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Raymond Lewis Johnson (born 1943) is an American mathematician, currently a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park and an adjunct professor of mathematics at Rice University. He was the first African-American student at Rice…
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…
1929–2001
Raymond Richard Patterson (December 14, 1929 - April 5, 2001) was an American poet, opera librettist, and educator.
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Raymond Woodie Jr. (born November 2, 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Bethune–Cookman University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for Bethune–Cookman before playing professionally…
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Raynard Stuart Kington is an American academic administrator. He has been the 16th head of school of Phillips Academy Andover since 2020. He previously was the 13th president of Grinnell College in Iowa from August 2010 to June 2020 and the principal…
1981–
Brandon Rayshun Reed (born April 10, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Troy Trojans. He…
1980; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital print depicting a black-and-white image of several children seated on the floor of a classroom in Manhattan, New York. Sitting with legs criss-crossed and with their heads down, they are each reading from their own copy of an illustrated…
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…
1947–2020
Reavis Lee Mitchell Jr. (July 12, 1947 – June 16, 2020) was an American historian and academic administrator. He was the dean of the School of Humanities and Behavioral Social Sciences and professor of history at Fisk University, a historically black…
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Rebecca J. Cole (March 16, 1846 – August 14, 1922) was an American physician, organization founder and social reformer. In 1867, she became the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States, after Rebecca Lee Crumpler three years…
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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.
Biography
Rebecca L. Hankins is the Africana Resources Librarian-curator at Texas A&M University, whose research interests include women's and gender studies, Middle Eastern studies, the African diaspora, and Islam in science fiction and popular culture.
Biography
Rebecca Hasson is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. She researches the causes and consequences of pediatric obesity, how the environment impacts obesity related metabolic risk factors to inform health policies.
Biography
Rebecca Allana Hubbard is an American biostatistician whose research interests include observational studies and the use of electronic health record data in public health analysis and decision-making, accounting for the errors in this type of data. She is…
1831–1895
Crumpler graduated from the New England Female Medical College in 1864 and devoted her career to treating formerly enslaved people and underserved communities.
1837–1932
Rebecca Primus (July 10, 1836 – February 21, 1932) was a free African-American woman from Connecticut and is one of the few African-American women whose work in Reconstruction programs has been documented. Her life offers insight into the differences and…
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Rebecca Freundlich Protten, also Shelly (1718–1780) was a Caribbean Moravian evangelist and pioneer missionary who proselytized the Gospel to enslaved Virgin Islanders of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A "mulatress" and a former enslaved Antiguan,…
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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…
1975–
Rebecca Ann Wanzo (born 1975) is an American academic specializing in African-American literature and culture, critical race theory, fan studies, and feminist theory. She is a professor and chair of the women, gender, and sexuality studies department at…
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…
February 28, 1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReceipt for ten dollars from Lucille Brown, signed by Annie Malone for a diploma for Ida Miller Kennedy. In the upper right corner is the number "51" printed in blue. In the upper left corner is a blank for the amount listed, which is filled in with ink…
1868-70
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound receipts for checks, 1868–70, are arranged by year. Most are for the rent of schools.
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