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1941–
Vivian Barbot (born July 7, 1941) is a Canadian politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau from 2006 to 2008. A member of the Bloc Québécois, Barbot served as interim leader in 2011 and was the party's vice-president from 2009 to 2012.
1890–1982
Vivian Carter Mason (born Vivian Carter; February 10, 1900 – May 10, 1982) was an American advocate for women's and civil rights as well as an ardent supporter of universal education. She served as an influential president of the National Council of Negro…
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Vivian Leona Mead Caver (June 13, 1928 – August 22, 2021) was an American politician in the state of Washington. Appointed to a 37th District vacancy, Caver was the third African-American woman to serve in the Washington House of Representatives, serving…
1922–1993
Vivian Conley (1922–1993) was a civil rights activist active in Muncie, Indiana. During the 1950s she was part of the campaign to desegregate Tuhey Pool, and during the 1970s she was part of the campaign to end the use of Confederate flag symbols at…
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Vivian Davis Figures (born January 24, 1957) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 33rd District in Mobile County since she was elected on January 28, 1997, to serve the remaining term of her deceased…
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Vivian E. Browne (April 26, 1929–July 23, 1993) was an American artist. Born in Laurel, Florida, Browne was mostly known for her painting series called Little Men and her Africa series. She is also known for linking abstraction to nature in her tree…
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Vivian E. Cook (born May 23, 1937) is an American politician from Queens, New York. A Democrat, Cook has represented District 32 in the New York State Assembly since 1991. Assembly District 32 comprises all or portions of the neighborhoods Jamaica, Locust…
1889–1977
Vivian E. J. Cook (1889-1977) was an American educator and activist. She was the first African American woman in Baltimore to hold an administrative position at a secondary school.
1969–
Vivian Flowers is an American politician who is the mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and is a Democrat. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She lives in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She…
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Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was the first Black American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, in 1965. She and James Hood were the first Black students able to enroll at the university since Autherine Lucy…
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Vivian Beatrice Watts (née Smith; October 23, 1891 – October 28, 1961) was an American teacher, civil rights activist, and women's suffragist. She was the first African American student to graduate with a bachelor's degree in English from Iowa State…
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Viviane Ferreira (born in Salvador in 1985) is a Brazilian director, screenwriter and producer. She is also a lawyer and an activist of the Black movement and founder of Odun Filmes. She is also president and co-founder of the Brazilian Association of…
1924–2005
Volma Robert Overton (September 26, 1924 – October 31, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist and president of NAACP's Austin, Texas chapter from 1962 to 1983. He is best known for his legal efforts to end racial segregation in Austin schools.…
May 1869–June 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Volume (46)”.
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGVolunteer badge with a light blue background and Obama campaign logo at lower center and horizontal green stripe under logo. [CHANGE/WE CAN/BELIEVE IN/OBAMA '08/VOLUNTEER/PAID FOR BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA] Plain white on back.
1910–1973
Von Delany Mizell (1910–1973) was a medical doctor and Civil Rights activist in South Florida. He was the first child of Isidore and Minnie Mizell, early Black residents of Broward County, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Morehouse College in…
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA “Vote or Die!” 2004 election short-sleeved crew neck t-shirt, made by Sean John. The crew neck collar is made from one panel of navy blue knit fabric that is machine stitched to the body of the shirt. The t-shirt body is composed of one continuous piece…
1963-1964; printed 2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of the interior of a house. There are two African American women at a kitchen table. One woman is sitting while the other is leaning over to read something on the table. There is a thin table cloth on the table along with some…
ca. 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Votomatic III vote recorder that folds up into a metal briefcase with a black plastic handle when closed. The briefcase has four circular rubber pads on each side. A sticker near the handle of the briefcase has a barcode and black text that reads…
ca. 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Votomatic III vote recorder that folds up into a metal briefcase with a black plastic handle when closed. The briefcase has four circular rubber pads on each side. A sticker near the handle of the briefcase has a barcode and black text that reads…
1915–1991
Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
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William David Chappelle Jr. (October 19, 1888 – March 7, 1957) was an American physician and surgeon in South Carolina who opened the People's Infirmary, a hospital and surgery practice for African Americans in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1914. At the…
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Du Bois transformed the study of race and challenged segregation through scholarship, journalism and international Pan-African organizing.
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William Gregory Wims (born September 2, 1949) is an American politician, businessman, and community volunteer who is currently a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39.
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