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Paula Beatriz de Souza Cruz (Taboão da Serra, 31 January 1971) is an educator, school principal and Brazilian activist for the rights of the LGBTQ population. She is responsible for the administration of the Santa Rosa de Lima State School, in Capão…
1950–
Paula Denice McClain (born 1950), is an American political scientist. She is currently professor of political science, public policy, and African and African American Studies at Duke University and is a widely quoted expert on racism and race relations.…
1959–
Paula Adina Johnson (born 1959) is an American cardiologist and the current president of Wellesley College. She is the first Black woman to serve in this role. Prior to her role as president of Wellesley, Johnson founded and served as the inaugural…
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Paula Lima (born October 10, 1970 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul international funk and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil (Season 3 and Season 4). Lima's…
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Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (born 11 November 1978) is a Colombian engineer, professor, philanthropist, and politician. She served as the 8th Minister of Culture of Colombia under President Álvaro Uribe Vélez from 10 May 2007 to 7 August 2010. Moreno made…
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Paula Therese Hammond (born September 3, 1963) is an Institute Professor and the Dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, she became the first woman and person of color appointed as head of the Chemical…
Biography
Paulette R. Dillard is an American academic administrator and medical technologist. She is the 18th president of Shaw University.
Biography
Paulette Senior (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian politician and executive in the non-profit sector. She was CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation and was previously CEO of YWCA Canada. She has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and urban studies from York…
1951–
Paulette Sullivan Moore is Delaware’s first African American female lawyer. She completed her legal education at Rutgers University Law School (1976). In 1977, Moore became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Delaware.
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Pauline Alice Young (August 17, 1900 – June 26, 1991) was an African-American teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, humanitarian, and individualist.
1964–
Pauline Bennett, who also goes by the stage name of Jazzi P, is a British DJ, dance teacher and rapper from Wolverhampton. She had a No. 6 hit as a featured artist on Kylie Minogue's 1991 song "Shocked", and also participated in Big Brother: Power Trip in…
1906–1993
Pauline Brown Humphrey (née Pauline Robinson, also called Pauline Robinson-Brown; 1906 – March 1993) was an American cosmetologist who started a cosmetology school, a beauty product line, a beauty store chain, and a Women's Army Corps African American…
1912–2004
Pauline Cauthorne Morton (February 19, 1912 - February 8, 2004) was an African-American schoolteacher and activist.
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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…
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Pauline Oberdorfer Minor (c. 1885 – January 23, 1963) was an American teacher, singer and composer who was one of the 22 founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Peace" drawing by Abraham Mogos displayed at the Asmara School Art workshop, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1953–
Lois Patricia Golding , commonly known as Peaches Golding (born 1953), is an American-British business executive, administrator, and former academic who is Lord-Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol. On her 2010 appointment as High Sheriff of…
March 13, 1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of young adults sitting around a table with Pearl Bailey. Pearl Bailey reaches up to hold Michael Savoy’s head as he leans forward over her shoulder and the people around them laugh. The table is set with a flower…
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Pearl Bowser (née Johnson; June 25, 1931 – September 14, 2023) was an American author, collector, television director, film scholar, film director, producer, filmmaker, independent distributor and film archivist.
1989 April 12
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Pearl Bowser presenting on the history of independent black cinema at Columbia College, Chicago, IL” (Audio; Audio cassette).
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Pearl Mackie (born 29 May 1987) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. Mackie is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Loading image…1917–2008
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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Pearlie Craft Dove (born Pearlie Mae Craft; 1920 – August 18, 2015) was an African-American educator. Dove taught at Clark College and helped to improve the college's Education Department. Under her leadership, Clark College became the first private…
2006
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled "Pearls of Service: The Legacy of America's First Black Sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha” written by Earnestine Green McNealey. The author’s signature is on the title page.
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