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1825–1899
W. H. C. Stephenson (c.1825 – April 6, 1899) was a doctor, preacher, and civil rights activist in Virginia City, Nevada, and Omaha, Nebraska. He was probably the first black doctor in Nevada and worked for the rights of blacks in that city. He was noted…
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W. H. Harris was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Washington County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and from 1888 to 1889. In 1883, he was reportedly aligned with the Democrats. In…
1923–2006
William Harry Davis Sr. (April 12, 1923 – August 11, 2006) was an American civil rights activist, amateur boxing coach, civic leader, and businessman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He overcame poverty, childhood polio, and racial prejudice to become a…
1940–1996
William Haywood Burns (June 15, 1940 – April 2, 1996) was an American jurist, lawyer, author, professor, civil rights activist, the second dean of the City University of New York Law School (he served from 1987 until 1994) and a Civil Rights Movement leader.
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Walter Kamau Bell (born January 26, 1973) is an American stand-up comic and television host. He hosted the CNN series United Shades of America from 2016 to 2022, and hosted FXX television series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from 2012 to 2013. He is…
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W. L. Mhoon, also known as William L. Mhoon (1879–1950), was an American lawyer and politician in Jackson, Mississippi. He was one of two African American lawyers licensed in the state of Mississippi in the mid-1940s. Mhoon was a black-and-tan member of…
1911–1986
William Lester Banks (April 2, 1911 – November 2, 1986) was an American leader during the Civil Rights Movement. He served as executive director of the Virginia section of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in his native…
1929–2010
William Pete Cunningham (November 7, 1929 – December 21, 2010) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the 107th House district, including constituents in Mecklenburg county. He resigned on December 31, 2007, in his 11th…
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W. T. J. Hayes, sometimes documented as H. T. J. Hayes, was a public official and state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1868 for Halifax County, North Carolina. He was a signatory of North…
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Willie Wilbert Herenton (born April 23, 1940) is an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was elected as the first elected African-American Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was elected to five consecutive terms and abruptly resigned the position…
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Wade Alan Davis II (born July 28, 1977) is an American speaker, activist, writer, educator and former American football player. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Davis grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana and Aurora, Colorado. He played college football at Mesa…
1919–1998
Wade Watts (23 September 1919 – 13 December 1998) was an American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma. He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through…
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Juaquin James Malphurs (born May 31, 1986), known professionally as Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper. He first became known for his 2009 single "O Let's Do It", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 and led him to sign with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records,…
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Walidah Imarisha (Amharic: ወሊዳ ኢማሪሻ) is an American writer, activist, educator and spoken word artist.
1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis colorful, modernist painting depicts women and a young girl walking in front of a long line of others. The figures move out of a shadowy background on the left, towards the light, emanating from the upper right corner. The line appears to be moving…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts two men in matching white shirts and black pants holding a homemade banner. The banner reads "WE'RE WALKING / TO WASHINGTON / TO THE / MILLION MAN MARCH." The men's shirts read "Greater Germantown/ Turn it Over." The…
mid 20th-late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wall mirror from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mirror is rectangular in shape with a dark wooden frame. The frame has an open scroll pediment at the top and a molded frame. The scrolls on the pediment are carved with a web pattern. Between the two…
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Wallace Bernard Jefferson (born July 22, 1963) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2004 until October 1, 2013. In October 2013, he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP as a name partner…
1900–1982
Wallace Van Jackson (May 6, 1900 – December 14, 1982) was an American librarian and civil rights activist. He was the director of several academic libraries over his career and was respected for developing collections that promoted the history of African…
early to mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPersonalized pigskin wallet embossed with Harry T. Moore. This is a brown leather fold over wallet. Inside, it has two pockets in front and two interior pockets. There is also a bill fold running the length of the wallet. The bill fold and the interior…
1909–2002
Wallace Floyd Nelson (27 March 1909 – 23 May 2002) was an American civil rights activist and war tax resister. He spent three and a half years in prison as a conscientious objector during World War II, was on the first of the "Freedom Rides" (then called…
1932–
Walt Carr (born August 26, 1932) is an African-American cartoonist and illustrator known for his political cartoons on the Black perspective. Carr's work has been published in such magazines as Playboy, Ebony, Negro Digest/Black World, Jet, and Players; as…
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Walter Arthur Gordon (October 10, 1894 – April 2, 1976) was the first African American to receive a JD from University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant…
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Walter Blackman (born 1965/1966) is an American politician who serves as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 7th district. He previously served in the legislature from 2019 to 2023 for District 6, and was the first black Republican…
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