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Rosalind Osgood (born 1965/1966) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Florida Senate. She is president and CEO of non-profit Mount Olive Development Corp and served on the Broward County School Board for more than a decade.
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Rosalyn P. Scott (born 1950) is an American thoracic surgeon known for her work in education and for being the first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon.
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Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (October 22, 1941 – December 25, 2018) was an American professor of history and author. Terborg-Penn specialized in African-American history and black women's history. Her book African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote,…
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Rosamond S. King is an American poet and literary theorist. She is a literature professor at Brooklyn College, where her courses focus on Caribbean and African literature, sexuality, and performance. In 2017, she won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian…
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Rosana Paulino (born 1967, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian contemporary artist, curator, and researcher. Paulino holds a doctorate in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo, School of Communications and Arts and a specialization in printmaking from…
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Roscoe Conkling Bruce, Senior (21 April 1879 – 16 August 1950) was an African-American educator who was known for stressing the value of practical industrial and business skills as opposed to academic disciplines. Later he administered the Dunbar…
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Roscoe Conkling Giles (May 6, 1890 – February 9, 1970) was an American medical doctor and surgeon. He was the first African American to earn a degree from Cornell University Medical College. Giles worked as a surgeon at Provident Hospital in Chicago, and…
1939–2011
Roscoe Cook, Jr. (March 2, 1939 – December 30, 2011) was an educator and held three world records in track. Cook attended San Diego High, where he set numerous track and field records and was a member of the school's 1955 national championship football team.
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Roscoe Dunjee (June 21, 1883 – March 1, 1965) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and editor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He founded The Black Dispatch in 1915, the first black newspaper in Oklahoma City, and used it as a platform to support…
1949–
Roscoe C. Giles, III is an American physicist and computer engineer. He was the deputy director of Boston University's Center for Computational Science. He is also a professor of computer and electrical engineering at Boston University College of…
October 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of the Cardozo High School marching band parading down the middle of the street in front of the school. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped on the back.
1946–
Rose Delores Gibbs (born 1946) was the first female African American doctor to graduate from the Medical University of South Carolina, and the first black woman to serve as the chief medical officer in the Peace Corps.
1950–
Roselyn Elaine Williams is an American mathematician who is an associate professor and former chair of the mathematics department at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Her decades long involvement in the National Association of Mathematicians…
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Rosemarie Allen is an American academic who specializes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is an associate professor of early childhood development at the Metropolitan State University of Denver and president and chief executive officer for the…
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Rosemarie Wesson is the Associate Vice Chancellor and University Vice Provost for Research at The City University of New York. She was the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. She has worked…
1930–2003
Rosemary Brown (née Wedderburn; June 17, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was a Canadian politician, social worker, and human rights advocate. As a member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1972 to 1986, she was the first black woman elected to a…
1955–
Rosemary Elaine Phelps (born 1955) is an American counseling psychologist whose work has focused on racial identity and the race-related stress experienced by racially diverse students and faculty in higher education. She is known for her advocacy and…
1962–
Dr Rosephanye Powell, (born 1962) is an American choral composer, singer, professor, conductor and researcher. Powell has been hailed as one of America's premier composers of choral music. She has a diverse catalogue of works published by Hal Leonard…
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Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (June 24, 1839 – November 25, 1906) was an American teacher and activist. She was a founding member of the National Association for Colored Women. Her parents were Anna Murray Douglass and Frederick Douglass.
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Rosetta Evelyn Lawson (née Coakley, born c. 1857, died April 19, 1936) was an American temperance activist, educator, and suffragette. She was, with her husband, educator and activist Jesse Lawson, a co-founder of Frelinghuysen University, where she taught…
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Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932) is an American former football player, bodyguard, actor, singer, Protestant minister, fiber artist, and motivational speaker. He played professionally as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL)…
1959–
Roshini Kempadoo (born Crawley, Sussex, England, 1959) is a British photographer, media artist, and academic. For more than 20 years she has been a lecturer and researcher in photography, digital media production, and cultural studies in a variety of…
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Roslyn Clark Artis (born June 16, 1970) is the 14th president of Benedict College and the first woman to hold the position. She holds the additional distinction of being the first female president of Florida Memorial University. She is also educational…
1938–2023
Roslyn Pope (October 29, 1938 – January 18, 2023) was an American civil rights activist and academic. Pope is best remembered as an author of An Appeal for Human Rights while the president of the student government at Spelman College during the 1960…
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