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Tamika Danielle Mallory (born 1980) is an American civil rights and social justice activist. She was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women's March, for which she and her three other co-chairs were recognized in the TIME 100 that year. She…
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Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves (née Montgomery; born 1981) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She previously served as an Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme…
1968–
Tammy Witherspoon (born December 10, 1968) is an American politician, currently serving as mayor of Magnolia, Mississippi. She previously served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 38th district from 2016 to 2021.
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Tanjaneca Lanese Herring (born April 27) is an American schoolteacher and politician who was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in House District 145, containing parts of Bibb and Monroe counties, in the 2024 election. She defeated Bibb County…
Biography
Tanya Compas is a British youth worker and LGBT rights activist, working especially with queer Black young people in London.
1964–
Tanya Cook (born November 9, 1964, in Agana, Guam) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. She represented the 13th district, made up of part of Omaha, in the Nebraska Legislature.
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Tanya DePass (born 1973), also known by her username Cypheroftyr, is an American journalist, activist and streamer. She is the founder of the non-profit organization I Need Diverse Games, which she established in 2016.
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Tanya Felecia Miller (born October 3, 1973) is an American prosecutor and politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 62 since January 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the party's nominee in…
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWollensak Stereo-tape magnetic recorder, Model T-1515. Beige plastic with silver metal. The front of the recorder has several beige buttons to play, record and stop as well as volume and tone controls. There is a counter to track the time of the recording…
Biography
Tara H. Jackson is an American lawyer and politician serving as the acting state's attorney of Prince George's County, Maryland since 2025. She previously served the county as its acting county executive from 2024 to 2025, and as chief administrative…
1973–
Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an American activist from New York City who started the MeToo movement. In 2006, Burke began Me Too as a youth program for junior and high school students with the goal of addressing the rampant sexual violence in…
1903–1991
Tarea Hall Pittman (1903 – July 31, 1991) was an American civil rights leader who served as President of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs from 1936 to 1938 and of the California Council of Negro Women from 1948 to 1951, and as…
1985–
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (born 1985) is an American artist, activist, and freelance illustrator. She is best known as the creator of the campaign and art exhibition Stop Telling Women to Smile.
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Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley,…
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Tawana Petty is an American author, poet, social justice organizer, mother and youth advocate who works to counter systemic racism. Petty formerly served as Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Algorithmic Justice League representing AJL in national and…
1942
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a New York state income tax return for the calendar year 1942 for Etta Moten Barnett. It is in the amount of $3,418.75. At the top center is hand-typed text in black that reads “ETTA MOTEN BARNETT / 3548 VERNON AVE. / CHICAGO, ILL.” In the section…
1998–
Auon'tai M. Anderson (born July 5, 1998) is an American politician and community organizer from Denver, Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a director of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education from 2019 to 2023. In September…
Biography
Taylor Brown is an American attorney and government official. She served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York Attorney General's Office. In 2026, she became the first openly transgender person to lead a New York City…
Biography
Taylor Dumpson (born 1995 or 1996) is an American attorney and associate counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. After she became the first Black woman president of the student government at American University, she was the target of…
1828–1925
Tazewell Branch (May 13, 1828 – April 30, 1925) was an American state legislator, former slave, and a shoemaker. He was twice elected to the Virginia House of Delegates.
1937–2017
Tchaiko Ruramai Kwayana, born Ann Cook (24 June 1937 – 6 May 2017), was an educator, pan-Africanist, and civil rights activist from Georgia, US. She was married to Eusi Kwayana, Guyanese politician.
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white digital image of a teach-in. The instructor, believed to be Hosea Lorenzo Williams, is in the center of the image. He has dark hair and a beard with a mustache. His head is tilted back slightly. His arms are raised next to his head with…
1897
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA report for the County Supervisor of Rowan County, North Carolina completed by Julia D. Cowan, schoolteacher. The report has black print and handwriting on yellowed paper.
1976-2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA teal t-shirt worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The cotton and polyester blend t-shirt has a printed design on the front chest in black text that reads "THE ANGOLITE / THE PRISON NEWSMAGAZINE" above a…
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