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Sharing public domain works from the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture. Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

Wood leatherworking slicker (scraping tool)
Pinback button promoting All-African People's Revolutionary Party
Clock used by the Citizen's Savings and Trust Company
Medal given to Althea Gibson by the Armed Forces of Pakistan
NASA flight jacket owned by Charles Bolden
Poster for The Four Inkspots and the N.B.C. Orchestra
Ticket for funeral services for Martin Luther King, Jr. owned by Nina Simone
Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company
Land conveyance by Heber and Hager Honestman, a free Black couple
Commemorative bell from the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition
Pilot flight suit and gear owned by Charles F. Bolden
Dress worn by Marie Monroe of Rosewood, Florida
British manilla
Costume hat worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
Costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle
Blue Star flag
Carte-de-visite of the Jubilee Singers
Photograph of a woman in a light colored dress with a frilled collar
Photograph folder from the Ubangi Club
Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!"
Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates
Photograph of a woman wearing a dark colored dress and glasses
Dress sewn by Rosa Parks
Photograph postcard of the Jenkins Orphanage Band, Charleston, South Carolina
918. Collecting Remains of the Dead
Land indenture for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church issued to Richard Allen
367 Machine Gun Bn. enroute to Argonne Front passing thru St. Minehould Sept. 15, 1923
Claim sheet for unpaid salary for orchestra musicians
Tintype of two women
Coverlet woven in a Pine Bloom pattern by an unidentified enslaved person
Tintype of an unidentified man
Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee
Flier for the 87 Def Jam Tour at the Oakland Coliseum
Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil
Jar for Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
Photographic postcard of Charles Wilbur Rogan with his unit in the Philippines
Poster for Am I Guilty?
Program for Shearer Summer Theatre's production of Cooling Waters
Trunk used by Tuskegee Airman 2d Lt. James McCullin
Lobby card for The Song of Freedom
Broadside for the sale of an enslaved boy named Ben
Fabric piece with whitework embroidery
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Photographic postcard of three unidentified men
Table fork used by Lavinia Whiteside Carrington
Shell casing from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944
British manilla
Theatre program for Man Better Man
Letter to Oscar W. Price from Charles Young
Letter to M. C. Taylor from T. Heatherly regarding the slave trade
Flier for The Beastie Boys with Fishbone at the Hollywood Palladium
Tray for dresser set owned by Lena Horne
MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole
Fishing hat from the Powell family vacation cottage
Commemorative denim vest with buttons assembled by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins
Photograph of a man
Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II
Military fatigue shirt worn by James E. Brown of the 20th Engineer Brigade