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1916–1950
Albert Killian (October 15, 1916 – September 5, 1950) was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era.
1946–2018
Alton Lavan (September 13, 1946 – April 23, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 2004 to 2010. Lavan was also as the interim head football coach at Eastern Michigan…
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Al Letson (born August 8, 1972) is an American writer, journalist, radio/ podcast host and screenwriter.
1925–2011
Albert Louis "Al" Lipscomb (15 June 1925 – 18 June 2011) was a seven-term Dallas City Council member and a longtime civil rights advocate. He was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit in the 1970s that successfully challenged Dallas's system of electing every…
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Albert Lee Martin (born November 24, 1967) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball, mostly for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1942–2018
Alexander Basil Matthews (November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018), commonly known as Al Matthews, was an American actor, singer, and radio personality. He was best known for his appearance as Gunnery sergeant Apone in the 1986 film Aliens.
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Albert Phillip McKay (born February 2, 1948) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is a former member of The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band and Earth, Wind & Fire. As a member of EW&F, during 2000, he was inducted into the Rock and…
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Albert Dwayne Newman (born June 30, 1960) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos (1985–1986), Minnesota Twins (1987–1991) and Texas Rangers (1992). Newman was a switch-hitter…
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Albert Oliver Jr. (born October 14, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and first baseman from 1968 through 1985, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won…
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Al-Quadin Muhammad (born March 28, 1995) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. He was selected by the New Orleans…
1925–1990
Alfred Lloyd Reed, Jr. (November 10, 1925 – March 12, 1990), known as Al Reed, was an American musician in the 1950s and 1960s, best known for the song he wrote, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye", notably performed by Danny White for Frisco Records. This song has…
1944–
Al Roberts (born January 6, 1944) is an American football coach. He serves as the special teams, running backs, and outside linebackers coach for the O'Dea High School in Seattle, Washington.
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Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC's Today, and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today.
1941–1995
Al Sanders (March 13, 1941 - May 5, 1995) was an American television news anchorman at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. He helped take a third place television newscast to first place, where it stayed throughout his career.
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Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization. In…
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Albert Lee Skinner Jr. (born June 16, 1952) is an American men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. He was formerly the head coach of the Boston College Eagles men's basketball team and was then an…
2004-2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white digital image of Al Smith opening a freshly steamed clam on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. The image is of his hands holding an opened clam. Hi hands and the clam are resting on a black colored plate. 24.
Loading image…1928–2002
Alphonse Eugene Smith (February 7, 1928 – January 3, 2002) was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for twelve seasons on the Cleveland Indians (1953–57, 1964), Chicago…
ca. 1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white, paper card with the poem, Al Smith's Last Prayer, printed on the front.
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Alfred E. Taylor (born August 12, 1957) is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 71st district. A Democrat, Taylor's district includes portions of Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood.
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of jazz bebop drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath performing in Miami, FL. Heath is only partly visible behind his drumkit, with a cymbal largely obscuring his face. He wears a white shirt and tall dhaka topi style cap.
1984–
Alvin Anthony Washington (born April 22, 1984) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle who is the linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and…
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Albert James Young (May 31, 1939 – April 17, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. He was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2008. Young's many books included novels,…
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Ala Stanford (born December 1970) is an American pediatric surgeon. She founded Philadelphia's Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. What began as free COVID-19 testing, funded by Stanford herself, reaching nearly 400 patients each day, developed into a step…
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