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Biography
Akua Benjamin is a Canadian scholar and social worker at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is notable for defining the term anti-Black racism.
1973-10-20
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Akunwumi Awoyomi- Carpenter and coffin maker. With his wife Ayoola Awoyomi. With Adetunji- 12 months. Esther- 9 years. Twins Taiwo and Kehinde - 5 years. Market Day".
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo (born October 1950) is a Ghanaian analyst, journalist and pan-African activist credited with developing the recognition of October as Black History Month in 1987 in the UK. With Ansel Wong, Addai-Sebo co-edited the 1988 book Our Story: A…
1972; printed February 2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Al Fennar, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Fennar from the neck up. He is facing the viewer, his eyes are closed, and he is smiling widely. He is wearing a dark tone dress…
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.
1965; printed 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a man wearing a denim jacket with [Alabama / God-Damn] written across the back. A Confederate flag has been stitched onto the jacket in the center between the words. The man has his back to the camera, with his face turned…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Aladura children dressed for church” (Slides (photographs)).
1946–2024
Alan Gerald Cherry (February 14, 1946 – July 4, 2024) was one of the few African American converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prior to the 1978 revelation allowing Black Mormon men to become priests. From 1985-1989, he…
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Alan Greg Rogers (September 21, 1967 – January 27, 2008) was an ordained Baptist pastor, a U.S. Army major and intelligence officer, a civil rights activist in the gay, lesbian and bisexual military community and the first-known gay combat fatality of…
1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton leaving home, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)” (Photographic transparencies).
1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alan Paton with Zulu woman and children in front of church, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)” (Photographic transparencies).
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Alana Simone Cook (born April 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League and the United States national team. After playing collegiately for the Stanford…
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Albert Danquah Adomah (born 13 December 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL League Two club Walsall. Born in England, he represented the Ghana national team. Noted for his longevity and consistency, he has made more…
1896–1940
Albert Alexander Smith (September 17, 1896 – April 3, 1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and jazz musician. According to Theresa Leininger-Miller he was an "internationally renowned artist" throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Smith was born on…
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Albert Jojuan Belle Jr. (born August 25, 1966), until 1990 known as Joey Belle, is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1989 to 2000, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. Known for his taciturn personality and intimidating…
Biography
Albert C. Johnston (August 17, 1900 – June 23, 1988) was an American doctor. Described as part-black and of multiracial parentage Johnston and his family, passed as white while living in Gorham and Keene, New Hampshire. William Lindsay White wrote a…
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Albert Irvin Cassell (1895–1969) was a prominent mid-20th-century African-American architect in Washington, D.C., whose work shaped many academic communities in the United States. He designed buildings for Howard University in Washington D.C., Morgan State…
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Albert B. Cleage Jr. (June 1911 – February 20, 2000) was a Black nationalist Christian minister, political candidate, newspaper publisher, political organizer, and author. He founded the prominent Shrine of the Black Madonna Church, as well as the Shrine…
1936–2000
Albert Turner (February 29, 1936 – April 13, 2000) was an American civil rights activist and an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. He was Alabama field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and helped lead the voting rights march from…
1904–1984
Albert Walter Dent (September 25, 1904 – February 13, 1984) was an academic administrator who served initially as business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a predominantly black liberal…
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Alberta Christine Williams King (née Williams; September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin…
1918–2011
Sisulu sustained decades of resistance, family leadership and public service through repression and democratic transition.
1938-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn album containing 350 photographs of or taken by Laura Fitzpatrick. The cover is light-stained wood, with darker stained pieces with metal studs making up the hinges. The cover is painted with a flower and foliage motif around the word [Album] painted in…
ca. 1895
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet photograph depicting a man and woman seated side by side. Gazing in the direction of the camera, an unidentified man with short dark hair and moustache wears a bright shirt, necktie, dark vest and jacket. Beside him, an unidentified woman with…
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