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Vernon Jordan

Vernon Jordan

Silhouette
1980
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Charles Coles Diggs

Charles Coles Diggs

Silhouette
1980
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Paul Duke

Paul Duke

Silhouette
1987
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

Silhouette
1980
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Alexis Herman

Alexis Herman

Silhouette
1980
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Cardiss Collins

Cardiss Collins

Silhouette
1980
National Portrait Gallery
Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Benjamin L. Hooks

Benjamin L. Hooks

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1980
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Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
Benjamin Franklin Chavis

Benjamin Franklin Chavis

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1980
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Nel Laughon Helen Laughon
The Persian Gulf Stream

The Persian Gulf Stream

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1980
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Gyorgy Kepes

Gyorgy Kepes

Photograph
1983
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Wendy Snyder MacNeil
Divine

Divine

Print
c. 1977
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Unidentified Artist
Peace Demonstrator

Peace Demonstrator

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1981
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Action Press Photographer
Beirut Under Siege

Beirut Under Siege

Photograph
1982
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David Rubinger
Hong Kong: 1997 Question

Hong Kong: 1997 Question

Painting
1982
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Kinuko Yamabe Craft
I. F. Stone

I. F. Stone

Drawing
1988
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David Levine

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