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1999–
Oluwasimisola "Simisola" Shittu (born 7 November 1999) is a British-born Canadian professional basketball player for Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He was one of the top-ranked…
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Simon Green Atkins (June 11, 1863 – June 28, 1934) was a North Carolina educator who was the founder and first president of Winston-Salem State University (previously the Slater Industrial Academy) and founded the North Carolina Negro Teachers' Association…
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Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford (born 24 December 1961), is a British politician and activist. He founded and was director of Operation Black Vote (OBV), is a trustee of the charity Police Now, and has been Principal of Homerton College,…
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Simone Naomi Charley (born February 4, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A former two-sport athlete, Charley competed in soccer and track and field at…
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Simone Person is a multi-genre author, poet and scholar based in Indiana from Adrian, Michigan. In 2018, Person became the Prose Editor for Honeysuckle Press and was named a Pink Door Writing Retreat Fellow in 2019. Her writing has appeared or is…
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Simone White (born 1972) is an American poet, literary critic, and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, she won a Whiting Award for poetry. Much of her writing style is a hybrid between poetry and prose.
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Bishop Singleton T. Jones (March 8, 1825 – April 18, 1891) was a religious leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion). Although he had little education, Jones taught himself to be an articulate orator and was awarded the position of…
1972–
Siobhan Brooks (born 1972) is an African-American lesbian feminist sociologist known for her work with African-American women sex workers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in women's studies from San Francisco State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in…
Biography
Sirron Norris is an American illustrator, muralist, and arts educator. He is known for his work on the FOX animated television show Bob's Burgers and for numerous cartoon-style public murals, including ones at Balmy Alley, Clarion Alley, and Mission…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a green hardcover year book with gold embossed letters on the front. The letters are centered on the front cover and read "WITH THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE GRACIOUS, THE COMPASSIONATE/ SISTER CLARA/ MUHAMMAD SCHOOL/ YEAR BOOK/ 1980-1981." The cover is…
1984
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardback book with black and bronze-colored print on a blue cover. At bottom left is a black-and-white photograph of Audre Lorde.
1930-1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA woodcut print of Sister’s Chapel at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. The chapel has trees on both sides. The front is adorned with six pillars and has a peaked roof. A road runs in front of the building on the right side of the print. The sky is…
1893 March 22
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Sketch of Education in the Renaissance” (Text).
Biography
Derrick Hutchins Jr., better known as his stage name Skhye Hutch, is an American hip hop record producer from Los Angeles, California. The two-time Grammy nominee attended Pacific Palisades High School and graduated from the Musicians Institution in 2004.…
1963–
Willie "Skip" Peete (born January 30, 1963) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the Buccaneers, he coached running backs for the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Sklarek awarded the College of Fellows membership by AIA president Charles E. Schwing” (Photographs).
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Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian (Amharic: አሌክሳንደር እስክንድር ቦጎሲያን; Armenian: Ալեքսանդր "Սկունդեր" Բողոսյան; July 22, 1937 – May 4, 2003) was an Ethiopian painter and professor active in the United States. Boghossian was one of the first, and by far the most…
1943–2001
Slayton A. Evans Jr. (May 17, 1943 – March 24, 2001) was an American chemist and professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a leading researcher into organophosphorus chemistry.
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a metal caliper with a sliding scale. The head has pointed edges. The top section is fixed in place, while the lower section moves up and down the ruler. A small screw is present at the side of the lower section.
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Wagner Brown (born September 5, 1979) is a Jamaican born professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, SWB or Slyck Wagner Brown. Brown currently wrestles on the Independent circuit in the Northeastern United States. Additionally, SWB was appointed…
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Snow Flake Grigsby (13 February 1899 – 22 March 1981) was an African American civil rights activist and trade unionist. Grigsby was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, to two farmers in a family of twelve children. He received his high school diploma…
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Sofia Gabriela Cook (born August 7, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins, winning the 2022 national championship.
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Sofia Samatar (Somali: Sofia Samatar; Arabic: صوفيا ساماتار) is an American scholar, novelist and educator from Indiana. She is an associate professor of English at James Madison University.
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Sofia Christine Wylie (born January 7, 2004) is an American actress, dancer and singer. She began her career in dance before gaining prominence through her role as Buffy Driscoll on the Disney Channel comedy-drama series Andi Mack (2017–2019). Wylie…
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