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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…
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Arthur Tasker (1834 - unknown) was a preacher and the first Black American to be elected mayor of Ponchatoula.
1946–2005
Arthur E. "Art" Teele Jr. (May 14, 1946 – July 27, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician from the Republican Party. In the early 1980s, he served as the head of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (now known as the Federal Transit…
Biography
Arthur Torrington CBE is a Guyanese-born community advocate and historian who is Director and co-founder of the London-based Windrush Foundation, a charity that since 1996 has been working to highlight the contributions to the UK of African and Caribbean…
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Arthur Wergs Mitchell Sr. (December 22, 1883 – May 9, 1968) was an American politician and civil rights activist from Illinois. He represented Illinois's 1st congressional district for his entire tenure in the United States House of Representatives, from…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis page from an article discusses the trials of three to four dozen people connected with the Black Consciousness Movement. The title reads [BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS / TRIAL DRAGS ON...]. The words [south / africa] are typed inside of a black box in the top…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a page from an article that describes the trial of South African activists. The page is segmented into three columns. The far right column features black and white images of three activists identified as [Mr Mosiuoa Lekota / Mr Saths Cooper / Mr…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThese articles detail the trial of South African activists. The first page of the article has an image of activists in the top right and bottom left corners. The image in the top right corner is of a silhouette of an activist behind bars. The image in the…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA decorative floor lamp contructed to resemble a potted plant. The lighting fixture is a can lamp embedded within the faux gravel base of a large, artificial plant. The plastic plant is tall with wide variegated leaves, a thick trunk-style stem, and calla…
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Artur Genestre Davis (; born October 9, 1967) is an American attorney and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was also a candidate…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGArty is the centerpiece of Nelson Stevens’s triptych, Unity, and was inspired by the archetypal Christian altarpieces from the Byzantine era. Stevens replaced the traditional white religious figures with an image of a young Black woman. To elevate African…
1927–2017
Arvelia Myers (25 February 1927 – October 25, 2017) was an American tennis player, wife, mother, coach, entrepreneur, and activist. After excelling in the sport, she founded Pyramid Tennis, the first female-owned, African-American tennis program, in Harlem…
1954
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover edition of As I Saw It, Not CommUnism But CommOnism: a Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for our Times and for all Times, for America and for all Nations, by Thomas Elliott Huntley. It is a cloth-bound book with five groups of…
1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for the song "As Long as I Live" from the production of the 24th Edition of the Cotton Club Parade. The cover is orange with a large graphic of a woman's head. Her features are simplified with only her eyes, lips, and PL ear are seen. Her face…
Biography
Asa Coleman was an American politician and former slave. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from December 6, 1871, to April 2, 1873, and served on the Committee on Asylums and Prisons. He was a Republican.
1934–2015
Asa Timothy Spaulding Jr. (September 21, 1934 – October 25, 2015) was an American businessman and politician.
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)”.
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Ashanti Omowali Alston (born 1954) is an anarchist activist, speaker, and writer, and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. From 1974 to 1985, he spent time in prison for bank robbery, which caused him to become further…
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Ashanti F. Martinez (born April 25, 1996) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 22 in Prince George's County, since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the seat by…
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William Ashbie Hawkins (August 2, 1862 – April 3, 1941) was a lawyer in Baltimore, Maryland, who litigated prominent civil rights cases and was one of Baltimore's first African American lawyers.
1984–
Ashlee Marie Preston is an American media personality, journalist, activist, the first trans woman to become editor-in-chief of a national publication, Wear Your Voice Magazine, and the first openly trans person to run for state office in California.…
Biography
Ashley Daniel Bell is an American lawyer, political advisor, and government official serving as Regional Administrator of the Small Business Administration for Region IV. In October 2019, it was announced that Bell would serve as a White House Policy…
1978–
Ashley Diamond (born 1978) is an American transgender civil-rights activist, singer, and actress. She is known for suing the Georgia Department of Corrections twice for incarcerating her with male inmates and refusing to provide her with medical treatment…
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Ashley Danielle Etienne (born February 21, 1978) is an American political advisor who served as the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the former communications director and senior advisor to Nancy Pelosi, the first woman and…
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