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1936–
Arnold Stancell is an African American chemical engineer and scholar known for his contributions to petrochemical research.
1959–
Arrington Jones III (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the 49ers in the fifth round of the…
circa 1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Arrtwork displayed at a school, Emebet, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1875–1954
Arsania M. Williams (January 1875 – March 24, 1954) was an American educator and clubwoman based in St. Louis, Missouri. She taught for over fifty years in segregated schools, and was president of the Missouri State Association of Negro Teachers, the…
Biography
Arthur Carrington is an American former professional tennis player. Born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carrington attended Hampton University on an athletic scholarship. Carrington competed in the American Tennis Association (ATA), which was a…
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Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison…
ca. 2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a thirty-eight page catalog designed by Gail Anderson titled “Art In Embassies.” The front cover depicts a section of the map of the world, with the continents colored orange and the oceans pale blue. There are numerous circles in a lighter shade…
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Arthur Aaron Perry (born 1946) is an American former collegiate basketball coach, active from 1973 to 2000. He held head coaching positions at American University and Delaware State University, in addition to five assistant coaching positions at the…
1927–2010
Arthur George Rust Jr. (October 13, 1927 – January 12, 2010) was a successful sports broadcaster for half a century. He was also a sports historian and author.
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Arthur Lee Shell Jr. (born November 26, 1946) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as an offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland / Los Angeles…
2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGEEPA 2007-003-2181 to 2216.
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Artel J. Great (born September 11, 1981) also known as Artel Kayàru, is an American actor, filmmaker, and Black film scholar. He is known for portraying Rodney in the 2002 film Dahmer.
1941–2004
Arthello Beck Jr. (July 17, 1941 – November 5, 2004) was an American artist. He often painted scenes of places he had visited, using a variety of mediums, including oils, watercolors, and charcoal. Beck was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Lincoln High…
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Arthur C. Jones is an American clinical psychologist, educator, and music scholar. He is professor emeritus of Music, Culture and Psychology at the University of Denver and is the founder of The Spirituals Project, an interdisciplinary research, education,…
1928–1997
Arthur Cunningham (November 11, 1928, Piermont, New York – March 31, 1997, Nyack, New York) was an American composer and educator. His students included singer Kate Davidson, producer/engineer Peter Francovilla, pianist John Ellis, musician and computer…
Dates not recorded
Arthur E. Simmons was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State College—now known as Alabama State University—from 1952 to 1961, compiling a record of 46–37–3. He previously coached for Tennessee A&I. He…
1899–1983
Arthur Huff Fauset (January 20, 1899 – September 2, 1983) was an American civil rights activist, anthropologist, folklorist, and educator. Born in Flemington, New Jersey, he grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended Central High School.
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Arthur Glenn Froe (March 24, 1876 – November 26, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician. He was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, and served in this position from 1922 to 1930 during the…
1939–2012
Arthur J. Bond (1939 – December 30, 2012) was the dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Alabama A&M University in Alabama, United States, and an activist in the cause of increasing black enrollment and retention in engineering and technology.…
Dates not recorded
Arthur J. Willis was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He reportedly began coaching college football at least as early as 1914, and in 1924, he was the head football coach at Western University in Kansas. The following year,…
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Arthur L. Hardge (April 8, 1927 – October 29, 1983) was an American civil rights movement leader, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and a University of Rhode Island administrator. In 1968, he became Rhode Island's first African…
1921–2007
Arthur L. Whitaker (July 23, 1921 – October 16, 2007) was an American minister, professor, psychologist, sociologist, writer and World War II army veteran. A Baptist minister, Whitaker graduated from the Harvard Divinity School in (1952). Whitaker was…
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Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to…
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Arthur Paul Bedou (July 6, 1882 – July 2, 1966) was an African-American photographer based in New Orleans. Bedou was, for a time, the personal photographer of Booker T. Washington, and documented the last decade of Washington's life. He also documented…
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