September 3, 2019. She was previously the Chief Counsel to 45th Vice President of the United States Al Gore…

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History & Culture

Kurtis T. Wilder

1959–

Kurtis T. Wilder (born April 26, 1959) is an American judge who served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, appointed in May 2017 by Gov. Rick Snyder.

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Literature

Kuwasi Balagoon

1946–1986

Kuwasi Balagoon (born Donald Weems; December 22, 1946 – December 13, 1986) was an American political activist, anarchist and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. Radicalized by race riots in his home state of Maryland growing up, as…

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Science & Inventions

Kwabena Boahen

1964–

Kwabena Adu Boahen (born 22 September 1964) (not to be confused with Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director of the National Signals Bureau in Ghana, who is no relation) is a Ghanaian-born Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at Stanford…

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Literature

Kwame Anthony Appiah

1954–

Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( AP-ee-ah; born 8 May 1954) is a Ghanaian-English-American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah is…

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Arts & Performance

Kwame Brathwaite

1938–2023

Kwame Brathwaite (January 1, 1938 – April 1, 2023) was an American photojournalist and activist known for popularizing the phrase "Black is Beautiful" and documenting life and culture in Harlem and Africa.

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Politics

Kwame R. Brown

1970–

Kwame R. Brown (born October 13, 1970) is an American politician in Washington, D.C., who was an at-large member of the council from 2005 to 2011 and chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2011 until his resignation in June 2012.

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Biography & Culture

Kwame Rose

Biography

Kwame Rose is American social activist, artist, writer, musician, and public speaker. Rose gained notoriety during the 2015 Baltimore protests in Maryland for his confrontation with Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera, challenging the media's representation…

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