Wedding Dress of Lollaretta Pemberton Allen
Pictured with her groom, Grover Allen
1939
National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Lt. Uhura’s Starfleet uniform, worn by Nichelle Nichols
Afrofuturism exhibit, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Bernard Gotfryd (photograph), Nina Simone and James Baldwin, (gelatin silver print), 1965 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. © Bernard Gotfryd]
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Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
source: Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, American, founded 1963
Alcide Pavageau, 1888 - 1969
Jim Robinson, 1892 - 1976
Emanuel Sayles, 1907 - 1986
Willie Humphrey Sr., 1900 - 1994
Josiah Frazier, 1904 - 1985
Percy Humphrey, 1905 - 1995
Emma Barrett, 1897 - 1983
A black-and-white photograph of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans, standing in front of Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana. The photograph depicts six men in suits standing behind bass drum, with the words [PRESERVATION HALL / JAZZ / BAND / of / New Orleans, La.] printed on the drumhead. The men are standing in a line and each is holding one instrument. From left to right is Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau holding a double bass, "Big" Jim Robinson holding a trombone, Emanuel Sayles holding a banjo, Willie Humphrey holding a clarinet, Josiah "Cie" Frazier holding drumsticks, and Percy Humphrey holding a trumpet. "Sweet" Emma Barrett, piano player and leader of the band, is seated to the right of the wearing a skirt set, printed blouse, hat and jingles attached to her calves. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the image.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Debuts Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal
National Museum of African American History and Culture Debuts Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) announces the launch of the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal. The new comprehensive search platform is designed to help family historians and genealogists search for their ancestors and for scholars and students to research various topics found in over 1.7 million pages of Freedmen’s Bureau records.
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June 9, 2023 - Day 355
Very much enjoyed the Afrofuturism exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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From this weekend~
My parents came to visit and we finished our tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture!
My dad doesn’t share much about his childhood, but as we toured the museum, he shared anecdotes from his time living in Texarkana with his 7 siblings.
Touring the museum with the knowledge that my father grew up on sharecropping land, riding on the back of my Granny’s cotton bag added a layer of gravity to what I was seeing.
I’m so grateful for all the privilege I have grown up with thanks to my parents’, and their parents’, hard work and perseverance. It means so much to me that I now have the opportunity to take my parents to museums to learn more about their history while they visit.
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Shoes worn and signed by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. An American track and field athlete.
1984 Olympic Trials.
Currently housed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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«BLK», Vol. 1, No. 9, Edited by Alan Bell, BLK Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA, August 1989 [front cover: photograph of James Baldwin] [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]
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Big Band legend Erskine Hawkins photographed for Bluebird Records (an RCA Victor sub-label) sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
Hawkins and his Orchestra are quite popular on WINE-DOWN SUNDAYS - listen to previous episodes here: https://buff.ly/3tmMM7P
[NMAAHC - Digital Collections]
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