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ca. 1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Alice Day in profile from the left with her mouth open, singing at a performance in Hollywood, FL. She is wearing a white headband, large earrings, a white shirt, and a white bracelet.
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Alice Georgina Nana Dearing (born 23 April 1997) is a British swimmer, specialising in open water events. In June 2021, Dearing qualified to represent Great Britain in the 2020 Olympics. Dearing co-founded the Black Swimming Association in 2020.
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Alice Dugged Cary (also known as Alice Dugged Carey; September 1859 – September 25, 1941), was an American educator and librarian.
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Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one…
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Alice Elizabeth McEwen (born July 29, 1870) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, and teacher. She was one of the twenty-three black women working as journalists in the United States prior to 1891.
1978–
Alice Falaiye (born 24 December 1978) is a Canadian long jumper. She has won gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.
Biography
Alice Green (1939 or 1940 – August 20, 2024) was an American activist and prison reform advocate, living in Albany, New York, who was the Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor in 1998, and its Albany mayoral candidate in 2005. Green founded the…
1895–1920
Alice H. Parker (1895 – 1920) was an African American inventor who was active in the early 1900s. She is known for her patent for a heating furnace using natural gas.
1923–2024
Alice Holloway Young (September 29, 1923 – April 30, 2024) was an American pioneer in education who served as a teacher, advocate, and administrator in Rochester, New York, from the 1950s until the 2020s. Young was one of the Rochester City School…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alice, Imiamune, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alice, Imiede mi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alice, Iyeluwa, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1870–1949
Alice L. Thompson Waytes (1870 - 1949) a.k.a. "Miss A.L.T. Waytes of Boston" was an African American educator and public speaker who campaigned for Black women's suffrage and the Progressive Party under Theodore Roosevelt.
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Alice Leslie Carter was an American classic female blues singer, active as a recording artist in the early 1920s. Her best-known tracks are "Decatur Street Blues" and "Aunt Hagar's Children Blues". She was a contemporary of the better-known recording…
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Alice Marie Johnson (born May 30, 1955) is an American criminal justice reform advocate and former federal prisoner. She was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a Memphis cocaine trafficking organization and sentenced to life imprisonment. In June…
1923–2024
Alice Mason (October 26, 1923 – January 4, 2024) was an American real estate broker, socialite, and political fundraiser. According to The New York Times she became one of the most powerful real estate brokers in Manhattan and was known as "the person you…
Born 1888
Alice Porter Murray ( February 22, 1888 – July 14, 1957) was one of seven sophomore founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by African-American women, on January 15, 1908.
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPaperback exhibition catalog for “Alice Neel: The Woman and Her Work.” The orange cover has large brown printed text at the center top which reads [ALICE NEEL]. There are some silver paint flecks on the cover and a small liquid stain. Brown text on the…
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Alice of Dunk's Ferry (died 1802) was an African-American slave, toll collector, and centenarian who was "one of Black America's early oral historians".
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alice, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1939–2023
Alice J. Palmer (née Roberts, June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6,…
1948–
Alice Patrick (born 1948) is an American muralist and sculptor. Her murals are recognized by the City of Los Angeles as the first painted within the city by an African-American woman.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alice Pearl Summerscales [photographer] Sharknberg and Robinson Pawtucket, R.I.” (Photographs).
1940–
Alice Gail Pollard Clark (born February 12, 1940) is a retired American judge from Maryland. In 1997, she became the first African-American woman to serve as district judge for Howard County, Maryland.
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