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"The Bias Inside Us"
"Age Old Cities"
John Singer Sargent, “Daisy Fellowes,” c. 1920, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Photo by Jim Cawthorne.
Anthony Rendon’s YMCA baseball card
Major League Baseball Player Anthony Rendon pictured at age 5 on a Houston YMCA Giants T-ball league card. The front is emblazoned with “Superstars” and the back includes his height of 3 ft., 10 in.
Gift of Rene and Bridget Rendon to the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Christi Belcourt (Michif), The Wisdom of the Universe, 2014, acrylic on canvas, Collection Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Purchased with funds donated by Greg Latremoille, 2014, 2014/6. © Christi Belcourt
Sailors reading, writing, and relaxing at the Red Cross Rest Room in New Orleans.
National Archives (165-WW-127A-016)
Melinda Looi (b. 1973, Malaysia) for Melinda Looi (est. 2000, Malaysia); Ensemble (dress, turban, earrings, rings, and shoes); Sunset in Africa Collection, 2012; Tie-dyed silk chiffon with feathers, semi-precious stones, and Swarovski crystals, silk satin lining; Photograph by Sebastian Kim.
Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Leith Adam
Michael Ancher, “Kunstdommere” (Art Judges), 1906, oil on canvas, 156.2 x 222.9 cm
The Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark
Green Book Cover 1940
Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, New York Public Library.
Emperor tamarin. Photo: Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Credit: “A Portrait of Berenice Sarmiento Chávez” by Hugo Crosthwaite, stop-motion drawing animation (3:12 min.), 2018. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Chant Avedissian (1951-2018, b. Cairo, Egypt; worked in Cairo) The Nassa Era and Om Kalsoum c. 1994 Mixed media on corrugated cardboard, cloth Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquistion Program, 96-20-3
Timothy Horn, Tree of Heaven 7, 2016, nickel-plated bronze and mirrored blown glass, Courtesy of the artist
Detail, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum bosal). Korea, Goryeo period, ca. 1220–1285. Gilt wood and gilt copper and iron with crystal inlays. National Museum of Korea, Seoul
Installation view of “Face Values” at the London Design Biennale. Photo: David Levene
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