Arthur Paul Davis (November 21, 1904 – April 21, 1996) was an influential American university professor, literary scholar, and the writer and editor of several important critical texts such as The Negro Caravan, The New Cavalcade, and From the Dark Tower:…
Arthur Rose Sr. (May 26, 1921 - February 13, 1995) was an American painter, sculptor, and professor. He has been featured in many publications and public exhibitions in the United States.
Arthur Simeon is a stand-up comedian based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on November 14, 1983 and attended the prestigious Namilyango College between 1996 and 2001. In the fall of 2001, Simeon moved to Canada to attend…
Arthur Nathaniel "Pete" Thorpe (26 April 1933 – 30 June 2015) was a physicist and professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was the second student to receive a PhD in physics from Howard, and helped to establish a cooperative degree program…
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…
Arthuryne Julia Andrews Welch-Taylor (March 11, 1917 – May 12, 2022) was an American educator. She taught at several HBCUs from the 1930s to the 1980s, culminating as a professor at the University of the District of Columbia, and a researcher with the…
Cataloged as “Article from The Milwaukee Journal, Sunday December 28, 1958, part 5, page 5, "Photographer of African Sculpture Is Also Painter, Scholar, Explorer" about Eliot Elisofon”.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref41603
Artis P. Graves (September 23, 1907 – August 11, 1977) was an American college football coach and educator. He served as head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940 and again from 1944 to 1949. His 1940 Morris Brown Wolverines…
Artishia Garcia Gilbert (1868–1904) (also known as Artishia Gilbert-Wilkerson) was an African-American physician who was likely the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. state of Kentucky. After earning her undergraduate…
A black-and-white photograph portrait of the artist Jacob Lawrence. He is captured in profile and wears a jacket, tie, and tinted glasses. On the verso are inscriptions reading [Jacob Lawrence - / actual / Harlem Renaissance Artist - WPA PAINTER - ART…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.142
Artists at Kingsboro - Nursery School Art Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 16. A black-and-white photograph of two schoolchildren at the Kingsborough Houses drawing or painting…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.18
Asa G. Hilliard III (August 22, 1933 – August 13, 2007), also known as Nana Baffour Amankwatia II, was an African-American professor of educational psychology who worked on indigenous ancient African history (ancient Egyptian), culture, education and…
Asegun Sekou Famake Henry is the George N. Hatsopoulos Professor in Thermodynamics and Area Head for Energy Science and Engineering in the Department of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research is focused on energy…
Asha Tomlinson is a Canadian television journalist, currently one of the hosts of CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine series Marketplace. She is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information…
Ashanti Johnson (previously Ashanti Johnson-Pyrtle) is an American geochemist and chemical oceanographer. She is the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in oceanography from Texas A&M University. Johnson received the Presidential Award for…
Ashleigh Megan Plumptre OON (born 8 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Premier League club Al-Ittihad. Born in England, she represents the Nigeria women's national team. Plumptre started her senior career with Notts…
Ashleigh Shelby Rosette is an American management and organizations scholar. She is the Senior Associate Dean of Executive MBA and Non-Degree Programs at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Ashley August is an American actress, spoken word artist, and poet perhaps best known for such films and television series as The Punisher, The Kindergarten Teacher, Orange Is the New Black, Dream School and Meeting Molly.