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Engineering

Stephanie G. Adams

Biography

Stephanie Glenn Adams was born in Norfolk, Virginia on August 30th, 1965. She is an American engineer and academic administrator, serving as the dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas since…

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Science & Inventions

Stephanie J. Rowley

Biography

Stephanie Johnson Rowley is an American developmental psychologist and academic administrator known for her work on racial identity and parental socialization of race and ethnicity. She is the dean of University of Virginia's School of Education and Human…

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Scholarship

Stephanie Jones-Rogers

Biography

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers is an American historian. She is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. She is an expert in…

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Arts & Performance

Stephanie Pogue

1944–2002

Stephanie Elaine Pogue (1944–2002) was an American professor, printmaker, artist, and curator. Her artistic interests included the portrayal of women and the human figure.

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Civil Rights & Community

Stephanie Thomas

Biography

Stephanie Thomas (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American disability fashion stylist, public speaker, voice actor, and professor. According to People magazine, while she was working at a radio station, WVKL-FM (95.7), in Norfolk, Virginia, Thomas wore…

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Arts & Performance

Stephen Bentley

1954–

Stephen Bentley (born 1954) is an American cartoonist with Creators Syndicate and the creator of Herb and Jamaal. Originally from Los Angeles, Bentley moved to Pasadena as a teenager and attended John Muir High School, graduating in 1972. After high school…

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Politics

Stephen Broden

1952–

Stephen Edward Broden (born April 11, 1952) is an American businessman, pastor, political activist, broadcaster, and former professor from the state of Texas. In 2010, he was the Republican nominee for Texas's 30th congressional district for the United…

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Architecture

Stephen Burks

1969–

Stephen Burks (born 1969) is an American designer and a professor of architecture at Columbia University. Burks is known for his collaborations with artisans as well as incorporating craft and weaving into product design. He is the first African American…

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Literature

Stephen L. Carter

1954

Stephen Lisle Carter (born October 26, 1954) is an American legal scholar who is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He writes on legal and social issues.

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Science & Inventions

Stephen L. Mayo

1961–

Stephen L. Mayo (born 1961) is a professor at the California Institute of Technology, where he is the William K. Bowes Jr. Leadership Chair in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, and the Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry. His research…

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Music

Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)

1969–

Stephen Scott (born March 13, 1969) is an American jazz pianist. Scott played piano from the age of five. While attending New York's High School of the Performing Arts, he was introduced to jazz by alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, in particular, the music…

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Civil Rights & Community

Stephen Walter Rogers

1839–1872

Stephen Walter Rogers (1839–1872) was an African-American preacher, activist, writer, and editorialist. He was historically influential in Louisiana and Alabama; and was one of the people holding civil disobedience against the anti-education laws of the time.

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Science & Inventions

Stephon Alexander

1971–

Stephon Haigh-Solomon Alexander is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and jazz musician. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and works at the intersection of cosmology, particle physics, and quantum gravity, with research…

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Books and Published Materials

Steps to Good English

1935

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2011.52.1a: Steps to Good English by Inez M. Ahles and Mary Lawlor. The seventh-grade level textbook/workbook is a brown, softcover book with a fabric tape spine. The front cover features a small graphic of a globe, an open book, and a feathered quill and…

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Literature

Sterling Allen Brown

1901–1989

Sterling Allen Brown (May 1, 1901 – January 13, 1989) was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the southern United States and was a professor at Howard University for most of his career. Brown…

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Education & Scholarship

Sterling Stuckey

1932–2018

P. Sterling Stuckey (March 2, 1932 – August 15, 2018) was an African-American professor of history, and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), specializing in American slavery, the arts and history, and…

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Visual Arts

Steve Ashby

1904–1980

Steve Ashby (1904–1980) was an American folk artist. The son of an emancipated slave, Ashby was born in Delaplane, Virginia, one of twelve children. He received little formal schooling, and remained illiterate for his entire life.

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Sports & Achievement

Steve Brown (American football)

1960–

Steven Douglas Brown (born March 20, 1960) is an American former football player and coach. He played his entire professional career with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1983 to 1990. Brown played college football for the…

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Sports

Steve Bucknall

1966–

Steven Lee Bucknall (born 17 March 1966) is a retired English professional basketball player, and former head coach of British Basketball League (BBL) expansion franchise London Capital. A 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) and 97.5 kg (215 lb) shooting guard, Bucknall…

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Literature

Steve Burton

Biography

Steve Burton is the Sports Director for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston. The son of former Boston Patriots player Ron Burton, Steve Burton grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and is a graduate of and a former quarterback for Northwestern University holding a…

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Sports & Achievement

Steve Carter (baseball)

1964–

Steven Jerome Carter (born December 3, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball player from Charlottesville, Virginia who appeared in 14 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1989 to 1990. A 1983 graduate of Albemarle High School, Carter was…

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Sports & Achievement

Steve Davenport

1967–

Steve Davenport (born May 3, 1967) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Georgia, a position he has held since 2017. Davenport served as the head football coach at Savannah State…

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Sports & Achievement

Steve Holman (athlete)

1970–

Steven Clifton Orlando Holman (born March 2, 1970, in Indianapolis) is a retired American middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 1500 meters. He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and two outdoor World…

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Sports

Steve Howard

1963–

Steven Bernard Howard (born December 7, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Oakland Athletics during the 1990 season. Howard played for Laney College and Castlemont High School.

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