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Aesha Ash (born December 30, 1977) is an American ballet dancer and teacher. She danced numerous leading roles as a member of New York City Ballet's corps de ballet and as a soloist with Béjart Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Morphoses/The…
c. 1456–1543
Afonso adopted Christianity, corresponded directly with European monarchs and worked to reform his kingdom’s administration and education.
1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA light purple pamphlet with symbols of buildings along the right side of the cover. The pamphlet is titled “African-American Women Heritage Series: Educational Administrators, Biographical Sketches of Twenty-Five Achievers in the Field of Educational…
2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA blue pamphlet with a caduceus along the right side titled” African-American Women Heritage Series: Physicians, Biographical Sketches of Twenty-One Achievers in the Field of Medicine” published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA blue pamphlet with a caduceus along the right side titled” African-American Women Heritage Series: Physicians, Biographical Sketches of Twenty-One Achievers in the Field of Medicine” published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
March 26, 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it. Moderated by Professor Maureen Ellis Davis, the program features a…
February 21, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it. The…
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Surgeon-Major James Africanus Beale Horton (c. 1835 – c. 1883) was a British Army officer, surgeon, writer and banker. Born in Gloucester, Sierra Leone into an Igbo family who were liberated from enslavement by the Royal Navy, he began attending the Sierra…
1981-1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBooklet compiled by the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for prospective students interested in this field of study during the 1981-1982 academic year.
1957–
Afua Ava Pamela Cooper (born 8 November 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. As a historian, "she has taught Caribbean cultural studies, history, women's studies and Black studies at Ryerson and York universities, at the University of Toronto and…
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Afua Hirsch FRSL (born 1981) is a British writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for The Guardian newspaper, and was the Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News from 2014 until 2017. She is the author of the 2018 book Brit(ish): On…
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Agenia Walker Clark is an American academic administrator serving as the president of Fisk University since 2023. She previously served as the chief executive officer for the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee for 19 years.
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Aggrey Washington Burke FRCPsych (13 May 1943 – 21 December 2025) was a Jamaican-born British psychiatrist and academic, who spent the majority of his medical career at St George's Hospital in London, England, specialising in transcultural psychiatry and…
1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA poster titled Agreey of Africa commemorating the Ghanian educator and leader J.E. Kewgyir Aggrey. The poster features an illustrated, bust-length portrait of Aggrey by Richmond Barthé. Aggrey is pictured smiling in a light-colored suit and tie. The title…
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Agnes Yewande Savage (21 February 1906 – 7 September 1964) was a Nigerian–Scottish medical doctor and the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine. Savage was the first West African woman to receive a university degree in…
1983–
Ahmaad Smith (born February 28, 1983) is an American football coach and former defensive back who played one season with the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He is the quality control coordinator for Rice University, a position he has…
1934–2010
Ahmad Alaadeen (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 2010) was an American jazz saxophonist and educator whose career spanned over six decades.
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Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the…
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Ahman Rashad Green (; born February 16, 1977) is an American former professional football running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning second-team All-American…
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Florence Ai Ogawa (born Florence Anthony; October 21, 1947 – March 20, 2010) was an American poet and educator who won the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry for Vice: New and Selected Poems. Ai is known for her mastery of the dramatic monologue as a…
1926–2017
Aileen Hernandez (née Clarke; May 23, 1926 – February 13, 2017) was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 and 1971, and…
Biography
Aimee Meredith Cox is an American cultural anthropologist, former dancer, and choreographer. Her research interests include feminism, social justice, and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. She is currently associate professor of…
Biography
Aimy Shantel La'Nae Steele (born 1978 or 1979) is an American businesswoman, nonprofit executive, and former educator who is the founder and CEO of the New North Carolina Project. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a candidate for the North Carolina…
1937; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn eight-page booklet of printed sheet music, black ink on off-white paper, for "Ain'a That Good News" by William L. Dawson and printed by the music press of Tuskegee Institute as part of the Tuskegee Choir Series. The first, or cover page, features a…
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