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Volume (438)

Nov. 1869–Mar. 1870

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.62.2.1
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Volume (44) — Registers of Employees

Apr.-Nov. 1864, Apr. 1865-Jan. 1866, and Feb.-June 1868

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1026, File 3.4.1
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Volume (440)

Sept. 1869–Sept. 1870

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.62.1.1
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Volume (45 ½)

Jan.–May 1869

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, Item 3.9.1.1
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Volume (46) — Registers of Employees

No date

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1026, File 3.4.2
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Volume (48) — Miscellaneous Lists and Memoranda

1865–70

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M799, File 5.3.1
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Volume (48) — Reports of School Supplies

No date

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1026, File 4.3.1
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Volume (63)

Feb.–June 1867

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, Item 3.4.6.1
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Medicine & Health

Von Delany Mizell

1910–1973

Von Delany Mizell (1910–1973) was a medical doctor and Civil Rights activist in South Florida. He was the first child of Isidore and Minnie Mizell, early Black residents of Broward County, Florida. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Morehouse College in…

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Sports & Achievement

Vyron Brown

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Vyron Brown (born c. 1979) is an American college football coach. He is the offensive coordinator for Lincoln Preparatory School, a position he has since 2025. He was the head football coach for Carroll High School in 2007 and Lane College from 2020 to…

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Science & Inventions

W. Arthur Lewis

1915–1991

Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…

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Sports & Achievement

W. C. Gorden

1930–2020

William C. Gorden (June 30, 1930 – October 23, 2020) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Jackson State University from 1976 to 1991, compiling a record of 119–48–5. Gorden joined the Jackson State football…

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Scholarship

W. D. Wright

1936–

Dr. W. D. Wright (born 1936) is a professor emeritus of history at Southern Connecticut State University and the author of seven books on race and racism. He earned a Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo where he was influenced by W. E. B. Du…

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Scholarship

W. E. B. Du Bois

1868–1963

Du Bois transformed the study of race and challenged segregation through scholarship, journalism and international Pan-African organizing.

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Education & Scholarship

W. E. Bennett

Biography

William E. Bennett is a senior scholar with the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. He also has been a senior fellow with the Association of American Colleges and Universities. In recent years, he has served on boards and committees of…

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Education & Scholarship

W. H. Lanier

1855–1929

William Henry Lanier (c. 1855 – 1929), commonly known as W. H. Lanier, was an American academic administrator, and prominent educator in Mississippi during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He served as the 6th president of Alcorn Agricultural…

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Biography & Culture

W. Haywood Burns

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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