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1852–1902
Willis McGlascoe Carter (September 3, 1852 – March 23, 1902) was an African-American educator, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist in Virginia. Born into slavery in Albemarle County, he became principal of the West End School in Staunton, edited…
Biography
Willis Merriwether was a state legislator in Alabama in 1874. He represented Wilcox County, Alabama and lived in Prairie Bluff, Alabama. A newspaper described him as the "noisiest negro in the House" and as "impudent as well as ignorant." In 1875, the…
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Willye F. Clayton Dennis (March 14, 1926 – March 9, 2012) was an American librarian, civil rights activist and Florida state legislator. She was the first African-American Chief of Children's Services for the Jacksonville Public Library System. She was…
1941–
Wilmer Amina Carter (born July 19, 1941) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat.
1925–1999
Wilmont Sweeney (November 19, 1925 - April 24, 1999) was an American attorney, judge and politician - the first black member of Berkeley's city council. Sweeney was born in Austin, Texas on November 19, 1925. After serving in the Army during World War II,…
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Wilson Carey (August 1, 1831 – c. 1905) was a farmer and Reconstruction era politician in North Carolina serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
1819–1887
Wilson Cooke (1819 – 1887) was an American politician, minister, and businessman. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era, serving from 1868 until 1870. A historical marker in Greenville commemorates his…
1925–2018
Wilson Lee Frost (December 27, 1925 – May 5, 2018) was an American politician from Chicago, Illinois. For 20 years (1967–1987), Frost was a member of the Chicago City Council, and for twelve years (1986–1998) he was a member on the Cook County Board of…
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Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is an American politician and former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and…
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Wilson Hicks was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was a Republican and was of the last generation of African-Americans to be elected to state…
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Wilson Camanza Riles Sr. (June 27, 1917 – April 1, 1999) was an American educator and politician from California. He was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.
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Wilson Ruffin Abbott (c. 1801 – 1876) was an American-born Black Canadian and successful businessman and landowner in Toronto, Ontario. He was the father of Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada's first Black physician.
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Winfred Jarrett Dukes (born September 20, 1958) is an American politician from Georgia. Dukes is a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cream colored, upholstered wingback chair from the Rock Rest Tourist home. The chair has a dark wooden frame and is covered in cream colored upholstery with a red, yellow, and blue floral pattern. The flowers are connected by dark green leafy vines. The…
1936–2018
Madikizela-Mandela endured banning, imprisonment and exile while remaining a highly visible figure in resistance to apartheid.
1916–2004
Winson Hudson, born Anger Winson Gates (November 17, 1916, in Galilee, Mississippi – May 1, 2004) was an American civil rights activist.
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a Poor People's Campaign march. The image depicts a crowd of men, women, and children marching outside. Many of them are holding picket signs. The man in the foreground is wearing a brimmed hat, sunglasses, a short sleeve,…
1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet made of black ink on yellowing paper. The front cover features a drawing of a woman and her two children walk through a cemetery littered with grave markers. Text under the drawing reads: [Wives or Widows? / By Katherine Beecher]. The interior…
1934–
Soyinka’s drama, poetry and activism confront tyranny, injustice and the complexities of African societies.
1951; printed 1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mimeograph reproduction of Woman, by Hartwell Yeargans for the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, Art Workshop Folio. Printed in black ink on white paper it is a reproduction of a charcoal drawing that depicts the abstract figure of a woman, seated…
July 4, 1964; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of a woman holding the American Flag during a July 4 march through Chapel Hill.
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a young woman standing at the entrance of one of the yellow tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Framed by the tent flaps of yellow material she gazes directly at the viewer. She is dressed in a blue knit shirt…
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a young woman seated between rows of tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The woman, seated on a wooden folding chair, wears a light colored shirt with long sleeves pushed up, and a light colored and patterned…
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a woman and two young children standing at the entrance of a yellow tent at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. One yellow tent flap is folded back allowing the woman to peek though the opening. She wears a brown dress…
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