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Clarence Ray Nagin Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former businessman and politician who served as the 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 2002 to May 2010. Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
1937–1973
Perry Ray Robinson (12 September 1937 – c. 25 April 1973) was an African American activist from Alabama during the civil rights movement. He had been active in Mississippi and Washington, D.C., supporting the March on Washington and the Poor People's Campaign.
1939–2018
Raphael Vincent "Ray" Taliaferro (February 7, 1939 – November or December 2018) was an American radio host and political commentator. He joined KGO News Talk AM 810 (San Francisco) in 1977. In 1986, his talk show moved to the 1 to 5 a.m.
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Rayford Whittingham Logan (January 7, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an American historian and Pan-African activist. He was best known for his study of post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed "the nadir of American race relations". In the late 1940s…
1941–
Raylawni Branch (born 1941) is a Black Mississippi pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement, a professional nursing educator and US Air Force Reserve officer. She is best known for her leading role in the integration of the University of Southern Mississippi…
1915–2009
Raymond A. Brown (1915 – October 9, 2009) was an American criminal defense lawyer who represented a wide variety of high-profile clients, ranging from politicians to accused spies, including New Jersey state senator Angelo Errichetti (convicted in the…
1941–1988
Raymond "Masai" Hewitt (January 1, 1941 – March 2, 1988) was an American civil rights activist and one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party (BPP).
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Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. (born December 1, 1965) is a Canadian-born American lawyer who serves as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Formerly, he was an assistant United States attorney for…
1897–1974
Raymond Pace Alexander (October 13, 1897 – November 24, 1974) was an American civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and the first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he became the…
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Raymond Arthur Parks (February 12, 1903 – August 19, 1977) was an American activist in the civil rights movement and barber, best known as the husband of Rosa Parks.
1920–2010
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. (January 19, 1920 – May 24, 2010) was an American business executive and civil rights leader during the second half of the 20th century in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War II, he served in Africa and Italy with the renowned…
Biography
Reann Gasper is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Abbotsford-Mission from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Conservative Party, she resigned her seat in…
1966; altered 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe rear lift panel to a 1966 Volkswagen Transporter microbus used by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins for the Progressive Club on John's Island, South Carolina. The panel is painted white at the top and green at the bottom. A large window is in the top half of…
1795–1871
Rebecca Cox Jackson (February 15, 1795 – May 24, 1871) was a free Black woman, known for her religious feminism and activism and her writing. Her autobiography was published in 1981 as Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Cox Jackson, Black Visionary,…
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Rebecca Brown Wilson Craft (June 4, 1887 – December 6, 1945) was an African American educator and activist who founded the Negro Women's Civic League in San Diego, California in 1934.
1896–1971
Rebecca Dallis (December 21, 1896 – February 13, 1971) was an American educator and activist for the education of African American children.
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Rebecca Stiles Taylor (August 1879 – December 1958) was a journalist, social worker, and educator from Savannah, Georgia. She was best known for her contributions to the community as the founder of several charitable outlets in the area and as an activist…
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Rebecca Walker (born Rebecca Leventhal; November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992…
1903–1985
Reber Simpkins Cann (July 26, 1903 – February 5, 1985) was an American educator, social worker and community activist.
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Reby Cary (September 9, 1920 – December 7, 2018) was an American educator, politician, and historian in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. He was the first black school board member in Fort Worth and served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1979 to…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCustomer copy from carbon form for Photo Supply LTD in Greenville. The date is marked "11-12-1981" and it is signed by H.C. Anderson.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Receipts to Thomas Vernon from W. Greene Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island” (Text).
2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA signed print by Gail Anderson titled "Reclaiming My Time." Against a navy-blue background, it features a quote by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in bright yellow text. The text is in large bold block letters in various fonts and fills the page. The text…
2015
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital, black-and-white image of two unidentified protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Atlanta, Georgia. The two women stand at the left and center, with their proper left fists raised in Black Power stances. They…
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