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1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Egungun dance in the street as crowd looks on".
1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Egungun playing with children in the street".
1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Egungun talking with three men".
1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Egungun with children in the street ".
Biography
Eilaf Egap (née Ahmed) is an adjunct assistant professor of Materials Science at Rice University. She works on imaging techniques and biomaterials for early diagnostics and drug delivery. She was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology MLK Visiting Scholar…
Biography
Eileen Gonzales is an American astrophysicist and postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, where her research focuses on exoplanets and brown dwarfs. She is also a co-founder and lead organizer of #BlackInPhysics, a…
1940–
Elayne Arrington (born c. 1940) is an American mathematician and engineer. She was the first African American woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. After earning her Ph.D., she went on to…
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Elbert Frank Cox (5 December 1895 – 28 November 1969) was an American mathematician. He was the first African American to receive a PhD in mathematics, which he earned at Cornell University in 1925.
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Elderly potter rolling prepared clay mix into a ball, which will then be beaten out into a batt, or patty, Ile Malubi, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1929–2021
Eleanor Green Dawley Jones (10 August 1929 - 1 March 2021) was an American mathematician. She was one of the first African-American women to achieve a Ph.D. in mathematics. Jones worked as a consultant for the development of college mathematics…
ca. 1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA console steel guitar consisting of a wood base with two (2) seven-string assemblies attached, the rear mounted higher than the front. There are four (4) steel tube legs that attach to the bottom of the guitar, forming a console. Between the string…
early 1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Electronic Valve Instrument (EVI) consists of a cased control panel and a handheld unit (a). The case and handheld unit cannot be separated from each other. The case housing also serves as a carrying case. The exterior of the case is covered in…
1912–1987
Elgy Sibley Johnson (November 8, 1912 – March 12, 1987) was a mathematician and professor at University of the District of Columbia from the school's foundation in 1976 until his retirement in 1983. Johnson had formerly been the acting president of Federal…
1859–1924
Elijah B. Odom (10 October 1859 – 24 February 1924) was an American physician and businessperson from Hernando, Mississippi. He was born into slavery in 1859. Despite the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, his descendants believe he was…
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Canadian-born inventor Elijah McCoy patented devices that lubricated moving steam-engine parts while machinery remained in operation, improving railway efficiency and safety.
1921–2005
Elinor Powell (1921–2005) was an African-American nurse in World War II who married a German prisoner of war.
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Eliza Anna Grier (1864–1902) was an American physician and the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. state of Georgia.
1909–2009
Eliza Atkins Gleason (born Eliza Valeria Atkins; December 15, 1909 – December 15, 2009) was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1940. In 1941, she established and…
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Elizabeth Gertrude Suggs (December 11, 1876 – January 29, 1908) was a 19th-century American author, born to former slaves. Physically impaired with osteogenesis imperfecta, she was able to gain an education and became known as a temperance lecturer. The…
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Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu (born Elizabeth Mary Furlong; 2 July 1947) is a British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer, and emeritus professor of Nursing at the University of West London. In 1979, Anionwu became the United Kingdom's first…
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Elizabeth Odilile Ofili (born 1956) is a Nigerian-American physician and cardiology researcher. She was the first woman to become president of the Association of Black Cardiologists.
1883–1953
Elizabeth Ross Haynes (July 31, 1883 – October 26, 1953) was an African American social worker, sociologist, and author. She wrote the book Unsung Heroes about African Americans and their achievements.
Loading image…1903–1991
Elizabeth Ann Virgil (April 24, 1903 – June 20, 1991) was an American educator and the first African American to graduate from the University of New Hampshire, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in home economics in 1926. She taught at Black schools…
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Elizabeth Wayne is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Washington. Previously she was an Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and, prior to that, a Postdoc at the Center for…
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