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Donna LaVonne Franklin is an African-American social scientist and author, and a nationally recognized scholar on African American families.
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Donna P. Davis is an American physician who became the first African-American woman to enter the United States Navy as a medical doctor in 1975.
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Donna Richardson Joyner (born November 3, 1962) is an American fitness and aerobics instructor, author and ESPN television sports commentator. Widely known for her series of fitness videos, she was appointed in 2006 by President George W. Bush to serve on…
1966–
Donnell Walton (born November 8, 1966) is an American physicist who works at Corning West Technology Center (CWTC). He studied Physics at North Carolina State University, graduating with a BSc in Physics. He continued his education at the University of…
1928–1995
Doris Hargrett Clack (March 24, 1928 – November 22, 1995) was an African-American librarian and expert on cataloging and classification. She was a professor of library science at Florida State University for 23 years and did extensive scholarly work on the…
1927–2024
Doris "Lucki" Ilda Allen (1927–2024) was an American physical education teacher who joined the US Army in its Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1950. She became a military intelligence specialist and did three tours of duty in Vietnam. For predicting the Tet…
1927–2019
Doris Louise Wethers (December 14, 1927 – January 28, 2019) was an American pediatrician known for her research on sickle-cell disease. Wethers was born in Passaic, New Jersey on December 14, 1927, to William and Lillian (née Wilkinson) Wethers. She…
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Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley (May 25, 1905 – December 17, 1995) was a librarian, bibliographer and curator, who built the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University into a world-class research collection. She was the first African American to…
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Dorothy Celeste Ferebee (née Boulding; October 10, 1898 – September 14, 1980) was an American obstetrician and civil rights activist. Born in a middle-class family in Norfolk, Virginia, Boulding grew up in Boston, where she attended The English High School…
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Dorothy Cowser Yancy (born April 18, 1944) is an American academic, professor, and administrator. Her contributions to academia established her legacy of scholarship among African-American women. During college, Yancy participated in civil rights…
1935–2015
Dorothy Earline Lorraine Hayes (December 1, 1935 – July 31, 2015) was an American graphic designer, sculptor, and educator. She was an early Black graphic designer and the owner of the commercial design studio, "Dorothy's Door" in New York City. She taught…
1943–
Dorothy Evans Holmes (born 1943) is an American psychoanalytic thinker, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. She is known for her work on racial and cultural trauma.
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Dorothy Jean Phillips (née Wingfield) (born July 27, 1945) is an American chemist and 2025 President of the American Chemical Society. She worked on circular dichroism and bioseparation. In 1967, Phillips was the first African-American woman to complete a…
1918–2000
Dorothy Estheryne McFadden Hoover (July 1, 1918 – February 7, 2000) was an American physicist and mathematician. Hoover was a pioneer in the early days of NASA. Originally one of the first black women hired at Langley as a human computer, Hoover would…
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Dorothy Ndedi Monekosso is a British academic. She is a professor of computer science in the School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies and Deputy Dean of Research and Enterprise at Aston University. She researches ambient assisted living (AAL),…
1986–
Oladipo Omishore (born July 17, 1986), known professionally as Dot da Genius, is an American record producer and audio engineer. He first gained recognition for his production on Kid Cudi's 2008 single "Day 'n' Nite"; the two would later form the rock band…
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Douglas M. Wicks is a politician in Mobile County, Alabama. Elected to the Mobile County Commission in 1980, he was the first African American to hold that position since Reconstruction. In 1987 he was found guilty of four counts of extortion of persons…
1893–1965
Dox Thrash (1893–1965) was an African-American artist who was famed as a skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter and as the co-inventor of the Carborundum printmaking process. The subject of his artwork was African American life. He served as a…
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Drew advanced methods for preserving and transporting blood plasma and organized large-scale blood-bank programs during the Second World War.
March 16, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.76.1a, 2011.174.76.1b, 2011.174.76.1c, 2011.174.76.1d, 2011.174.76.1e, 2011.174.76.1f, 2011.174.76.1g, and 2011.174.76.1h, 2011.174.76.1i, and 2011.174.76.1j. Dr. Jack Geiger, (MD, MSciHyg) discusses…
May 25, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson, M. D. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.2.1.1 and 2025.12.2.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.2.1.3,…
1896-1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection documents how she broke boundaries as one of the first African American women physicians to have her own practice. The collection highlights her role as a physician and the great impact she had on the health and…
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Bath pioneered community ophthalmology and invented a laser device and technique that improved cataract surgery.
1973-1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Drying monkey skulls, hands, and feet for medicine, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland” (Negatives (photographic)).
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