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1931 - 1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of an African American man holding a large sign that says "Demand Immediate Release of the Innocent Scottsboro Boys.".
mid-1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of an unidentified group of people on a train by Arthur Leipzig. The young men and women in this image are mostly seated in a circle and some have their mouths open as if in song. In the center of the group a man is standing…
ca. 1963; printed 2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Grandassa model Nomsa Brath protesting in front of the Wigs Parisian store front on 125th Street in Harlem, New York. Brath's hair is cropped into a short afro style and she is wearing a white, sleeveless, knee length dress,…
1901
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardback book with dark red cloth covers. At the top of the front cover is embossed gold text that reads "UP FROM SLAVERY / AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON." On the spine at the top is also embossed gold text "UP FROM/ SLAVERY / AN /…
1901
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a hardback book with red cloth covers. At the top of the front cover is embossed gold text that reads "UP FROM SLAVERY / AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON." On the spine at the top is also embossed gold text "UP FROM/ SLAVERY / AN /…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUrban Magazine, December 1968 featuring a large black and white illustration of Julius W. Hobson. Hobson is depicted from the chest up with a pipe in his mouth. The illustration shows Hobson looking at the viewer. Hobson wears a dark jacket, white shirt,…
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUrban Magazine, March 1969 featuring a large black and white image of Major Lavell Merritt, seen from the chest up. Merritt wears an army uniform with the branch insignia on his PL collar. Merritt wears dark, thick rimmed glasses and looks into the camera.…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUrban Magazine, October 1968, volume 1, number 3, featuring a large black and white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X shaking hands. Both men are smiling. King looks to the right above the camera while Malcolm X looks at the camera.…
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Ursula Jones Dickson (born 1968) is an American attorney and judge who has served as the 31st district attorney of Alameda County since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown…
Biography
Ureumu Adejinmi is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. She has been a councillor in Longford County Council since 2020 and was Cathaoirleach of the council from 2021 to 2022. She was the first African woman to become an elected representative on the council…
2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA used tear gas projectile from the 2020 social justice protests in Washington, DC. The cannister is a silver, metal tube with one side open. The open side is slightly bent making the opening into an oval. The projectile has blue text printed on it. The…
1931–1996
Uzo Egonu (Igbo: Ụzọ Egonu ; 25 December 1931 – 14 August 1996) was a Nigerian-born artist who settled in Britain in the 1940s, only once returning to his homeland for two days in the 1970s, although he remained concerned with African political struggles.…
1984–
Uzoma Asagwara () is a Canadian politician who has served as the 11th deputy premier of Manitoba and minister of health, seniors and long term care since 2023. A member of the New Democratic Party, they have represented the Union Station electoral district…
1950–
V. M. Johnson, also known as Viola Johnson and Mama Vi, born in 1950, is a leatherwoman, leather activist and author.
1978–
V. Mitch McEwen (born 1978) is an American architect and urban planner, cultural activist, and assistant professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture. She is co-founder of Atelier Office, a design and cultural practice working within the…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed brochure advertising vacation rentals at Taylor's Playfair in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard. The brochure is printed in green ink on cream-colored paper. The brochure contains the start and end dates of the summer season, lists activities in…
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Vada Watson Somerville, D.D.S. (November 1, 1885 – October 28, 1972) was a civil rights activist and the second African-American woman in California to receive a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.
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Val Applewhite (born 1960 or 1961) is an American politician who has served as a member of the North Carolina Senate since January 1, 2023. A Democrat from Fayetteville, she represents the 19th district. She was first elected to the Senate in 2022,…
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Valdez Venita Demings (née Butler; born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and former police officer who served as U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. The district covered most of the western half of…
1972–
Valarie McCall, born Valarie J. McCall, is the Chief of Communications, Government & International Affairs for the City of Cleveland, Ohio. She is perhaps best known for being the youngest City Clerk and Clerk of Council in the history of the city of…
?–1904
Valentine Howe Sr. (c. 1841–1904) was an African American builder and state legislator in North Carolina. He was elected in 1887 to the North Carolina House of Representatives, after defeating Alfred Moore Waddell. Hailing from a prominent family of…
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Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos (born 13 March 1954) is a Guyanese-British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN,…
Biography
Valerie Brathwaite Nelson is an American attorney, politician, and jurist from New York who is serving on the Second Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division (2016 - present) and the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (2005 -…
1949–
Valerie Jackson (née Richardson; April 3, 1949) is an American radio host, philanthropist, and former advertising executive. She is the widow of former Atlanta, Georgia mayor Maynard Jackson.
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