Quote from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III. Once again, we bear witness to our country's troubled history of racial violence. History demonstrates that we can become a better society but only if we collectively demand it from each other and our institutions.

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On top of a crumbling gray brick wall is a copy of the exhibition catalog Willi Smith: Street Couture. On the cover of this book, three models primp and pose in their WilliWear. The model on the right has rich-medium skin and wears an oversized headbow and loosefitting pink dress. The model in the center has olive skin tone and wears a flowing white caftan and a black turban. The model on the right, a male who is slightly out of the frame of the photo, wears a white t-shirt decorated with black handprints and shorts printed with a black and white pattern. He rests his hands behind his head, is wearing sunglasses, and is smiling broadly. They are standing in front of an orange curtain.

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Line drawing of Carnegie Mansion. The entrance to this handsome historic home is draped with the rainbow Pride flag.

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Image features: Silk embroidery in pale colors on dark blue linen. A horizontally and vertically symmetrical floral pattern in the Morris style.

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