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Oris Sanjur, current acting director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, speaking at the "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study" symposium on December 18, 2019. Photograph by Michael Barnes.
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Poster advocating for Angela Davis. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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