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Kevin Cook, known by the stage name Poison Waters, is an American drag performer. Since the 1980s, Poison Waters has been an emcee, entertainer, and community activist. She is a longtime hostess at Darcelle XV Showplace and has participated in fundraisers,…
1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWhite card with black printed text aligned at the center. Names are in bold. It reads [DAISY has a little LAMB / Whose face is white as snow, / Everywhere DAISY goes, / LAMB, TUCKER, and MATSON / are sure to go.
1932–2003
Pollie Anne Myers-Pinkins (née Myers; July 14, 1932 – March 17, 2003) was an American civil rights activist. She and Autherine Lucy were the first African Americans admitted to the University of Alabama in 1952, and both fought to desegregate the…
1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal title reads, "Polling agents getting instructions for Dec. 12 federal elections from Robert N. Rapson, M.V.O., a senior assistant secretary in the office of the prime minister, who was assigned as electoral officer for Lagos. All the polling…
1977–
Jamal Fincher Jones (born October 15, 1977 or 1978), known professionally as Polow da Don, is an American record producer and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He began his career as a recording artist in the late 1990s, leaving college to pursue a career with…
1951–
PonJola Coney (born December 31, 1951) is an American reproductive endocrinologist. Coney is currently director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Health Disparities and professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the VCU School of Medicine.
1889–1955
Pope Barrow Billups (October 11, 1889 – December 6, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented the 21st district in the New York State Assembly. Pope Billups was born in Athens, Georgia, and graduated from the Florida Baptist Academy in…
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Nana Papa Yaw "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu (born 7 September 1983) is a British basketball executive and former player. He played college basketball for George Washington University and professionally for five National Basketball Association (NBA) teams as well as…
1901–1970
Elbert Carter Turner (September 11, 1901 – February 3, 1970), nicknamed "Cool", "Pop", and "Pops", was an American Negro league infielder and umpire, and a college baseball and college football coach at North Carolina College—now known as North Carolina…
Biography
Portia Holmes Shields is an American academic administrator who served as the seventh president of Albany State University from 1996 to 2005. She was its first female president. Shields was the interim president of Tennessee State University from 2011 to 2012.
1947–
Portia Katrenia Maultsby (born June 21, 1947) is an American ethnomusicologist and educator. She is a professor emerita at Indiana University Bloomington and specializes in African-American music. She founded the university's Archives of African American…
1883–1978
Portia Marshall Washington Pittman (June 6, 1883 – February 26, 1978) was the daughter of Booker T. Washington and Fannie Smith Washington. Pittman was the first African-American to graduate from the Bradford Academy in Bradford, Massachusetts.
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color print of a girl named Octavia. Octavia is featured from the shoulder up, seated and facing the right side of the image. She is wearing a white blouse and has her hair half up and half down. There is a pre-printed date on the top of the image paper…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of unidentified children at a Halloween school assembly. The three children are all facing the camera. The child at center wears clown mask. Two girls sit behind the child with the mask on. On the back of the photograph are…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a female cheerleader from Mississippi Vocational College. She is wearing an "MVC" baseball hat with the same spelled out on the front, an "MVC" light sweater with the same spelled out on front and a dark skirt. She is…
1956 - 1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a football player. He is posed as if on the field in position. He is wearing a light colored football helmet with a darker line down the middle, a jersey with the number "41" and alternate dark and light strips on the…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of a student at Marion County High, possibly Mary Gola. Mary is featured from the chest up, sitting in a metal folding chair. She wears a brown and orange checkered top with an orange tie at center. Other metal chairs and bleachers are…
1970-1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified girl at Marion High School, possibly Mary Gola. She is featured from the chest up and is seated in a metal folding chair, looking off into the distance. She is wearing a checkered dress with a long ribbon…
1900s - 1910s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white portrait of a woman in graduation attire. The woman is standing with the left side of her body facing the camera and is wearing a graduation cap and gown. Her high neck lace blouse is visible above the collar. The words [SCURLOCK / WASH D.]…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified baby and an unidentified cafeteria worker at Marion County High School. The woman stands wearing a light colored dress and holds the baby in front of her face. The baby wears a plaid shirt and shorts. The…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified cafeteria worker holding an unidentified child at Marion County High School. The photograph is close-up image of the child, who is staring directly at the camera and is wearing a plaid shirt. The woman, who…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of unidentified elementary school student. The student stands facing to the right of the image, but has her head turned towards the camera. She is wearing a plaid print dress with a vest over it. She is leaning against a long…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified elementary student. He is featured sitting in a chair facing the camera. He is holding a large piece of paper in his hands. Other chairs are visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified elementary school boy standing against a brick wall. The boy is wearing a checked long-sleeve button down shirt, pants, and sneakers. He has his right hand resting on his belt buckle and is looking down…
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