Tauheed Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip-hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside…
A 2005 West Point class ring owned by 2nd Lieutenant Emily J. T. Perez. The ring is 14k gold. The top of the ring has a dark yellow, marquise-cut semi-precious stone in the center with a conchoidal fracture. Outlining the center stone are 7 diamonds and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.68
Translated postcard caption reads, " Class in open air." Printed text on recto reads: "46. Classe en plein air / Klas in open lucht.." Translated postcard caption reads: "46. Class in open air." Uncirculated postage stamp on verso, additional postage stamp…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1985-140635
Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975), better known as 9th Wonder, is an American record producer, record executive, educator, and DJ who is the CEO of Jamla Records, distributed and marketed by Roc Nation, and Empire Distribution. As of Fall…
Rev. Angus Augustus Burleigh (c. 1845 – 1938), commonly known as A. A. Burleigh, was an American A.M.E. minister, teacher, and soldier. He was formerly enslaved, fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was the first African American…
Cataloged as “A bell found in a yam field outside of St. John's Grammar School, now at the Benin Museum, Fugar-Avianwu, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4151
A Biography of the Lives of Cortez W. Peters, Sr., World's Accuracy Typist and Cortez W. Peters, Jr., Author and Recorder of Championship Keyboarding Methodology, narrated by JoAnne Peters King. The document is spiral bound with a black plastic spine and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.30.1
A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the A Booker T. Washington School (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This middle school reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the A Booker T. Washington School. The front cover is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.214.3
A C Wharton Jr. (born August 17, 1944) is an American educator, politician, and attorney who served as the 63rd mayor of Memphis, Tennessee and previously mayor of Shelby County. He was the second African American to serve as mayor of Shelby County.