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Photograph of Paul Coates, Kelly Elaine Navies, and Kevin Young at NMAAHC

March 14, 2024

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s director, Kevin Young, and oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, at NMAAHC. Navies coordinated the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image captures the three standing side-by-side on a balcony, looking directly into the camera and smiling. Coates, on the left, wears a black long sleeved shirt and denim pants. Navies, in the middle, wears a long-sleeved shirt with a cheetah-print scarf and brown pants. Young, on the right, wears a navy two-piece suit with a red-and-pin pocket square.

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Catalog reference: 2025.12.12.7

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