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1997–
Iddris Sandu (born May 7, 1997) is an American and Ghanaian entrepreneur, programmer, and engineer. He is the CEO of Spatial Labs Inc., a hardware software infrastructure company.
ca. 1820
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round pewter button with "TPORTER" stamped across the middle. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. On the reverse side of the button there are fine concentric circle…
ca. 1820
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round pewter button with "TPORTER" stamped across the middle. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. On the reverse side of the button there is a pronounced concavity…
ca. 1820
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two…
ca. 1820
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric…
1828-1834
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round pewter button with "D BAILLIE / G•GROVE" stamped on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to David Baillie of Golden Grove Plantation, British Guyana. The button has…
1993-10-20
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Ife-Olu Solaru. 8 Ikoregon St.. (Hairdresser- 26 years old and mother of six!). Saturday. 5 PM".
1973-09-27
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Ife-Olu Solaru of Ilishan is doing hairstyles on first day of Balufon festival in Ikenne".
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Iheoma Kennaya Obibi is a British-Nigerian feminist writer, women and human rights activist, and entrepreneur. Obibi established Nigeria's first online intimacy shop, Intimate Pleasure.
Biography
Iman Abuzeid is a Sudanese-American physician and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, a digital nurse hiring platform.
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Ime Archibong (born January 1, 1982) is an American technology business executive. He is the vice president of product management and head of Messenger product at Meta Platforms, and one of the highest-ranking Black executives at Meta. In 2015, he was a…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA softcover copy of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker. The softcover book has an adhesive binding. The book has a purple and white front cover with brown and black type and a purple-and-white headshot of Walker on the front jacket. Walker…
August 14-16, 1908; compiled 1909
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black, rectangular photograph album contains sepia-toned black and white photographs depicting the aftermath of the Springfield Illinois race riot, with hand-drawn illustrations and captions. Gilt lettering on the front of the album reads…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Independent/joint venture” (Text).
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Index to Volume 2 (105)”.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Index to Volume 3 (107)”.
1863
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe front of the coin features a white woman in profile wearing the headdress of a Native American man. Small text follows the circumference of the coin; to the image's left it reads [UNITED STATES] and to the right of the image it reads [OF AMERICA].…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Indigo merchants at a market, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIndoor Photo of a Midwife Standing next to a Woman who is Laying in Bed.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIndoor Portrait of a Midwife Standing at the Bedside of a Pregnant Woman.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIndoor portrait of a midwife standing next to a woman who is laying down in a bed. Next to the midwife is a table with small bottles and supplies and a waiting bassinet. Newspapers are laid out on the floor and there are several pans of water.
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAcetate film negative of two women posed at a bar. To the left, a woman in a checked dress stands behind the bar, holding a glass on the bar. To the right, a woman sits on a bar stool with a jacket draped across her shoulders. She is leaning on the bar and…
1918–2016
Inez Yeargan Kaiser (April 22, 1918 – July 31, 2016) was an American educator, public relations expert, and entrepreneur. She was the first African-American woman to run a public relations company with national clients.
1796
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Information on renting dock space at the seaport marina [Written in Dutch]” (Text).
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