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1985–
Vella Lovell (born September 13, 1985) is an American actress, known for playing Heather Davis in The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She also voiced Mermista in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, played Khadija in The Big Sick, and played…
1950-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a black velvet and silk evening bag and attached change purse belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The bag is a rectangular clutch with a hinged opening. The mouth of purse closes with a metal snap closure on the center top of the bag. The closure is…
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Venola Lucrecia Mason (born 1979 or 1980) is an American educator and politician who is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 94th district. A Democrat, she was elected in an April 2026 special election to succeed Karen Bennett, who…
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Venton C. Jones Jr. is an American politician and non-profit CEO serving as the representative for the Texas State House's 100th district since 2023. Known for his advocacy for black gay men and those with HIV, he was elected to the Texas House of…
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Vera Lúcia Pereira da Silva Salgado (born 12 September 1967) better known as Vera Lúcia is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Unified Workers' Socialist Party. She has contested elections many times, including the 2018 Brazilian presidential…
1890–1983
Vera Virginia Wesley Greene (January 26, 1890 – April 1983) was an African-American suffragist and member of the Alpha Suffrage Club. Born in Missouri in the United States, she later moved to Chicago, Illinois.
ca.1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a Vera Whistler hat and hatbox with accompanying lid. The hat (.1) is made of a light silky fabric in a cloche style with a rolled brim. The fabric has a large paisley pattern in dark blues and greens with pink accents against a yellow background.…
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a chartreuse cloche-style hat (.1a) with a hat pin (.1b) inside a Vera Whistler hat box (.2a) with lid (.2b). The hat (.1a) is constructed out of velvet material and has one side of the brim flipped up and the opposite side flipped down. The hat…
1930-1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a woven straw turban style hat (a) with two pearl hat pins (b,c). The hat (a) is made of woven black straw in a turban style. It has a faux wrap-around flap that accented with two identical hat pins. Each hat pin (b,c) is topped off by a large…
1965–
Verda M. Colvin (born June 25, 1965) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
1918–1980
Vernell Myers Coleman (August 28, 1918 – March 27, 1990) was a community organizer in Phoenix, Arizona. She was known as "Mother Coleman" and the "mayor" of the Matthew Henson Projects. She is remembered for reviving the celebration of Juneteenth.
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Vernetta Alston is an American Democratic politician and attorney. She served on the Durham City Council from 2017 to 2020, when she succeeded MaryAnn Black in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
1948–2014
Vernita Gray (December 8, 1948 – March 18, 2014) was an African-American lesbian and women's liberation activist from the beginning of those movements in Chicago. She began her writing career publishing in the newsletter Lavender Woman. After owning and…
1908–1966
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. (March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966) was an American civil rights movement leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In January 1966 Dahmer was murdered by the White Knights of…
1918–2004
Vernon Daurice Jarrett (born Daurice Vernon Jarrett; June 19, 1918 – May 23, 2004) was an African-American journalist who worked in newspaper, television and radio and was an influential commentator on race relations, politics, and African-American history.
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Dr. Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was an American minister based in the South and a pioneer in the civil rights movement. He is best known as the pastor (1947–52) of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was succeeded…
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Vernon Angus Jones (born October 31, 1960) is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and from 2017 to 2021. In 2021 he switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. He was a candidate to be…
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Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. He survived a…
1921–1996
Vernon Lane Odom, Sr. (9 June 1921 – 22 May 1996) was an American civil rights leader. He was born in Biscoe, Arkansas to Dr.
Biography
Veronica Degraffenreid is an American election official serving as the special advisor on election modernization in the Pennsylvania Department of State. After it was announced that Commonwealth Secretary Kathy Boockvar would resign from her position on…
1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA yearbook featuring a silver cover, with "VESPA" printed in decorative script on the front. Inside are black-and-white photographs of Greenville High School teachers and students from the year 1966. There are 200 pages.
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Viola Alexander Lyles (born September 28, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 59th mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2017 to 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, Lyles was a member of the Charlotte City Council before taking office…
1782–1831
A leader in Mexico’s independence struggle, Guerrero became president and issued a decree abolishing slavery.
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Vicente Paulo da Silva (born 8 April 1956) more commonly known as Vicentinho is a Brazilian politician as well as a syndicalist and trade union president. Although born in Rio Grande do Norte, he has spent his political career representing São Paulo,…
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