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Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian computer scientist, Full Professor, and Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology at Dalhousie University. where she directs the Persuasive Computing Lab . She is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and a…
1948–2018
Rita Smith-Wade-El (October 1, 1948 – December 29, 2018) was an American professor of psychology, women's studies, and African-American studies.
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Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. (born June 14, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Maple Mamba", he was selected third overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the…
1977–
Robert (Rob) Gore (born 1977) is an American emergency physician and the founder of the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI). He is a clinical assistant professor at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. He was an inaugural TED Resident…
1969–
Robert DeLafayette Jeter III (born May 15, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at Southern Utah.
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Robert Sean Moore (born September 27, 1968) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Moore played in the NFL as a wide receiver with the…
1941–2003
Robert Lee "Rob" Penny (August 6, 1941 – March 16, 2003) was an American playwright, poet, social activist, and professor. Penny wrote more than 30 plays and 300 poems.
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Rob Rainford (born November 30, 1966) is a Canadian chef, author of Rob Rainford's Born to Grill and former host of Licence to Grill (LTG) on the Food Network Canada, Discovery Home (in the United States) and Asian Food Channel (across Asia). He was born…
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Robert Redding Jr. is an American podcaster, journalist, educator, author and artist. From 2012 to 2013, he hosted the weekday syndicated Redding News Review on SiriusXM.
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Robert Doffell Sasser (born March 9, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. Sasser played in one game, going 0-for-1, in 1998, with the Texas Rangers of the Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th…
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Robert Findley (born August 4, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He was capped 11 times by the United States national team, having made his international debut in 2007. Findley played college soccer for the…
2005–
Robbie Scott Lee (born 2 January 2005) is a British athlete who competes in diving. He won a silver medal in the 10m platform event at the 2023 European Games. Lee competed in the 2024 European Aquatics Championships for GB and won a gold medal Lee…
1942–2021
Robbie Doris McCauley (July 14, 1942 – May 20, 2021) was an American playwright, director, performer, and professor. McCauley is best known for her plays Sugar and Sally's Rape, among other works that addressed racism in the United States and challenged…
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Robert Thomas Greenfield IV (also known as Robby Greenfield) is an American businessman, activist, philanthropist and former college athlete. He is the founder of the financial technology company Umoja Labs, formerly known as Emerging Impact, and serving…
mid 20th-late 20th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA robe (a) and hood (b) worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The robe (a) is made from a black synthetic fabric, with black velvet trim. The robe is ankle-length with full, bell sleeves and heavy pleating at the shoulders and along the back yoke. The…
2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack academic robe worn by Mélisande Short-Colomb during the 2017 new student convocation at Georgetown University. The robe has a zipper down the front and a tag identifying it as made by Jostens' as part of The Elements Collection. It is size 6 in the…
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Robert A. George is a Trinidadian-American journalist, professor and comedian who formerly worked as an editorial writer for Bloomberg Opinion, the New York Daily News and the New York Post. He is generally seen as a conservative or libertarian.
c. 1870 – 1942
Robert Alexander Gilbert (c. 1870 – January 7, 1942) was an African-American nature photographer and museum assistant. For more than two decades he worked as field assistant and photographic collaborator to the ornithologist William Brewster, and afterward…
Biography
Robert A. Kerr (1842 – January 12, 1912) or (December 23, 1833 – January 7, 1913) or (1841 – April 28, 1912) was an American politician, barber, bookkeeper, civic leader, and shipping clerk. He helped establish the first high school for African Americans…
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Robert A. Winn is an American pulmonologist who is the Cancer Center Director at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Research Innovation at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. His research considers the cellular…
Biography
Robert Adetuyi is a Canadian screenwriter and film director who works in Hollywood. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Adetuyi is a graduate of York University, where he studied communications and sociology. He moved to Hollywood in 1992.
September 14, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.48.1a, 2011.174.48.1b, 2011.174.48.1c, 2011.174.48.1d, 2011.174.48.1e, and 2011.174.48.1f. Robert Hayling, D.D recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental…
1965–
Robert Beckford (born 1965) is a British academic theologian and currently Professor and Head of the department of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Wolverhampton with associate roles as a Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's…
1946–
Robert Benham (born September 25, 1946) is a retired American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of Georgia for over 30 years, retiring in March 2020. He was the second African-American graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law,…
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