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1891
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society's Jubilee. The sheet music has black print on yellowed paper. The cover features a series of engravings of schools throughout the South. Inside, there are twelve pages of sheet music.
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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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Sheinelle Marie Jones (born April 19, 1978) is an American journalist and a news anchor and correspondent for NBC News. She is the co-host of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, the fourth hour of Today, and serves as host of Wild Child as part of the network's…
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Shekinah Elmore (c. 1982 – July 24, 2024) was an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. As both a cancer doctor and a self-described "cancer person", she was known for her work in…
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Shelby Ivey Christie is an American fashion and costume historian. She specializes in the contributions of Black designers. Christie is best known for writing Twitter threads about specific moments or people in fashion history.
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Shelby Steele (born January 1, 1946) is an American author, columnist, documentary film maker, and a Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism,…
1970–
Sheldon D. Fields is a Registered Professional Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, educator, researcher, health policy analyst, and nurse entrepreneur who is known for his work in the field of behavioral health research specializing in the area of HIV/AIDS…
1972–
Shelia Burrell (born January 15, 1972, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American athletics coach and former heptathlete who is the head coach of the San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country and women's track & field teams at San Diego State University…
1968–
Shelia Marie Goss (born September 16, 1968) is an American author, freelance writer, and screenwriter. Shelia Goss was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and grew up with two brothers. Her parents expressed the importance of education, so after four years at…
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Shelly-Ann Camille Brown (born March 15, 1980) is a Canadian former bobsledder who has competed since 2006.She was born in Scarborough, Ontario to Jamaican immigrant parents, and also raised in nearby Pickering, Ontario. Brown was recruited to the…
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Shelley P. Haley is the Edward North Chair of Classics and Professor of Africana studies at Hamilton College, New York, and (in 2021) President of the Society for Classical Studies. Haley applies Black feminist and critical race approaches to the study and…
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Shelly Johnson is an American academic administrator specializing in nursing programs. She was dean of the Florida A&M University school of nursing from 2020 to 2023. Johnson previously served as the founding director and chair of nursing and health…
1964–
Shelly Monica Jones (born November 2, 1964) is an American mathematics educator. She is an associate professor of mathematics education at Central Connecticut State University.
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Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (March 16, 1906 – January 6, 1960) was an American jazz trumpeter whose career lasted from the mid-1920s through the late 1950s. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hemphill was still in his teens when he played in the band of Fred…
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Shennette Monique Garrett-Scott is an American historian. She specializes in African-American women in economic history and wrote the 2019 book Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal. She has been a professor at the University…
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Sherilynn Black is an American neuroscientist and associate vice provost for faculty advancement, as well as an assistant professor of the practice of medical education at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on social…
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Sherine O. Obare is the dean of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She works on nanomaterials for sensing and drug delivery.
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Sherita Hill Golden is an American physician-scientist who is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University. She holds joint appointments in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical…
1944–1999
Sherley Anne Williams (August 25, 1944 – July 6, 1999) was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, jazz poet, playwright and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community.
1942–2026
Sherman Paul Lewis (June 29, 1942 – May 15, 2026) was an American professional football player and coach. He played in the American Football League (AFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) before spending 34 years as a coach. Lewis played college football…
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Sherman Simmons is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach at Allen University from 2003 to 2005. He also coached for Alabama A&M, Albany State, Northwestern State, Southern, Johnson C. Smith, North Carolina A&T,…
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Sherman Wood (born c. 1960) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Salisbury University, a position he has held since 1999. Wood served as the head football coach at Bowie State University in Bowie,…
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.
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