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4-27-2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “DTR Records: For Immediate Release” (Text).
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Jesse James, better known by his stage name Dubzy, is an English grime MC, actor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of music collective and fashion label Snazz. Since 2022, he has been in a distribution agreement with Universal Music. He won Red Bull's…
Biography
Charity "Duchess" Quamino (c. 1739 – June 29, 1804) was a formerly enslaved woman who became famous in the American colony of Rhode Island for her success as an independent caterer. As a child, she was enslaved in West Africa and taken to Newport, Rhode…
1914–2000
Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-American writers,…
ca. 1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA "Dues and Finance Report" for an unidentified organization. The back of the document has some handwritten inscriptions.
1952-1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn index card of dues paid by Martin Luther King Jr.'s to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The card is yellow with black typed text and handwritten inscriptions. Printed at top center underneath Dr. King’s name is [RECORD OF GRAND TAXES PAID]. The card features…
1929-1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn index card of dues paid by Thurgood Marshall's to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The card is yellow with black typed text and handwritten inscriptions. Typed at the top is [Marshall, Thurgood / (Judge)]. Printed at top center underneath Thurgood Marshall's…
ca. 1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts Duke Ellington sitting behind a table set with flowers and tall candles. Wearing a dark suit and tie over a gray shirt, he is surrounded by a crowd of people; seated to his left is a woman in a dotted dress, smoking…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Mead brand receipt book from Mae's Millinery Shop. The sales pad has perforated duplicate forms with carbon paper and glossy cardstock covers that are stapled to bind the pages. A few of the receipts at the beginning are used.
1982–
Modupeola "Dupsy" Abiola (born March 1982) is a British-Nigerian (non-practising) barrister, entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the Global Innovation Officer of the International Airlines Group (IAG). She is the founder and CEO of Intern Avenue, an…
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Durek Verrett (born Derek David Verrett; November 17, 1974) is an American self-professed shaman practicing neoshamanism who, since 2024, has been married to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway. He has been widely described by Norwegian media as a con man and…
1989–
Duval Kojo Bankole Timothy (born 2 October 1989) is a pianist, composer, and music producer based in London, England and Freetown, Sierra Leone. He has released four solo albums, an EP titled 2 Sim in 2018, and the split album Son with Rosie Lowe in 2021.…
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Dwight Henry (born 1962) is an American actor, baker, and businessman. He is best known for his role as Wink, Hushpuppy's father, in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). Additionally, Henry is the founder of the Buttermilk Drop Bakery in New Orleans.
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Dwight Lamar Bush Sr. (born February 4, 1957) is an American businessman who was the United States Ambassador to Morocco from 2014 to 2017.
1892–1986
E. Alice Taylor (1892–January 1, 1986, age 94) was an African-American entrepreneur, teacher, and community organizer who was an officer and board member of the Boston, Massachusetts NAACP for 50 years. In 1927 she founded a branch of Annie Malone's Poro…
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Eliza Isabelle Mitchell Jackson (née Eliza Isabelle Mitchell; December 31, 1848 – October 6, 1942) commonly known as E. Belle Jackson, was an American educator, activist, small business owner, and abolitionist from Kentucky. Jackson was one of the founders…
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Edgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899 – February 25, 1987) was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. The boycott highlighted the issues of…
1962–
Earl Marshawn Washington (born 1962) is an American entrepreneur, printmaker, woodcut artist and art forger.
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Eadly Business Article” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).
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Earl Burrus Dickerson (June 22, 1891 – September 1, 1986) was an American attorney, activist, military officer and businessman who successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court in Hansberry v. Lee, and was a member of the Chicago City Council…
1924–1993
Earl C. Banks (June 11, 1924 – October 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—from 1960 to 1973, compiling a record of…
1947–2021
Earl Best (December 26, 1947 – December 27, 2021), a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", was a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and worked with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. He founded…
1962–
Earl Gilbert "Butch" Graves Jr. (born January 5, 1962) is an American businessman and retired basketball player. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is a Scarsdale High School graduate.
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Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. (January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020) was an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses. A graduate of Morgan State University, he was the founder of Black Enterprise…
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