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Gebre Waddell (born November 28, 1981) is an American entrepreneur, author, and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee, whose work focuses on strategy, technology, and governance in the music industry. His engineering and production credits include…
early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone photograph of an interior view of a barber shop in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana. Four barbers are captured standing ready at their empty chairs. A fourth man stands at the back of the shop holding a whisk broom in his proper right hand. All…
1920s-1930s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone photograph mounted on cardstock depicting an interior view of George's Barber Shop in Alexandria, Louisiana. The image depicts three barbers in white jackets standing behind their chairs and looking towards the camera. Seated in the first…
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Eugene Lavon Banks (born May 15, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Philadelphia.
1932–1981
William Eugene Russell (February 12, 1926 – May 5, 1981), known as Gene Russell, was an American pop, jazz, and soul keyboardist who played acoustic and Fender Rhodes. He is mainly known for founding and releasing albums on Black Jazz Records. Russell was…
1840
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA small, single-sided Spanish-language form titled [COLECTURIA GENERAL.] at the top. The form has been completed by hand in black ink with details relating to the Brazilian ship Convenção, captained by [J.A. da Costa] from [Montevideo]. It is dated 1840…
Biography
George John Scipio Africanus (c. 1763 – 19 May 1834) was a West African former slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham, England.
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George Bonga (August 20, 1802 – 1874) was a fur trader, entrepreneur and interpreter for the U.S. government, who was of Ojibwe and African descent, fluent in French, Ojibwemowin and English. At the age of eighteen, he served as an interpreter for Governor…
1927–2026
George Ellis Johnson (June 16, 1927 – July 6, 2026) was an American businessman. He was a co-founder of Johnson Products Company, a cosmetics company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, which created products such as Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen. In 1971, it…
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George Augustus Elmore (March 31, 1905 – February 25, 1959) was an American businessman and civil rights activist from South Carolina who successfully sued the South Carolina Democratic Party in Elmore v. Rice, 72 F. Supp. 516 (1947), which eliminated the…
1852–1901
George F. Franklin (February 1852 – 1901) was a journalist and civic leader in Omaha, Nebraska, and Denver, Colorado. He owned and published two African-American newspapers, The Enterprise in Omaha, and The Denver Star (formerly The Statesman) in Denver.…
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George Edward Foreman (January 10, 1949 – March 21, 2025) was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and…
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George G. Bloomer is an evangelist, pastor, author, televangelist, speaker and entrepreneur. He is the pastor and founder of Bethel Family Worship Center, a multi-cultural ministry in Durham, North Carolina. Bloomer is also the founder of G.G. Bloomer…
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George Henry Jackson (1847–1925) was a Canadian-born American politician, lawyer, educator, and businessman. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives for Hamilton County, from 1892 to 1893. He was a Republican.
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George H. Starke Jr. was the first Black student admitted to the University of Florida. In 1958, Starke entered the University of Florida's law school after graduating from Morehouse College. He was given police protection during his first semester at the…
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George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901. He later became a banker in Philadelphia,…
1869–1937
George Heriot DeReef (September 5, 1869 – August 14, 1937) was an American lawyer, political candidate, civil rights leader, and businessman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1815
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III silver sugar sifter ladle by Solomon Hougham, London. The ladle’s handle is done in the fiddle style, i.e. shaped like a fiddle, tapering to a slim stem. There is an engraved monogram at the top front of the handle that reads "BMG[?]". There…
ca. 1780
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA set of George III silver sugar tongs from Thomas Wallis II, London. They are a narrow U-shaped piece of metal that terminate in shallow scallop-shell shaped bowls at each end. At the top of the tongs the bend in the metal is a solid plain silver with no…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III silver tea caddy with an oval body with ribbed decoration by Thomas Johnson, London. It has a hinged lid with a three tier-stepped dome. The bottom, widest tier has a wide flat lip that flares slightly upwards. At the top of the oval lid is a…
ca. 1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver coffee pot by Daniel Pontifex, London. It has an oval shaped body with a later narrow curved black wooden handle. The hinged lid is domed with raised fluting around the crown of the dome, radiating outwards from the knob on top…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver cream jug with gilded interior by William Fountain, London. It has an oval shaped body with a silver semi- curved handle. The rim flares outwards slightly and is decorated with the same repeating pattern as the teapot and…
1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver sugar bowl with interior gold wash by William Fountain, London. It has an oval shaped body with two silver semi- curved handle. The rim flares outwards slightly and is decorated with the same repeating pattern as the teapot and…
1795
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA set of George III sterling silver sugar tongs from Joseph Cooper, London. They are a narrow U-shaped piece of metal that terminate in shallow oval-shaped bowls at each end. The outer surface is decorated with a pattern stamped or etched into the silver.…
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