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1860–1937
Weldy Wilberforce Walker (July 27, 1860 – November 23, 1937), sometimes known as Welday Walker and W. W. Walker, was an American professional baseball player. In 1884, he became the third African American to play Major League Baseball. Walker played at…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a woman in a crowd at a rally in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The woman is smiling and is wearing a sleeveless floral top. She is also wearing a white Welfare Rights pinback button. There is a crowd…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white plastic calling card promoting Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver. The front of the card features Webb's campaing logo, a blue illustration of a shoe with [WEBB '95] on the side. The amount of credit on the card [$10] is printed in blue the upper…
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe book "Wellington Webb: The Man, the Mayor, and the Making of Modern Denver" owned by Wellington Webb. The book is approximately 400 pages and brand new. The front of the dust cover features a color photograph of Wellington Webb standing outdoors at a…
Biography
Wendell Butler Jr. (born 1943/1944) is a former American politician who served as a Republican mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, from 2002 to 2012.
Biography
Wendell L. Byrd is an American politician, businessman, and former accountant who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021.
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Wendell Phillips Dabney (November 4, 1865, in Richmond, Virginia – June 3, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an influential civil rights organizer, author, and musician as well as a newspaper editor and publisher in Cincinnati, Ohio. He wrote various books…
1949–2020
Wendell Goler (July 26, 1949 – March 3, 2020) was the Senior White House and Foreign Affairs correspondent for Fox News Channel, joining the network on its inception in 1996. He retired on December 3, 2014. During his time at the network, he covered…
1958–
Wendy C. Brawley is an American politician. She is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 70th District, serving since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic party.
Biography
Wendy Motion Brathwaite is a Canadian musician, writer and activist from Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted as cowriter with Charles Officer of the screenplay for the 2020 film Akilla's Escape, for which they won the Canadian Screen Award for Best…
1746–1817
Wentworth Cheswill (April 11, 1746 (1746-04-11) – March 8, 1817 (1817-03-08)) was an American assessor, auditor, Justice of the Peace, teacher and Revolutionary War soldier in Newmarket, New Hampshire. From 1768 to his death in 1817, he served in local…
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Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and U.S. Army veteran serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from…
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Wesley Jonell-Cleavon Bell (born November 5, 1974) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district, based in St. Louis, since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served…
1942–2013
Wesley Cornelious McClure (1942 – December 6, 2013) was an American civil rights activist and academic administrator. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, he was one of the "Freshman Four", a group of students at Lane College, who staged a sit-in at a Woolworth's…
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Wesley Parish Hunt (born November 13, 1981) is an American politician and former U.S. Army officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 38th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he placed third in the Republican…
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Wesley Lowery (born 1990) is an American journalist who has worked at American University, CBS News, and The Washington Post. He was a lead on the Post's "Fatal Force" project that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2016. In 2017, he became a…
Biography
Wesley T. Bishop is an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate. Bishop endorsed the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. In 2019, he was charged by the United States District Court for…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPostcard image of an urban street, crowds of people, and horse-drawn vehicles. A European man is in an open carriage on the right. Text on front reads: "203; Afrique Occidentale (Senegal) - DAKAR; Les Ecoles rue de Thiong un jour d'election; M. le…
1999–
Noah Shufutinsky (born 1999), known by the stage name Westside Gravy (formerly Young Gravy), is an African-American Jewish rapper and activist.
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet titled [What are We doing in the Congo?]. The cover features black print on discolored paper. Below the title, is a depiction of a hand labeled [USA BIG BUSINESS] rakes its fingers across a political map of the Congo, taking gold, copper, tin,…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn original hand-drawn sketch by graphic designer Andrea Pippins entitled What Can I Do?. The sketch is made with brown ink on a sheet of white paper. The sketch consists of suggestions for how a person can become involved in social justice done in…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDigital pdf file offered by Andrea Pippins, based on her original hand-drawn sketch titled "What Can I Do?" (2018.51.2). The illustration appears in black on a white background. The sketch consists of suggestions for how a person can become involved in…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA trifold pamphlet made of black print on blue paper. The cover has large black text that reads: [What Is the Bakke Case?]. The interior contains text by Henry Winston describing the details of the Bakke court case. The back of the pamphlet has a tear-away…
2019; printed 2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA red hardcover, Chinese-language edition of What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, written by Stephen A. Schwarzman and owned by General Colin L. Powell. The book is covered by red cloth and features embossed Chinese characters in gold on…
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