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Valerie Montgomery Rice is an American college administrator and physician. She is the president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems…
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Valerie Turner is an American blues guitarist, vocalist, educator, and author. She plays in the Piedmont style of fingerpicking guitar, continuing in the traditions of Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, and Etta Baker. She performs…
1971, printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a young girl student, Valerie Wilson, standing next to a blackboard in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute in Oakland, California. She is wearing a school uniform, including a white button-down blouse, a skirt…
1907–2003
Vallateen Virginia Dudley Abbington (1907 – October 13, 2003) was an African American activist, educator, and social worker. She is known for being the plaintiff in Abbington v. Board of Education of Louisville, where she fought for the equalization of…
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Valorie D. Thomas is an American Africana studies scholar, consultant, and screenwriter. She was the Phebe Estelle Spalding Professor of English and Africana Studies at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
1922–2021
Valree Fletcher Wynn (May 9, 1922 – September 25, 2021) was the first African-American professor at Cameron University from 1966 until her retirement in 1985. Wynn became the first African-American to serve on the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges in…
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Van G. Garrett is an American poet, novelist, teacher, and photographer. Garrett's poetry has appeared in a number of well-known American literary journals, including: African American Review; The Amistad; ChickenBones; Drumvoices Revue; Obsidian III;…
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Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (born September 20, 1968) is an American political analyst, media personality, lawyer, author, serial entrepreneur, and civil rights advocate. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, a CNN host and contributor, and…
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Van Buren Malone (born July 1, 1970) is an American football coach and former professional safety who is the head coach for the Hampton Pirates. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns from 1990 to 1993. He played in the National Football League…
2018–
Savannah McConneaughey, known mononymously as VanVan is an American child rapper and social media personality. She rose to prominence through viral videos posted on TikTok and Instagram, where she performed playful and educational rap songs about everyday…
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Vance Desmond Joseph (born September 20, 1972) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes…
1963–
Vance Odell Lovelace (born August 9, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1988 to 1990 for the California Angels and Seattle Mariners. Lovelace was a southpaw power pitcher from Tampa's Hillsborough High School, the same school…
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Vanessa Elaine Atterbeary (born June 24, 1975) is an American attorney and politician from the Democratic Party who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 13 from 2015 to 2026. She is the Democratic nominee for Howard County…
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Vanessa Catherine Tyson is an American political scientist and politician. She is an associate professor of politics at Scripps College and a political science fellow at Stanford University. Tyson was an unsuccessful candidate for California's 57th State…
1960–
Vanessa Lorraine Echols (born November 8, 1960) is a former television journalist and was the noon and 4pm news anchor at WFTV in Orlando, Florida, until her retirement on May 25, 2022. Echols was born in Auburn, Alabama, attending Auburn High School and…
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Vanessa Olivia Ezenwa is an American ecologist, and is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University. Her research considers the ecology of infectious diseases amongst animal populations. In 2020, she was selected by The Community of…
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Vanessa Grubbs is a nephrologist and a writer based in Oakland, California. She is an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She works at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
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Vanessa Northington Gamble (born 1953) is an American physician, professor, and activist best known for her work as chair of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Legacy Committee in 1996. She is currently the University Professor of Medical Humanities at George…
1930–2022
Vannette William Johnson (May 27, 1930 – May 12, 2022) was an American football and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—known as Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Various Newspaper Clipping: Edward Dugger as High School Track Athlete” (Text).
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Wilson Vashon Eagleson (March 4, 1898 – March 10, 1933) was an American college football coach and professor. He was as the first head football coach at the North Carolina College for Negroes—now known as North Carolina Central University—in Durham, North…
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Lula Vashti Turley Murphy (née Turley; February 1884 – March 17, 1960) was an American educator and community leader, one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta, the historically black sorority.
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Vaughn Martin (born April 18, 1986) is a Jamaican-born Canadian former professional football defensive tackle. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL draft, the first Canadian university football player drafted by an…
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