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Hameed Sharif "Herukhuti" Williams is an American cultural studies scholar whose work focuses on sex research and education. He is also a systems theorist, culture and interdisciplinary social scientist, journalist and public speaker who has written about…
1981–
Hadiyah-Nicole Green (1981-) is an American medical physicist, known for the development of a method using laser-activated nanoparticles as a potential cancer treatment. She is one of 66 black women to earn a Ph.D. in physics in the United States between…
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Hakeem Muata Oluseyi (born James Edward Plummer Jr.; March 13, 1967) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian.
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Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (October 17, 1864 – April 26, 1901) was an American physician and the first woman to be licensed as a physician in the U.S. state of Alabama.
1907–1985
Hallie Beachem Brooks (1907–1985) was a prominent African-American librarian, educator, and academic who worked to advance literacy and educational opportunities for African-Americans. She was a Professor of Library Science at Atlanta University, published…
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Hallie Quinn Brown (March 15, 1845/1850 - September 16, 1949) was an African-American educator and activist. She moved with her parents (who were formerly enslaved) while relatively young to a farm near Chatham, Ontario, Canada, in 1864 and then to Ohio in…
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Halson Vashon Eagleson Jr. (March 14, 1903 – September 23, 1992) was an American physicist and professor. Eagleson's research focused on acoustics and the behavior of sound.
1941–1995
Hamilton E. Holmes (8 July 1941 – 26 October 1995) was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two Black American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Holmes was also the first Black American student to…
1856–1942
Hamilton Hatter (1856–1942) was an African-American professor at Storer College and the first president of Bluefield State College (originally Bluefield Colored Institute) in Bluefield, West Virginia from 1895 to 1906.
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 15, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D., President Regional Council of Negro Leadership and President of the Negro Medical Association on February 15, 1956 at the Museum of Science, Boston. The reception was sponsored…
1917-1918
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSweetheart gift from World War I. A hand-made adornment that consists of a blue fabric exterior and American flag interior. When folded in half, the gift has a clear front. A white patch has been sewn in the center of the blue fabric and embroidered with…
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Hannah Hodson (born September 10, 1991) is an American actress, journalist, and poet. She played Shameika Wallace in the TNT television film The Ron Clark Story (2006), Camille Hawthorne on the TNT medical drama series Hawthorne (2009–2011), Becca in the…
2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo identical digital images with the title "Harare 2080 - Afro Imaginary Portrait" depicting a futuristic cityscape of Harare, Zimbabwe. One of the images is a Photoshop Document file (.psd) (2021.111.1), while the other (2021.111.2) is a derivative TIFF…
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Hari Rhodes (April 10, 1932 – January 15, 1992) was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning in 1957. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes, and appeared in 66 films and television programs, such as ABC's 1963 TV medical…
1927
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes awarded to James A. Parsons Jr. in 1927. The award medallion is on a gold chain with an Elgin pocket watch and gold penknife at one end. The penknife has a single engraving…
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Harold Amos (September 7, 1918 – February 26, 2003) was an American microbiologist. He taught at Harvard Medical School for nearly fifty years and was the first African American department chair of the school.
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Harold B. Evans (October 31, 1907 - July 28, 1995) was an African American research chemist, one of the few African American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project. While working on the Manhattan Project, he researched radioactive elements and…
1919–1994
Harold Delaney (1919 – August 2, 1994) was a researcher, scholar, educator and collegiate administrative leader in the field of chemistry, known for his work on the Manhattan Project and atomic bomb. Delaney was one of the few African American chemists to…
1922–2006
Harold E. Pierce Jr. Brigadier General (USAF, PANG, ret.) (April 4, 1922 – October 25, 2006) was an American dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon who practiced principally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for over 48 years. He pioneered surgical techniques for…
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Harold L. Martin Sr. (born October 22, 1951) is an American engineer and educator who is Chancelor Emeritus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and former chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. A graduate of North Carolina…
1882–1947
A physician who faced discrimination in British medicine, Moody founded an organization in 1931 that campaigned against racial discrimination across the empire.
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