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Sancho Saunders (born 1805) was a member of the South Carolina's House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. He represented Chester County, South Carolina. He was documented as a literate Baptist minister who was a slave before the American…
Biography
Sanders Ford (c.1810 - 1873) was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected to represent Fairfield County, South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate in 1872, and died in office in 1873. Ford was born in South Carolina and enslaved.
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Sandra Bass is an American political scientist. She holds a PhD in political science from University of California, Berkeley. She is an associate dean of students and director of the Public Service Center at the University of California, Berkeley, a…
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Sandra Bolden Cunningham (September 4, 1950 – October 6, 2026) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 2007 to 2024, where she represented the 31st Legislative District. She was sworn into office on…
1934–
Sandra Bundy (born March 12, 1934) is best known for her part in landmark case Bundy v. Jackson, which was the first federal appeals court case to hold that workplace sexual harassment was employment discrimination and a violation of the Civil Rights Act…
1961–
Sandra "Sandy" Maria Cane (born July 28, 1961, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an Italian politician who was the former mayor of Viggiù comune. Cane's father is African American and her mother is Italian, a native of Viggiù. After her parents' divorce in…
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Sandra Nurse (born April 3, 1984) is an American Democratic politician from New York City who has served as the New York City Council member for the 37th district since 2022. District 37 covers Bushwick and other neighborhoods in northern Brooklyn.
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Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 1993. He became the dean of Georgia's congressional delegation after the death of John…
March 28, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA group of sanitation workers in formation on the street holding signs that read "I Am A Man.".
ca. 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Santa Clara track singlet. A golden yellow sleeveless shirt. The two sides have a rounded slit at the bottom. There are green letters sewn onto the front. They read [SANTA CLARA]. There is a white manufacturer's label inside the singlet at the neck. It…
1947–
Sara Brockington Bost (born 1947) was the first female African-American to serve as Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey. She was the first African-American to head the Women Mayors Division of the United States Conference of Mayors. In 2003 she was sentenced to…
1837–1918
Sara Griffith Stanley Woodward (1837 – 1918) was an African American abolitionist, missionary teacher, and published author. Sara, sometimes listed as "Sarah", came from a biracial family, of which both black and white sides owned slaves. Despite this…
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Sara J. Hatcher Duncan (born October 5, 1869, Cahaba, Alabama, died July 18, 1906, Selma, Alabama) was an African- American social activist who was appointed President of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society…
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Sara Lou Harris Carter (July 4, 1923 – December 16, 2016) was a pioneering African-American model who also became known as an entertainer, educator and humanitarian. She married lawyer and politician John Carter of Guyana and was known as Lady Sara Lou…
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Sara Lucy Bagby (c. 1843 – July 14, 1906) was the last person in the United States forced to return to slavery in the South under the Fugitive Slave Act. Born in the early 1840s in Virginia, she was of African American heritage.
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Sara Mokuria is an American educator and police brutality activist. She is a co-founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, a Texas-based group that advocates for civil rights, police accountability, and policy reform.
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Sara Richardson Thomas (born April 21, 1941) is an American educator and politician from Indianola, Mississippi. She was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 31st District, having first been elected in 1998 to succeed her nephew,…
1901–1992
Sarah A. Anderson (January 25, 1901 – December 9, 1992) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Philadelphia County district from 1955 to 1968 and the 193rd district from 1969 to…
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Sarah Allen (also known as Sara Allen and Mother Allen; née Bass; 1764 – July 16, 1849) was an American abolitionist and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is known within the AME Church as The Founding Mother.
1983–
Sarah Anthony (born December 2, 1983) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Michigan Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, Anthony previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives.
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Sarah Dudley Pettey (1869-1906) was an African-American educator, writer, organist, and political activist in North Carolina. She devoted her life and career to increasing gender and racial equality, Christian temperance, and women's participation in the…
1928–2009
Sarah Elizabeth Wright (December 9, 1928 – September 13, 2009) was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and "was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class and…
1979–
Sarah-Elizabeth Langford (born September 28, 1981) is the former first lady of Atlanta and a former beauty pageant titleholder. Langford was the wife of the 59th Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
1921–2006
Sarah Elizabeth Ray (also known as Lizz Haskell; 1921–2006) was an African American civil rights activist who in 1945 was denied entry on SS Columbia, a ferry operated by the Bob-Lo Excursion Company. She initiated a legal battle against the company via…
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