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Richard Ellef Ayoade ( EYE-oh-AH-dee; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director, and presenter. He played the role of socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014…
1947–
Richard Bailey (born October 29, 1947) is an American historian. He has written history books about Alabama during the Reconstruction era and its African American leaders. His book Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags about African American officials in…
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Richard Berry Harrison (September 28, 1864 – March 14, 1935) was an actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer. His parents escaped slavery and settled in Canada. He performed from a young age, studied acting in Detroit, Michigan, and became a dramatic…
Biography
Richard Burke (c. 1807 - 1870) was a Baptist preacher, an educator, and a state representative in Alabama. He was involved in the Union League. A few nights after a political meeting of African Americans, he was murdered.
Biography
Richard D. Robinson is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University.
1945–2025
Richard Ernest Jackson Jr. (July 18, 1945 – August 10, 2025) was an American politician, civil servant, and educator from New York. A Republican, Jackson has served as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Mayor of Peekskill, New York, and as a…
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Richard Ernest Myers II (born 1967) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump, and…
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Richard F. America Jr is an American economist who is emeritus Professor of the Practice in the McDonough School of Business of Georgetown University. He was among the founders of the National Economic Association, and served as the Association's president…
1859–1928
Richard Fillmore Tancil (1859–1928) was a medical doctor, developer, and community leader who founded various institutions in Richmond, Virginia including Nickel Savings Bank in 1896. His office was at 601 North 30th Street. Tancil was an 1882 graduate of…
1929–2016
Richard Gigger Jr. (July 6, 1929 – November 13, 2016) was an American band director, musician, educator and United States Army senior non-commissioned officer whose band and drill teams hold the record for the most victories—thirteen, eleven of which were…
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Dr. Richard R. Green (May 27, 1936 – May 10, 1989) was the first black New York City Schools Chancellor. He served in this capacity from March 1988 to May 1989.
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Richard Haughton (born 8 November 1980) is an English former rugby union player who currently works as a rugby referee. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead. He played on the wing or at fullback for Perpignan in the Top 14, and was a member of…
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Richard L. Hayes Jr. is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Fayetteville State University, a position he has held since 2016. Hayes is the nephew of Bill Hayes, former football coach and college athletics administrator.
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Richard Henry Greene (1833–1877) was the first African American to graduate from Yale University. After a brief stint as a schoolteacher, he worked mainly as a medical doctor in Hoosick, New York. During the American Civil War, he received an MD from…
1839–1911
Richard Horatio Black (February 11, 1839 - May 13, 1911) was a soldier, teacher, Volusia County registrar, justice of the peace, member of the Florida House of Representatives and held a custom house position in Philadelphia. He was a member of the state…
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Richard Howard Hunt (September 12, 1935 – December 16, 2023) was an American artist and sculptor. In the second half of the 20th century, he became "the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture." A Chicago native, Hunt…
1961–2013
Richard Iton (September 14, 1961 – April 21, 2013) was a professor of African American studies at Northwestern University, known for his work on the ways black popular culture forged community and affected politics. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Iton attended…
1924–2024
Richard Mayhew (April 3, 1924 – September 26, 2024) was an American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator, of Native and African American descent. His abstract, brightly colored landscapes are informed by his experiences as an African…
1971–
Richard D. Moncrief (born October 17, 1971) is an American high school football coach. He was the head football coach for The Heritage School, a position he held in 2024. He was the interim head football coach for Clark Atlanta University for 2023. He was…
1947–
Richard Prince (born 1947) is an American journalist for newspapers, including The Washington Post, and long-term columnist of "Journal-isms," formerly for the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, now on its own site, journal-isms.com.…
1855–1947
Richard Robert Wright Sr. (May 16, 1855 – July 2, 1947) was an American military officer, educator and college president, politician, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur. Among his many accomplishments, he founded a high school, a college, and a…
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Richard Theodore Greener (January 30, 1844 – May 2, 1922) was a pioneering African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. In 1870, he became the first black undergraduate at Harvard University to…
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Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His scholarship includes work on critical race theory, local government law, housing segregation, and employment discrimination. He has served as a housing commissioner…
1906–1994
Richard Vernon Moore Sr. (November 20, 1906 – January 2, 1994) was an American educator, principal, and university president. He served as the third president of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida (1947–1975).
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