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1887–1971
Thomas Montgomery Gregory (August 31, 1887 – November 21, 1971) was a dramatist, educator, social philosopher and activist, historian and a leading figure in the National Negro Theatre Movement. Montgomery Gregory, a native of Washington, D.C., was key in…
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Thomas Oscar Fuller (October 25, 1867 – June 21, 1942) was an American Baptist minister, educator and state senator. He was elected to the North Carolina Senate (district 11) in 1898 and was the only African American senator.
1837–1918
Thomas Payce Beard (December 28, 1837 – December 4, 1918) was a leader in the African American community, a Republican Party organizer, and part of a contested election in Georgia during the post-American Civil War Reconstruction Era. He contested the…
1862–1950
Thomas P. Mahammitt (August 1862 – March 28, 1950) was a journalist, caterer, civil rights activist, and civic leader from Omaha Nebraska. He was owner and editor for the black weekly, The Enterprise, Omaha's leading black paper at the turn of the 20th…
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Thomas Pressley was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Williamsburg County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874. He was elected from Williamsburg along with Fortune Giles and James F. Peterson who were also…
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Thomas Russell Jones, Jr. (August 5, 1913 – October 27, 2006) was an African-American member of the New York State Assembly, a justice of the New York Supreme Court, and a leading civil rights activist for black Americans in slums of Northern cities.
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Thomas R. Kersh (died 1916) was a state legislator in Arkansas. A Republican, he represented Lincoln County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1885 and 1887. According to the captioning from his 1885 House photograph he was 38 years old,…
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Sankara pursued public health, education, women’s rights, environmental action and national self-sufficiency during his brief presidency.
1801–1883
Thomas Smallwood (1801–1883) was a freedman, "a daring activist and searing writer" who worked alongside fellow abolitionist Charles Turner Torrey on the Underground Railroad. The two men created what some historians believe was the first branch of the…
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Thomas A. Stith III is an American politician. Stith was a member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina from 1999 to 2007. More recently, he has served as Program Director for Economic Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
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Thomas Sykes (born in Georgia, United States) was an American politician. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Panola County in 1873. He was African American and had a wife and children.
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Thomas Urquhart was a delegate to Florida's 1868 constitutional convention and a state legislator the same year representing Hamilton County, Florida and Suwannee County, Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives. He was a signatory of…
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Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs (September 16, 1855 – October 31, 1898) was a member of the 1885 Florida Constitutional Convention, served in the Florida House of Representatives, and was a school administrator. He was nominated to West Point by Representative…
1958–2017
Thomas W. Blackwell IV (August 29, 1958 – August 22, 2017) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 190th District from 2005 to 2008. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a father of three, one…
1893–1978
Thomas Watson Harvey (November 27, 1893 – June 27, 1978) was President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) from 1956 to 1978.
1815–1893
Thomas W. Stringer (1815–1893) was an American Christian minister in the A.M.E. Church, state senator in Mississippi, Prince Hall Mason, and the founder of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. He…
September 12, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.43.1a, 2011.174.43.1b, 2011.174.43.1c, 2011.174.43.1d, 2011.174.43.1e, 2011.174.43.1f, 2011.174.43.1g, 2011.174.43.1h, 2011.174.43.1i, and 2011.174.43.1j. Thomas Gaither, Ph. D. recalls growing up in…
1839–1917
Thomas Warren Long (January 10, 1839 – October 25, 1917) was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and politician in Florida. He fought against the Confederacy during the American Civil War and later served in the state legislature. Born into slavery on…
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Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 – April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. in botany, and helped found both the NAACP and the Federated Colored Catholics.
Biography
Thornton Blackburn (c. 1812–1890) was a self-emancipated formerly enslaved man whose case established the principle that Canada would not return slaves to their masters in the United States and thus established Canada as a safe terminus for the Underground…
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Thornton Butler was an American state legislator in Louisiana. He lived in New Orleans and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Butler represented the fourth district of the Orleans Parish. He took office on January 22, 1874 after a protracted…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three young men in front of shelters in Resurrection City. The man on the proper right side is wearing a cap with a pom pom on top. He is wearing denim jeans with a belt and an open, patterned, thigh length robe. The man in…
2009
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThree handkerchiefs commemorating President Barack Obama's first inaguration. Each handkerchief features the same design printed in white on a solid ground, the ground color of each being different. One is red (.1), one is orange (.2), and one is brown…
mid 20th-late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA throw pillow from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The pillow is rectangular in shape and is constructed from fabric woven into a large yellow rose pattern with green leaves, and stems, against a brown background. The front and back of the pillow are covered…
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