A copy of the Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial and Political, Vol. XII, No. 3595, from Saturday, March 14, 1812.These four (4) pages printed on both sides of a bi-folded sheet. The front and back pages are exclusively advertisements. The interior pages…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.34
Alexandria Jocelyn Holloway (April 15, 1947 – July 18, 2026) was an American music educator, choral director and academic administrator. She spent 35 years at Miami Dade College, arriving in 1976 as a piano and music instructor and rising through the music…
Alexandria Smith is an American mixed-media visual artist based in London and New York City. She is currently the head of painting at the Royal College of Art. Smith was a co-organizer of the collective Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter from 2016…
Printed caption on recto reads: "Alexandrie, Rue Sésostris." Building signage in image reads: "Pierre Agopian; Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Made for Pierre Agopian, Alexandria, Egypt. 87." Postmarked…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UA 2012-001-0223
Alexia Elizabeth McIntosh is a British actress. She is best known for being part of the original cast of the musical SIX in the role of Anne of Cleves, for which she received an Olivier Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a musical…
Alexinia Young Baldwin (February 3, 1925 – January 21, 2017) was an American educator and professor at the University of Connecticut who dedicated her research to the study of underserved gifted children. Baldwin is known for the creation of the Baldwin…
Alexis Baró is a Cuban-born Canadian trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader and educator based in Toronto, Ontario. His work encompasses jazz, Afro-Cuban music, Latin jazz and large-ensemble music. Baró has appeared on more than 200 recordings and has…
Alexis Campbell Starr is an African-American drag queen based in Portland, Oregon. She is a resident cast member at Darcelle XV Showplace and has performed at CC Slaughters and other events and venues. She is active in the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court of…
Alexis Crimes (born June 12, 1986) is an American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On the club level she played for BKS Stal…
Alexis De Veaux (sometimes as Alexis DeVeaux) (born 1948) is an American writer and illustrator. She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Alexis Floyd is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Neff in the Netflix series Inventing Anna (2022) and Dr. Simone Griffith on Grey's Anatomy (2022–present).
Alexis Margaret Herman (July 16, 1947 – April 25, 2025) was an American political figure who served as the 23rd United States Secretary of Labor from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. She was the first Black American to hold the position. She was…
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour (born 1982) is the David Dinkins '56 Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice at Brooklyn Law School. Born in Southern California, Hoag-Fordjour is a first-generation Tanzanian-American (Chagga). She received…
Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992) is an American former singer and actress from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006 at the age of 14. After being eliminated from the show, she…
Alexis Mazurin (April 18, 1978 – October 20, 2005) was a Canadian comedian and radio personality, best known as one of the original hosts of CBC Radio 3. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Mazurin grew up in Penticton, and later studied journalism at…
Alexis McGill Johnson (born August 5, 1972) is an American businesswoman and social justice advocate. She currently serves as the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PFFA) as well as president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action…
Alexis Nikole Nelson (born March 27, 1992) is an American forager, cook, and internet personality. She is professionally known under the usernames alexisnikole on TikTok and BlackForager on Instagram and YouTube. On all platforms, she shares videos about…
Alexis Okeowo is an American journalist and a staff writer at The New Yorker. They are the author of A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa (2017).
Alexis P. Suter (born February 15, 1963) is an American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter, best known for her nomination in the 'Koko Taylor Award' category at the 33rd Blues Music Awards in 2015. She and her backing band have released six albums…
Alexis Pauline Gumbs (born 1982) is an African-American writer, scholar, poet, activist, and educator based in Durham, North Carolina. Gumbs' work focuses on queer women of color and has been described as a “Black feminist love evangelist.” Gumbs describes…
