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1993–
Edem Mortotsi (born 16 April 1993) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who serves as the head fitness coach for Tanzanian club Young Africans.
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Éder Gabriel Militão Pinheiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛdeʁ miliˈtɐ̃w̃]; born 18 January 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. Militão began his career at São…
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Edgar Wooded Wesley (May 2, 1891 – July 12, 1966) was an American Negro league baseball first baseman from 1917 to 1927. He played most of his career with the Detroit Stars of the first Negro National League (NNL). Wesley was born in 1891 in Waco, Texas.…
1787–1854
Edith Hern Fossett (1787–1854) was an African American chef who for much of her life was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson before being freed. Three generations of her family, the Herns, worked in Jefferson's fields, performed domestic and leadership duties,…
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Edler Garnet Hawkins (1908–1977) was a Presbyterian minister from New York City. He is known for his ecumenical work and for being the first African American to serve as Moderator of the General Assembly for the United Presbyterian Church in the United…
1942–2010
Edna Viola Bynoe (1942 - 2010) was a community activist in Boston, MA. Bynoe was born in Roxbury and lived in the Orchard Park housing development. Bynoe revitalized the housing development, advocating for a neighborhood park and Orchard Hill Elementary…
1916–2006
Edna Regina Lewis (April 13, 1916 – February 13, 2006) was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as…
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Edna Mae Robinson (September 4, 1915 – May 2, 2002) was an American dancer, actress, and activist. She was a dancer at the Cotton Club and toured Europe with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She later became a public figure when she married the boxer Sugar…
1924–2010
Edsel Albert Ammons (February 17, 1924 – December 24, 2010) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1976.
Biography
Edward Breathitte Sellers is the first known college graduate of color of Wheaton College and one of the first African American graduates in the state of Illinois. Edward Breathitte Sellers was said to have been born in Mississippi around 1842. Born and…
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Edward Craig Mazique (1911–1987) was a pioneer in the medical community especially among African Americans. Edward Craig Mazique was a native of Natchez, Miss. He graduated from Natchez College before leaving Mississippi to pursue an undergraduate degree…
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Edward Dugger (June 6, 1894 – March 5, 1939) was a military commander and prominent African American citizen in Medford, Massachusetts. During his career, he served in World War I, commanded Company K of the 372nd Infantry Regiment ultimately rising to the…
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Edward Kobina Enninful (born 22 February 1972) is a Ghanaian-born British editor and stylist who was editor-in-chief of British Vogue and European editorial director of Condé Nast. He was appointed fashion director of the British fashion magazine i-D at…
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Edward McKnight Brawley (March 18, 1851 – January 13, 1923) was an American educator and minister in North Carolina and South Carolina. He was the first African American to attend Bucknell University. He was an important figure in the development of the…
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Edward Mitchell Bannister (November 2, 1828 – January 9, 1901) was a Canadian–American oil painter of the American Barbizon School. Born in colonial New Brunswick, he spent his adult life in New England in the United States. There, along with his wife…
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Edward S. Porter (October 19, 1848 – June 13, 1902) was a physician in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a physician for the Louisville city sanitary force, the Orphan's home, at the nearby insane asylum, and at Simmons College of Kentucky.
July 18, 2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of 2016.129.6.1a and 2016.129.6.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording. Edward Taylor was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Taylor donated a photograph of…
1869–1957
Edward Thomas Demby (February 13, 1869 – April 14, 1957) was an American bishop and author. Ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States and later a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Arkansas and the Southwest, Demby worked against…
1919–2015
Edward Alfred Thomas (September 23, 1919 – August 10, 2015) was one of the first African Americans to work as a police officer for the Houston Police Department. He was born on September 23, 1919, in Keatchi, Louisiana, to Edward and Dora Thomas, a…
1872–1946
Edward Walton Pearson, Sr. (January 25, 1872 – July 4, 1946) was an African-American entrepreneur, Buffalo Soldier and Spanish–American War veteran, civil rights leader and pioneering sports enthusiast. He moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in 1906, where…
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Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [edˈwidʒ dãtiˈka]; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club…
2004–
Edwin Olamide Agbaje (born 25 January 2004) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for League of Ireland Premier Division club Drogheda United.
1850–1918
Edwin Archer Randolph (c. 1850- unknown) was an African-American lawyer, politician, and journalist from Virginia. In 1880, Randolph became the first African-American to graduate from Yale Law School. In July 1880, Randolph was the first African-American…
2002–
Edwin Edogbo (born 21 December 2002) is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Munster. His younger brother Sean Edogbo also plays for Munster and has represented Ireland at under 20 level and on the Emerging…
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