#africanamericanhistory

si-african-american-history:

Pinback button for Dizzy Gillespie, 1964,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Size: H x W x D: 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ x 1/8 in. (4.4 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm)
Medium: metal

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2012.15.3

July 31, 1018. “African American World War I Memorial Building”. Listed on the National Register of Historic buildings. First of its kind in the country. #africanamericanhistory #worldwari #worldwarimemorial #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #firstofitskind #kimball #mcdowellcounty #mcdowellcountywv #wv #appalachia #veterans #worldwariveterans (at Kimball, West Virginia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqsCWwHHBZO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ka40mz1ffyii

Window card for A Daughter of the Congo, 1930,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.118.148

Mess 317 Supply Train - Belleville Meuse, Oct 12, 1918, October 12, 1918,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2015.97.23.15

Red wool scarf worn by Joan Mulholland during a protest near the White House, 1960,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.172.1

Photograph of a woman sitting with her legs crossed, late 19th century,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.61.25

Skirt worn by an enslaved ancestor of Janett Sharee Galloway, 1850-1875,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.52

Scrimshaw etched with patriotic theme owned by John Wesley Cromwell, 1800-1850,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.155.308

No. 86, Picking Cotton, ca. 1895,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.117.5

Pinback button for Clinton presidential campaign, 1992-1996,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.201.1.10

Photograph of James Lane firing a gun on the deck of the USS Indianapolis, July 1942,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.66.104

Yellow jumpsuit designed by Willi Smith, 1969-1987,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2007.3.156

Tintype of a man, 1856-1900,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.36.11.18

The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, 1867,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.155.14

Photograph of a couple standing behind a chair, ca. 1890,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.61.5

Postcard of Buck Leonard Baseball Hall of Fame plaque, 1972,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2012.172.21.4

Communion dish used by the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lyles Station, 20th century,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2012.155.15.1

Metal lunchbox used by oysterman Ira Wright, ca. 1957,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.61.2

Program for Cafe Zanzibar, ca. 1945,Smithsonian: National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.46.25.69