Photograph of Daphne Muse with NMAAHC staff and scholar activists

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A digital image of activist and writer Daphne Muse with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, along with two scholar activists, Natalie Riddick and Kailyn Bailey, at Muse's home in Brentwood, California. Riddick and Bailey were both interviewers for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project, with Riddick interviewing Muse. The top view image captures three individuals, Riddick, Muse, and Bailey, in front of Navies, who stands behind Riddick and Muse. Riddick, on the left, wears a grey/purple long-sleeved shirt with a headband. Muse, in the middle, wears a red long-sleeved shirt with a black-and-crème patterned pants, a black headband, and colorful earrings. Bailey, crouched down on the right, wears a white long-sleeved shirt. Navies wears a black shirt and wears a necklace. In the background is a single blue armchair with pillows on the right and an artwork directly behind the group.

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