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Loading image…1950–2024
Sheila Jackson Lee (née Jackson; January 12, 1950 – July 19, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until her death in 2024. The district includes most of central…
Biography
Sheila Murray is a Canadian writer. Her debut novel Finding Edward was published in 2022, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards. Finding Edward centres on Cyril…
Loading image…1952–2023
Sheila Yvette Oliver (July 14, 1952 – August 1, 2023) was an American politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of New Jersey from 2018 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Oliver was the first Black woman to serve as…
1949–
Sheila Radford-Hill (born in Chicago, December 12, 1949) is an American author, professor, and activist. She currently works at Dominican University in Illinois as the head Diversity Officer. She is known for her book, Further To Fly: Black Women and the…
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Sheletta Brundidge is an American children's author, an Emmy Award winning comedian, and a local activist. Brundidge has focused on autism in her books, and is an advocate for autistic people and children. She is the author of Brandon Spots His Sign, which…
Biography
Shella Bowlin is a Cherokee government official and business executive serving as the secretary of state of the Cherokee Nation since 2023.
1829–1871
Sheppard Mullens, sometimes spelled Shepart Mullins or Shepherd Mullens, (1829 – August 7, 1871) was an African American public official and state legislator in Texas. He served one term in the Texas House of Representatives and also served as a delegate…
1943–
Sherman Nathaniel Copelin, Jr. (born August 1943), is an American politician and businessman from his native New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of a funeral director, Copelin graduated from St.
Loading image…1935–2007
Sherman Jarvis Jones (February 10, 1935 – February 21, 2007), nicknamed "Roadblock", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who went on to a career in Kansas politics. He was listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 205 pounds (93…
1843–
Sherman Smalls (c. 1843 - ?) was a carpenter and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Colleton County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1874. He was born in South Carolina. He was a witness for Robert…
1964–
Sherrie Eugene-Hart is a sign language interpreter and TV presenter based in the West of England and has held the position of Governor at University of the West of England and The City Academy Bristol.
Loading image…1962–
Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American attorney and the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights (Vernon E. Jordan) at Howard University. She is a law professor and the former president and director-counsel of the NAACP…
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Sherry D. Harris (born February 27, 1957) is an American activist and politician who served as a member of the Seattle City Council from 1992 to 1996. She was the first out black lesbian elected to public office in the United States.
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Sheryl Nelson Cole (born August 16, 1964) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 46, which is located within Travis County, Texas.
1961–
Sheryll D. Cashin (born December 15, 1961) is a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center. She was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, where her parents were political activists. Her parents' role in the civil rights movement impressed on her…
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Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (born October 12, 1983) is an American educator and politician serving as a member of the Florida Senate from the 34th district since 2022. A progressive member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 35th district…
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Shields Green (1836? – December 16, 1859), who also referred to himself as "Emperor", was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859. He had lived…
Loading image…1924–2005
Chisholm championed education, children, workers and women, and became the first Black candidate to seek a major party’s presidential nomination.
1955–
Shirley Ann Coleman (née Turner; born December 4, 1955) is an American politician and pastor. Coleman is a former alderman of the 16th ward in Chicago, Illinois. Coleman was first elected in January 1991, serving for sixteen years until May 2007 when she…
Biography
Shirley Dorismond is a Canadian politician and former union leader and nurse, who represents the electoral district of Marie-Victorin in the National Assembly of Quebec. She is a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), winning a 2022 by-election…
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Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 58th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2002 to 2010. She has also served as a member on the board of directors for Delta Air Lines and…
1896–1977
Graham Du Bois wrote biographies and plays, composed an opera, and worked for civil rights and Pan-African causes, later living in Ghana with her husband W. E. B. Du Bois.
Biography
Shirley Green-Reese is a civil rights activist, professor, and a researcher who rose to prominence as one of the 1963 Leesburg Stockade Girls. She was one of the fourteen African American girls who were imprisoned during the Civil Rights Movement in…
1940–2019
Shirley LeFlore (1940–2019) was an American poet, one of St. Louis' most influential performance art poets. Before she became a board member for Word In Motion, she split her time between performances in New York City and teaching creative writing at the…
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