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The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927

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Pretty in Pink

Maxine Sullivan singing into a microphone.

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A Life Well-Sung

An RIAA Diamond Award.

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Albums Matter

Carlotta Walls Dress

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Dress for the Occasion

An image of Ginger Smock wearing a yellow dress holding a violin.

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The Woman with the Violin

Arabic text written by Omar ibn Sayyid

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African Muslims in Early America

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Ease on Down the Road

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Float Like A Butterfly

A blueprint showing a building and enslaved people in a ship.

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A Blueprint for Public Housing

A color photographic slide of activist Phil Wilson standing in front of a podium, speaking into a microphone.

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Posing for LGBTQ+ History

Oil painting of a Florida landscape during sunrise.

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Florida Highwaymen

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We Are Family

A black-and-white photograph of six people in formal attire.

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How the Camera Sees Color

Photo of a group of women with fists in the air.

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Seeing Black Women in Power

A white bowl with a pink floral motif.

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A Tree with Many Branches

A color drawing of a building at the University of the District of Columbia

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Building A Better Future

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The Marvelous Musical Prodigy

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A Moment Captured in Time

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Harmonious Mixes

Photograph of Carl Lewis with his fourth gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. 1984

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Carl Lewis

Document with handwritten account of the lynching of Matthew Williams.

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The Evidence of Things Unsaid

Frances Albrier, a Champion for the Rights of All People

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Frances Albrier

Photograph of a woman holding a sign with "Black Women Matter"

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The Revolutionary Practice of Black Feminisms

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Lives in Pieces

A hot comb and heater.

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Sizzle

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In Their Own Words

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