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1904–1984
Albert Walter Dent (September 25, 1904 – February 13, 1984) was an academic administrator who served initially as business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a predominantly black liberal…
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Albert H. Wheeler (Dec. 11, 1915 – April 4, 1994) was an American life-sciences professor and politician in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He became the city's first African-American mayor, serving in the office from 1975 to 1978.
1909–2008
Alberta Banner Turner (March 17, 1909 – January 31, 2008) was an African American professor and psychologist, and a noted civil rights and women's rights activist in the field of psychology.
1913–1987
Alberta Williams Gay (née Cooper; January 1, 1913 – May 8, 1987) was the mother of five children including recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, she married the minister Marvin Gay Sr., after relocating to…
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Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.
1926–2007
Alberta Jeannette Cassell (November 22, 1926 – October 24, 2007), was an African American architect who worked for the United States Navy, and a children's book author. She was also known by the name Alberta Jeannette Cassell Butler.
1924–2014
Alberta Jones Seaton (December 24, 1924 – April 4, 2014) was one of the first African-American women awarded a doctorate in zoology, in Belgium in 1949. She then moved to East Africa, where she and her husband became involved in African independence…
1930–1965
Alberta Odell Jones (November 12, 1930 – August 5, 1965) was an African-American attorney and civil rights icon. She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County. She…
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Alberta Virginia Scott (c. 1875 — August 30, 1902) was an American educator. She was the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College, in 1898.
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Alberta Whittle (born 1980, Bridgetown, Barbados) is a Barbadian-Scottish multidisciplinary artist who works across media: film, sculpture, print, installation and performance. She lives and works in Glasgow. She was the winner of the Margaret Tait Award…
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Alberta Christine Williams King (née Williams; September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin…
1918–2011
Sisulu sustained decades of resistance, family leadership and public service through repression and democratic transition.
1929–2010
Albertina Walker ((1929-08-29)August 29, 1929 – (2010-10-08)October 8, 2010) was an American gospel singer, songwriter and humanitarian.
2002–
Alberto Baldé Almánzar (born 21 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for NIFL Championship side Annagh. Born in Spain and raised in Northern Ireland, he plays for the Dominican Republic national team.
1969-1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alberto Moravia and his friend, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Albery Allson Whitman (May 30, 1851 – June 29, 1901) was an African-American poet, minister and orator. Born into slavery, Whitman became a writer. During his lifetime he was acclaimed as the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race". He worked as a manual…
1980-08-04
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Albino twins and Idowa. He was pushed into the picture. They changed into these dresses for the pictures".
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Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo (January 21, 1945 – September 16, 2018) was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician. He served as the Governor of Espírito Santo from 1991 until 1995 as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Album Covers” (Ephemera).
1938-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn album containing 350 photographs of or taken by Laura Fitzpatrick. The cover is light-stained wood, with darker stained pieces with metal studs making up the hinges. The cover is painted with a flower and foliage motif around the word [Album] painted in…
ca. 1894
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1894. Captured in studio, the large South African Kaffir Choir of 15 men, women, and children, pose in three rows dressed in their native ceremonial attire. In…
ca. 1905
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print depicting Wild West Performers. Captured outdoors, the image shows a large crowd of diverse individuals, both men and women, arranged sitting and standing in groups along riser seating, a long curtain strung behind them. Prominently…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen print of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper. Poulton is shown in but portrait and is turned one quarter to her right looking off frame. Her hair is smoothed down and pulled behind her head, and she may be wearing a dark colored snood or cloth,…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen print of Fanny Seward shown in bust portrait. The print is cut in an oval and adhered to a paper mount. Seward is facing the camera with her hair parted at the center and gathered in a snood behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice, white…
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