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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Adrian Boafo

1994–

Adrian Asiedu Boafo (born May 10, 1994) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 23rd district in Prince George's County, Maryland, since 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Virginia…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Adrian Fenty

1970–

Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) is an American politician, who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2011. A Washington, D.C. native, Fenty graduated from Oberlin College and Howard University Law School, then served for…

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Biography & Culture

Adrian Harewood

Biography

Adrian Harewood is a Canadian television and radio journalist, and the anchor of CBOT's CBC News: Ottawa at 5/5:30/6 and CBC News: Late Night in Ottawa. An Ottawa native, Harewood attended Ashbury College, a private school in Rockcliffe, where he was…

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Sports & Achievement

Adrian Jones (American football coach)

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Adrian Jones (born January 3, 1974) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Elizabeth City State University a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach for the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability from…

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Sports & Achievement

Adrian Klemm

1977–

Adrian William Klemm (born May 21, 1977) is an American football coach and former offensive tackle who is the offensive line coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He previously served as the offensive line coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. Klemm…

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Science & Inventions

Adrian Land

Biography

Adrian Land is an American microbiologist, educator and a senior manager of affairs at Procter & Gamble as of 2022.

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Adrian Miller

Biography

Adrian Miller is an American author and former attorney and policy analyst. His books have twice won the James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship: Soul Food in 2014 and Black Smoke in 2022. He is also the author of The President's…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Adrian Perkins

1985–

Adrian Perkins (born October 23, 1985) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. Perkins is a graduate of both the United States Military Academy at West Point and Harvard Law School, and is an Army veteran. He ran for the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Adrian Piper

1948–

Adrian Margaret Smith Piper (born September 20, 1948) is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher. Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one discipline may experience professional ostracism, otherness, racial passing, and…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Adrian Wilson

1979–

Adrian Lemar Wilson (born October 12, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). Wilson played college football for the NC State Wolfpack and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the…

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Biography & Culture

Adriel Johnson

1957–2010

Adriel Duland Johnson Sr. (June 22, 1957 – February 12, 2010) was an American biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville whose research focused on areas of cell biology and nutritional physiology. He was one of three faculty…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Adrienne Davis

Biography

Adrienne Davis is an African American legal scholar. She is the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Education & Scholarship

Adrienne Dixson

Biography

Adrienne Denise Dixson is an American educational theorist who heads the department of educational policy studies in the Penn State College of Education.

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Education & Scholarship

Adrienne Johnson

1974–

Adrienne Johnson (born February 5, 1974) is a former professional basketball player who spent eight seasons in the WNBA.

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Scholarship

Adrienne Lash Jones

1935–2018

Adrienne Lash Jones (July 15, 1935 - August 28, 2018) was an American academic of African-American studies. She was a professor at Oberlin College for most of her career.

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Adrienne McNeil Herndon

1869–1910

Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil Herndon (1869–1910) was an actress, professor, and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. While admittedly an African American to friends and colleagues, she performed with the stage name Anne Du Bignon. She was one of the first African…

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Science & Inventions

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts

Biography

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts is an American electrical engineering and Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. Her research is on novel hybrid materials for optoelectronic and energy devices.

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Science & Inventions

Adrienne Williams Scott

Biography

Adrienne Williams Scott is an American ophthalmologist specialized in diabetic retinopathy, epiretinal membranes, and macular degeneration. She is chief of the Wilmer Eye Institute in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland. She is an associate professor of…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement card for a Sunday School Rally in Detroit, Michigan

1947

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An advertisement card for a revival week at The First Church of the Nazarene in Detroit, Michigan. The card features a printed photo of a man wearing a suit jacket and tie at the left center. The rest of the card is printed with text in various sizes and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.13
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement card for S. A. Ashcraft

1910s

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This advertising card is for the missionary and Sunday school teacher S. A. Ashcraft of Newport News, Virginia. The top three quarters of the card features a print of a black-and-white photograph of Ashcraft taken by E. P. Griffith. Printed below the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.23
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Advertisement for book, "Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers" by Marva Collins [post it on the back to Norma from Caroline]

1992

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Cataloged as “Advertisement for book, "Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers" by Marva Collins [post it on the back to Norma from Caroline]” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref115
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the Poro System agency

ca. 1925

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A cardboard sign advertising Annie Malone’s “Poro” System agency. The advertisement is red, white, blue, and yellow. The product name is centered at the top of the sign in a blue rectangular field with white text outlined in light blue that reads, [“PORO”…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.90.4
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Advolly Richmond

1966–

Advolly Xotshiwe Taylor Richmond (born August 1966) is a garden writer, historian and a television presenter, who regularly appears on BBC Gardener's World.

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Aerial Powers

1994–

Aerial Leann Powers (born January 17, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. She was drafted by the…

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