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Pauline Clothilde Henriques (1 April 1914 – 1 November 1998), popularly known as "Paul," was a Jamaican-born English actress. In 1946, she became the first black female actress on British television. She was also the first black female Justice of the…
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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (May 23, 1859 – August 13, 1930) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. A noted contributor to the racial, political, and feminist discourse of the time, Hopkins was among the early-20th-century…
Biography
Pauline Pearce is a British Liberal Democrat campaigner and anti-knife crime activist. Pearce came to prominence during the 2011 England riots, featuring in a viral video in which she chastised rioters, leading her to be dubbed the Heroine of Hackney.
1915–1997
Pauline Short Robinson (1915–1997) was an American librarian and civil rights activist. She was the first African American to be hired as a librarian in the city of Denver, Colorado. During her 36-year career with the Denver Public Library system, she…
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Paulo Lauro (19 November 1907 – 5 August 1983) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who was the mayor of São Paulo from 1947 to 1948. He was the first Black mayor of the city. He later became a federal deputy representing the state of São Paulo in the…
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Paulo Renato Paim (born 15 March 1950) is a Brazilian steelworker turned politician. He served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) from 1987 to 2002. On 2002, he was elected Senator from the…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts the back of a large huddle of men gathered around a large peace sign. It has "PEACE" painted on it twice, both on the inner axis, sharing the "A" in both words. The men cluster closely together, some with bowed…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a crowd in front of the Department of Agriculture building during a Poor People's Campaign protest. Jesse Jackson and Ralph D. Abernathy are in the background, at the front of the crowd. The rest of the crowd is facing them,…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts a young man wearing a peace sign necklace, white hooded sweatshirt, and camouflage jacket. A backpack strap is slung over his right shoulder. He gazes intently at the viewer, while a man behind him, in a button down…
1948
Pearl Cleage ( KLEG; born December 7, 1948) is an African-American playwright, essayist, novelist, poet and political activist. She is currently the Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre and at the Just Us Theater Company. Cleage is a political…
1924–2005
Pearl Connor-Mogotsi (née Nunez; 13 May 1924 – 11 February 2005), was a Trinidadian-born theatrical and literary agent, actress and cultural activist, who was a pioneering campaigner for the recognition and promotion of African Caribbean arts. In the UK,…
1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Pearl Harbor Survivors Association official membership card for 1991 for Ck2c George Francis Bland. The card is printed on the front and back of a small, rectangular shape piece of yellow paper with black text. Text printed on the front of the card, at…
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Pearl T. Sherrod (born Pearl T. Barnett; 1896 – year of death unknown), was an African American activist known for her advocacy for Black and Asian solidarity during the 1930s. Her involvement in Detroit-based organizations such as Nation of Islam (NOI)…
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Pearleen Oliver (1917 – 2008), sometimes Pearleen Borden Oliver, was a Black Canadian church leader, an anti Black-racism activist, writer, historian and educator. She founded the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and co-led…
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Peggy Ann Quince (born January 3, 1948) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, having previously served as the 53rd chief justice from July 1, 2008, until June 30, 2010. Quince was the second African American and…
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Peggy Shepard is co-founder and executive director of the not-for-profit WE ACT for Environmental Justice in New York in the USA. She has been involved with organizing environmental protection campaigns in and around New York since the 1980s, and also…
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Peleg Nott (fl. late 18th century) was an African American leader who in 1780 became the Black Governor of Connecticut, an elected office that nominally presided over the state's Black community, estimated at 5,885 people at the time. Although they held…
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled "I, Destini." The sketch features the silhouette of Destini Riley from behind. In front of her is a cross-section view of a two-story house. Individuals inside the house can be seen…
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still from the court scene of I, Destini. It features a sketch of a judge looking at Carlos Riley, Jr. through a pair of binoculars. Carlos himself is also partially visible in the frame.
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled I, Destini. It features a sketch of Destini Riley's family members standing in the family's living room. Four of the individuals stand in front of a television set, while Destini stands…
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled I, Destini. It features a sketch of Destini Riley's father, Carlos Riley. He is bespectacled and bearded. Only a portion of his head is visible in the drawing.
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled I, Destini. It features a sketch of a police officer arresting an individual. The officer stands behind the individual whose proper left hand is extended outwards. A holstered gun can be…
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still from the car sequence of I, Destini. It features a sketch of Destini looking at a large tree through the back-seat window of her grandmother's car. Her proper left hand rests on her chin.
2013-2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled I, Destini. It features a sketch of a hyena attacking a prey. The prey, seen to the right, appears mid leap as the hyena stalking it from behind can bares its teeth.
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