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1979–
Ali James (born 11 October 1979 in Rugby, Warwickshire) is a sports physiotherapist and former English rugby union footballer.
1999–
Abd-Al-Ali Morakinyo Olaposi Koiki (born 22 August 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back.
1962–
Ali LeRoi is an American television producer, director, writer and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the Chris Rock semi-autobiographical sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, for which he won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy…
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Ali-Ollie Woodson (born Ollie Creggett; September 12, 1951 – May 30, 2010) was an American R&B singer, musician, songwriter, keyboardist, drummer, and occasional actor best known for his twelve years with the Temptations alongside Otis Williams. He also…
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums…
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Siddiq Nassir Abdullah Ali (born October 17, 1973), known professionally as Ali Siddiq, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and former radio personality based in Houston, Texas. He debuted his comedy album in 2010, his half-hour television special in…
February 15, 1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA motion picture film of the first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks for the Heavy Weight Championship of the World 1978. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film shows footage of the fight which took…
November 22, 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Muhammad Ali fighting Floyd Patterson in 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The image shows Ali landing a left handed punch, while Patterson has both arms up to block the hit. Ali stands to the left of the photograph, Patterson to the right. The two…
February 6, 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Muhammad Ali being weighed at center ring prior to his match again Ernie Terrell in 1967 at the Houston Astrodome. Ali stands on the scale wearing his shorts and no shoes. Next to the scale there is a microphone stand filled with microphones.…
February 6, 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Muhammad Ali fighting Ernie Terrell in 1967 at the Houston Astrodome. The close-up image shows Ali landing a left handed punch, while Terrell in crouch position, has both arms up to block the hit. Ali stands to the left of the photograph,…
February 6, 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Muhammad Ali versus Ernie Terrell at the Houston Astrodome in 1967. The image shows Ali standing at the far side corner of the ring resting his arms on the ropes facing the nearside corner. In the nearside corner, Terrell sits on a stool while…
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Alia Armstrong (born 28 December 2000) is an American hurdler. She won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2026 USA Championships and the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 USA Indoor Championships. She had a fourth place finish representing the United States in the…
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Alice A. Tolliver Casneau (died 1953), known professionally as Mrs. A. A. Casneau, was an American dressmaker and clubwoman based in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
1906–1983
Alice Allison Dunnigan (April 27, 1906 – May 6, 1983) was an American journalist, civil rights activist and author. Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials, and the first Black female member of the…
1995; printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Alice Andrews, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. She is depicted sitting on a bench in front of an upright piano, facing the camera with her back to the piano. Her proper right arm is resting on the…
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Alice Burton Russell (June 30, 1889 – January 1, 1985) was an African-American actress, producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux. She appeared in several films directed by her husband.
1892–1916
Ball devised an injectable method for extracting chaulmoogra oil that became the leading leprosy treatment for decades, though she died before receiving full credit for the discovery.
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Alice Mary Barker (July 30, 1912 – April 6, 2016), sometimes known by her stage nickname, Chicken Little, was an African American chorus line dancer active during the Harlem Renaissance.
1945
Alice Beasley (born 1945) is an African-American quilter and textile artist, and a former journalist and civil rights attorney.
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Alice Regina Brown (born September 20, 1960) is a retired American sprinter. Competing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics she won two relay gold medals and an individual silver medal. She attended John Muir High School (Pasadena, California) and California…
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Alice Gabrielle Affonso Carvalho (Natal, 15 June 1996) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, and singer. Most known for portraying Dinorah in Prime Video's Brazilian drama series New Bandits (2023).
1916–1994
Alice Childress (October 12, 1916 – August 14, 1994) was an American novelist, playwright, and actress, acknowledged as "the only African-American woman to have written, produced, and published plays for four decades." Childress described her work as…
1923–2014
Coachman won the high jump at the 1948 London Olympics, opening doors for generations of Black women in track and field.
Loading image…1937–2007
Alice Lucille Coltrane (née McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda (IAST: Svāminī Turīyasaṅgītānanda) or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader. An…
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