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1952–1990
Ortez Alderson (1952 – December 21, 1990) was an American AIDS, gay rights, and anti-war activist and actor. A member of LGBT community, he was a leader of the Black Caucus of the Chicago Gay Liberation Front, which later became the Third World Gay…
1924–2001
Orzell Billingsley (October 24, 1924 – December 14, 2001) was one of the first ten African-Americans admitted to the Alabama Bar; he was also known for his work in civil rights litigation, and he was one of the lead lawyers for Martin Luther King Jr.…
1952–
Osborne Hart (born 1952) is an American socialist activist. Hart was the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Workers Party in the 2016 presidential election. He has run for several other offices, including for mayor of Philadelphia in 2015.
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Osborne Perry Anderson (July 27, 1830 – December 11, 1872) was an African-American abolitionist and the only surviving African-American member of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. He became a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Oscar Abrams (10 March 1937 – 15 February 1996) was a Guyanese architect, theatre designer, community activist and community organiser. He is best known for establishing the Keskidee Theatre Workshop in 1971, the first British brick and mortar Black-led…
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Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist (Brown was African-American). Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state…
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Oscar Crozier (c.1843–c.1893) was an American sugar planter and state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era from 1874 until 1875.
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Oscar James Dunn (1822 – November 22, 1871) served as the 11th lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction and was the first African American to serve as lieutenant governor of a U.S. state. He was also the first African-American to…
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican Party, he served as a U.S. representative from Illinois's 1st congressional district from 1929 to…
1925–1997
Oscar William Adams Jr. (February 7, 1925 – February 15, 1997) was the first African-American Alabama Supreme Court justice and the first African American elected to statewide office in Alabama (including the Reconstruction era).
1895–1960
Ossian Haven Sweet (/ˈɒʃən/ OSH-ən; October 30, 1895 – March 20, 1960) was an African-American physician in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for being acquitted of murder in 1925 after he and his friends used armed self-defense against a hostile white mob…
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Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades,…
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Otis Grant Collins (May 2, 1917 – January 1, 1992) was a businessman and politician in Illinois. He was succeeded in office after his death by his wife Earlean Collins. Collins was born in Camden, Mississippi and was an African-American.
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Otis Milton Smith (February 20, 1922 – June 29, 1994) was the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the General Counsel for General Motors. Smith graduated from law school at The Catholic University of America in 1950, where he…
1970–
Otis Moss III (born 16 September 1970) is an American Mainline Protestant minister who is the pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. He espouses black theology and speaks about reaching inner-city black youth.
1935–
Otis Moss Jr. (born February 26, 1935) is an American pastor, theologian, speaker, author, and activist. Moss is well known for his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and his friendship with both Martin Luther King Jr. and Martin Luther King Sr. He…
1940–2021
Otto Beatty Jr. (January 26, 1940 – May 14, 2021) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and a Democrat. Beatty was an African-American.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Funeral Service.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Funeral Service at Burial Site.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Funeral Service, Men Walking.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Group Shot of Anderson Family.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Group Shot of Children.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Group Shot of Children at a Birthday Party, Ruby Washington.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOutdoor Group Shot of Children seated in front of a Building, Lucy L. Webb School.
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