Black Women

Photograph of women activists with signs for voter registration

This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project..

An African American woman looks out of frame. Next to her the title of the play is written in cursive rainbow letters: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
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for colored girls Playbill Art, 1977
A skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background.
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Carlotta Walls LaNier's First Day of School Dress
Pages from Poems on Various Subjects
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Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects
Off-white poster with black and red type. It reads Bring U.S. Together. Vote Chisholm 1972. Unbought and Unbossed. There is a black-and-white image of Shirley Chisholm sitting at a table , speaking and gesturing with her hands, wearing all white.
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Presidential Candidate Shirley Chisholm
Graphic featuring a black and white photo of Ginny Montes speaking into a microphone, the video title, and an illustration of Montes speaking to a group of seated women.
Activist Ginny Montes Uplifted Future Women Leaders
A circular button featuring a sepia portrait of Bessie Coleman wearing an aviator hat and goggles.
Pilot Bessie Coleman Lands on the Newest Quarter
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Portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama

National Portrait Gallery

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Wintry street scene with pink, grey, and yellow townhouses and falling snow
The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
National Portrait Gallery

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Frontispiece portrait of Elleanor Eldridge holding a whitewashing brush
Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

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Award with picnic basket and music notes
Ella Fitzgerald's Award from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
National Museum of American History

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A plasticized two piece nurse's white apron worn by Pauline Brown Payne. The top portion, or bib of the apron is a solid piece of fabric that covers the torso from waist to shoulders, broader at the chest and narrowing at the waist.
Nurse's uniform apron worn by Pauline Brown Payne
National Museum of African American History and Culture

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A black-and-white photograph of eleven members of a women's basketball team standing in front of a curtain. The tallest woman stands in the middle, with the individuals being shorter as they stand further from the center. A basketball sits at their feet.
Group portrait of a young women's basketball team
National Museum of African American History & Culture

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