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Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835/1836?) was a British-Jamaican radical and abolitionist of multiracial descent active in early 19th-century London. Wedderburn was born in Kingston, Jamaica, an illegitimate son of an enslaved Black woman, Rosanna, and…
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Robert Clyde White Jr. (born February 12, 1982) is an American attorney and politician who has served on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016. From 2008 to 2013, he was legislative counsel in the office of Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District…
1919–1993
Roberta Byrd Barr (January 4, 1919 – June 23, 1993) was an American civil rights activist, television personality, educator, and librarian. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, she hosted a weekly Seattle television show, Face to Face, which featured…
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Roberto Lugo (born 1981) is an American potter, social activist, spoken-word poet, and educator. Lugo's work as a social activist is represented in his artworks, where he draws together hip-hop, history, politics and his cultural background into formal…
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Robeyoncé Lima is a Brazilian lawyer, activist, and politician. She was elected state deputy for Pernambuco in 2018 and is the first trans woman elected official in the state. She was elected as part of the collective candidacy of JUNTAS 50180, which…
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Robin Belcher (born August 1, 1976) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 10th District from May 2009 to December 2010. She was appointed to the seat when Eugene Miller left to fill a vacancy on Cleveland City…
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Robin Holder (born 1952) is a contemporary American visual artist and activist Holder is known for her mixed-media printmaking and paintings which focus on themes of spiritual and racial identity, class, social justice, and personal experience. Robin…
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Robin Lynne Kelly (born April 30, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to…
1967–
Robin Ransom (formerly Robin Ransom Vannoy; born July 21, 1967) is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She was appointed to the court in 2021 by Governor Mike Parson, and is the first African-American woman to hold…
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Robin Rue Simmons (born March 12, 1976) is an American former politician and national leader for local reparations for African Americans. Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated 5th Ward of Evanston, Illinois. From 2017 to 2021, Rue…
1956–
Robin Washington is an American journalist and filmmaker, born in Chicago in 1956. As a journalist and editor, he was worked for newspapers in Boston and Duluth, Minnesota, as well as for NPR. He has made documentaries about the civil rights movement and…
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Robin Worlobah Wonsley (born 1991) is an American activist and politician who has been a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward since 2021. Since 2026, she has also held the title of Minority Leader.
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Robyn A. Crittenden is an American attorney from the state of Georgia. She was the 28th Georgia Secretary of State. She is the first African-American woman to serve as a statewide constitutional officer in Georgia.
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Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence. She is most noted for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, which received praise in some Canadian publications and…
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Robyne Robinson (born 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television journalist and entrepreneur. She ran as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 2010.
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Rochelle Bilal is an American politician affiliated with the Democratic Party who has served as the Sheriff of Philadelphia County since 2020. She is the first woman to hold the office.
1941–2013
Burnley Allan "Rocky" Jones (August 26, 1941 – July 29, 2013) was an African-Nova Scotian and an internationally known political activist in the areas of human rights, race and poverty. He came to prominence first as a member of the Student Union for Peace…
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Roderick Raynor Paige Sr. (June 17, 1933 – December 9, 2025) was an American academic and politician who served as the 7th United States secretary of education from 2001 to 2005 during the George W. Bush administration. He was the first African American to…
1945–2013
Roderick Douglas Bush (November 12, 1945 – December 5, 2013) was an U.S. born sociologist, social activist, author, public intellectual author and academic primarily concerning the Civil rights movement (1865–1896).
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Roderick L. Ireland (born December 3, 1944) served as the 36th Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and was the first African American to serve that position. He was nominated for Chief Justice by Governor Deval Patrick on November…
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Rodney Allen Rippy (born July 29, 1968) is an American former child actor, television personality, marketing director, producer, and politician. He appeared in TV commercials for the fast-food chain Jack in the Box in the early 1970s, as well as in…
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Rodney Earl Slater (born February 23, 1955) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Prior to being appointed to the Clinton Cabinet,…
1911–1964
Rodney G. Higgins (1911–1964) was an American political scientist. He was the chair of the political science department at Southern University from 1946, two years before the department awarded its first degree, until 1964. Higgins and has been credited…
August 3, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with author Rodney Hurst. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.7.1.1 and 2025.12.7.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.7.1.3, .mov file). Mr. Rodney…
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