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Biography & Culture

Earl George

1894–1985

Earl George was a leader in the Communist Party and International Longshore and Warehouse Union, photographer, and civil rights activist from Seattle.

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Music

Earl Hudson

1957–

Earl Hudson (born December 17, 1957) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for Bad Brains. Born in Alabama in 1957, Hudson is the younger brother of the band's lead singer H.R. Although he has rarely recorded or performed outside of the band,…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Earl King, 1992

1992

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A black-and-white photograph of blues musician Earl King playing guitar during a performance in Miami Beach, FL. King is photographed from the waist up and is looking down at his two-tone Fender Stratocaster while playing. He leans back and wears a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.112
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Music

Earl Louis Stewart

1950–

Earl Louis Stewart (born August 11, 1950) is an author, essayist, poet, professor emeritus of The College of Creative Studies and the Black Studies department at the University of California Santa Barbara and an American composer of intellectual jazz as…

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Music

Earl Sweatshirt

1994–

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), known professionally as Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper and record producer. Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008. He changed his name when…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Earl Woods

1932–2006

Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a U.S. Army infantry officer and father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively over his first years in the sport. He…

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Arts & Performance

Earle Hyman

1926–2017

Earle Hyman (born George Earle Plummer; October 11, 1926 – November 17, 2017) was an American stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro and various other characters. He also appeared on The Cosby…

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Arts & Performance

Earle Wilton Richardson

1912–1935

Earle Wilton Richardson, (1912–1935) was an African-American artist best known for a 1934 oil painting titled Employment of Negroes in Agriculture, created for the Public Works of Art Project. The iconic picture (size 48 × 32 inches) depicts two male and…

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Biography & Culture

Earlie Hudnall, Jr.

1946–

Earlie Hudnall, Jr. (1946) is an American photographer. He is known for his documentary photographs of Houston, Texas.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Early Animation

2013

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A black-and-white archival photograph of Destini Riley making early animations for her short film, I, Destini. Destini, wearing a sweater and pants, looks intently at an Apple computer as she holds a stylus in her proper right hand. Two explorers on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Early Animation

2013

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Nicholas Pilarski Rotoscoping a frame for I, Destini. Captured from behind, the photograph shows Pilarski holding a stylus in his gloved proper right hand as he sketches on a screen.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.39
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Historical photographs & visual records

Early breakfast

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "Early breakfast.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-20-99
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Historical photographs & visual records

Early buildings at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife, Osun State

1970

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Cataloged as “Early buildings at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife, Osun State” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3779
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Photographs and Still Images

Early Morning

ca. 1964

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A black and white gelatin photograph of a young woman getting dressed. Captured in the daytime, Antigua and Barbuda, 1964, an unidentified dark-haired woman adjusts the fit of her bustier slip. There are several bracelets around her proper left wrist, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.85.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Early Morning Campsite, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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A black-and-white digital image of a young man standing in profile wearing a large rain poncho. He is standing on a large grass lawn. Standing further back on the lawn to the left of the young man stands another man holding an umbrella over himself and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.70
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Historical photographs & visual records

Early morning hike up the Bandiagara cliffs

2000-01-29

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Early morning hike up the Bandiagara cliffs. Original Carousel number, 9, slide number, 108.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1117
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Early Morning River Scene

ca. 1978

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Oil painting of a river scene. The river runs through the center of the painting (a) with trees and grasses along the shoreline. The still river has reflections of the trees and pink sky. There is an off center palm tree shown above the tree tops. Below…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.185.10ab
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Music

Early Wright

1915–1999

Early Wright (February 10, 1915 – December 10, 1999) was the first black disc jockey in Mississippi. His "Soul Man" broadcast on WROX in Clarksdale spanned over 50 years. Musicians Wright hosted on WROX included Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King,…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Earrings, Gold, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Earrings, Gold, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0165
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights

Eartha Kitt

1927–2008

Eartha Mae Kitt (née Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby".…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Earthern sign post in front of house decorated with geometric designs, an ornamental fence and walls with small pillars, near Carolina

1972

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Cataloged as “Earthern sign post in front of house decorated with geometric designs, an ornamental fence and walls with small pillars, near Carolina” (Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0095
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Arts & Performance

Earthquake

1963–

Nathaniel Stroman, known professionally by his stage name Earthquake, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and radio personality. He hosts a radio show entitled, Quakeshouse for SiriusXM and Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network. His first…

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Historical photographs & documents

East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin, and Iberville

1864–68

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Cataloged as “East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin, and Iberville”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 4.1.9.5
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