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Amanda S. C. Gorman (born March 7, 1998) is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet…
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Amanda Johnston (born 1977) is an African-American poet. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and currently resides in Round Rock/Austin, Texas. Amanda Johnston received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Southern…
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Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and platinum…
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Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series The Filmmakers and has hosted the CBC Television series Exhibitionists and From the Vaults and…
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Amanda E. Randolph (September 2, 1896 – August 24, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American performer to star in a regularly scheduled network television show, appearing in DuMont's The Laytons.
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Amanda Ingrid Seales (born July 1, 1981), formerly known by the stage names Amanda Diva and Mendacious D, is a Grenadian-American actress. From 2017 to 2021, she played a supporting role in the HBO comedy series Insecure. In 2019, HBO released her first…
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Amanda Grace Sudano Ramirez (born August 11, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and model. She is a member of the musical duo Johnnyswim.
1974–
Amanda Williams (born 1974) is a visual artist based in Bridgeport, Chicago. Williams grew up in Chicago's South Side and trained as an architect. Her work investigates color, race, and space while blurring the conventional line between art and architecture.
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn audio cassette of Miles Davis’ "Amandla" (1989). 2015.263.1a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is clear plastic. Each side has a black label with white type and a header reading: [MILES DAVIS/AMANDLA/CATEMBE • COBRA •/BIT TIME • HANNIBAL] on Side 1,…
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Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress and musician. She began her career as a child actor and received recognition for playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games (2012). As she grew older, she appeared in the supernatural…
Biography
Amani Naphtali is an English dramatist, creative writer, director, film maker, cultural historian and ritual dramaturgist. He wrote and directed the experimental films, Le Bohemian Noir and the fiction film Circles of Fire. Amani is the brother of Maureen…
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads, "No. 6. Amanzimtoti Hotel, Natal South Coast (17 Miles from Durban). On the River.".
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads, "No. 2. Amanzimtoti Hotel, Natal South Coast (17) Miles from Durban Walk by the River.".
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Amarachuku C. "Amara" Enyia (born 1982/1983) is an American strategist, politician, community organizer, and municipal consultant. She is the policy and research coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives; the chairwoman of the International Civil…
1996–
Amarachi Weruche A. Okereke (born 27 November 1996) is an English actress. She gained prominence through her theatre work. Her films include In the Lost Lands and The Choral (both 2025).
1965–
Amara Tabor-Smith (born 1965) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based choreographer and performer noted for significant contributions to dance that draw on, celebrate, and reconfigure African-American and women's history.
1994–
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn is an English actress known for playing the lead role in the 2020 movie Lovers Rock. She was named one of the 2020 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow.
ca. 1937-1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white gelatin silver photographic print of a stage shot showing audience and male performer wearing hat and jacket in fighting stance, box seats shown.
Biography
Amatoritsero "Godwin" Ede is a Nigerian-Canadian poet. He had written under the name "Godwin Ede" but he stopped bearing his Christian first name as a way to protest the xenophobia and racism he noted in Germany, a "Christian" country, and to an extent, to…
[ca. 1900]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPostcard image of a two young women. Original caption reads: "Amauna; Negresse blanche, avec sa Soeur; de la Côte-d'Or (Afrique). " Translated caption reads, "Amauna: The white Negress, with her Sister; of the Gold Coast (Africa)." Items EEPA GH-20-02 and…
1895–1984
Amaza Lee Meredith (August 14, 1895 – 1984) was an American architect, educator and artist. Meredith was unable to enter the profession as an architect because of "both her race and her sex" as an African-American woman, and worked primarily as an art…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Atlantic Records album SD 2-906. The album is named Amazing Grace and performed by Aretha Franklin. It contains two records. 2015.191.9a: A vinyl long-playing record with a red, white and green label at the center on each side. Side one has four songs:…
1986–
Amber Brianna Lawrence-Bullock (born April 11, 1986) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. Bullock won the gospel singing competition, Sunday Best, that airs on BET, during season four. She started her music career, in 2011, with…
1997–
Amber Rose Gill (born 4 August 1997) is an English television personality and author. In 2019, she won the fifth series of Love Island. She has since presented the ITV series The Full Treatment (2021), as well as competing on the Channel 4 survival series…
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