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Thomas Allen Harris is an American interdisciplinary artist who explores family, identity, and spirituality in a participatory practice. Since 1990, Harris has remixed archives from multiple origins throughout his work, challenging hierarchy within…
1819–
Thomas Beck (born c. 1819, date of death unknown) was an American Republican politician who served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives. Various sources list his birthplace as Kentucky, Mississippi, or Virginia. He moved to Texas about 1842…
1986–
Thomas Brown (born May 15, 1986) is an American professional football coach and former running back who currently serves as the passing game coordinator and tight ends coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Brown played…
1942–
Thomas Cleveland Holt (born November 30, 1942) is an American historian, who is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago. He has produced a number of works on the people and descendants of…
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Thomas Whitmarsh Cardozo (December 19, 1838 – April 13, 1881) was an American educator, journalist, writer, and public official during the Reconstruction Era in the United States. He adopted the name Civis as a nom de plume and wrote as a correspondent for…
1931–2002
Thomas Devore Carey (December 29, 1931 – January 23, 2002) was an African-American operatic baritone. Born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, Carey was educated at universities in New York City and in Germany. He had a major operatic career in Europe during…
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Thomas Chatterton Williams (born March 26, 1981) is an American cultural critic and writer. He is the author of the 2019 book Self-Portrait in Black and White and a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is a visiting professor of the humanities and senior…
Biography
Thomas "Danny" Boston (circa 1948 - ) is an American economist who is professor emeritus of Economics and International Affairs in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. He is a past president of the National Economic Association.
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Thomas Dalton (1794–1883) was a free African American raised in Massachusetts who was dedicated to improving the lives of people of color. He was active with his wife Lucy Lew Dalton, Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the founding or ongoing activities of…
1932–1998
Thomas Covington Dent (March 20, 1932 – June 6, 1998) was an African-American poet and writer. Dent came from a prominent and socially aware family. Due to this, he was able to receive multiple levels of education at differing institutions.
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Thomas DeSaille Tucker or Thomas DeSaliere Tucker (July 21, 1844 – 1903) was an African-born lawyer, educator, and missionary. He was the first president of the State Normal College for Colored Students, which eventually became Florida Agricultural and…
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Thomas Ezekiel Miller (June 17, 1849 – April 8, 1938) was an American educator, lawyer and politician. After being elected as a state legislator in South Carolina, he was one of only five African Americans elected to Congress from the South in the Jim Crow…
1920–2001
Thomas Favors (December 29, 1920 – December 11, 2001), nicknamed "Monk", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Favors attended Clark College, and served in the US Army during World War II. He played for the…
1866–1935
Thomas Fountain Blue (March 6, 1866 – November 10, 1935) was a minister, educator, and civic leader who led the Colored Branches of the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) and was an early trainer of African-American librarians. Blue was the first…
1919–2020
Thomas Freeman (June 27, 1919 – June 6, 2020) was an American lecturer in religion, a preacher, and a debate coach. His students included Martin Luther King Jr. at Morehouse College and U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at Texas Southern University.
1839–1897
Thomas Graham Dorsey (February 1839 – November 22, 1897) was an American physician, and one of the first black graduates of Harvard Medical School in 1869.
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Thomas H. Epps, III is an American chemist and the Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has a joint appointment in Materials Science & Engineering, and an affiliated appointment in…
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Thomas Hammock (born July 7, 1981) is an American football coach. He is the running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks. Prior to this, he coached at his alma mater, Northern Illinois University, from January 2019 to February 2026. He served as the…
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Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr. (January 3, 1915 – August 26, 1988) was an American classical pianist, organist, music teacher, and composer whose compositions and arrangements for piano, organ, voice, woodwind ensemble, and chorus were performed by some of the…
Biography
Thomas K. Hudson is an American academic administrator who served as the 12th president of Jackson State University from November 2020 until March 2023.
Biography
Thomas J. Gibson is an African American academic administrator and academic. He is currently the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
1917–2007
Thomas Fairfax Johnson (March 10, 1917 – March 21, 2007), nicknamed "Lil Professor", was a Negro league baseball player and American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard University from 1953 to 1956. A native of Philadelphia,…
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Thomas McCants Stewart (December 28, 1853 – January 7, 1923) was an African American clergyman, lawyer and civil rights leader.
1924–2009
Thomas Kendall Minter (June 28, 1924 – May 22, 2009) was an education official who served in the United States government and the government of New York City.
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