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Freda Ayisi (born 21 October 1994) is an English-born Ghanaian footballer and content creator who plays as a midfielder for AFC Wimbledon and the Ghana national team. Ayisi came through the Arsenal academy and won the 2013–14 FA Women's Cup with the club,…
Biography
Fredda Witherspoon (1923 or 1924–1996), formerly Fredda Crawford, was an educator and activist in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also known for her close ties to the community, serving as the president of the Missouri Conference of the NAACP and as vice…
1993–
Olayinka Fredrick Oladotun Ladapo (born 1 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Chesterfield. Ladapo began his senior career at Colchester United, having previously been in the academies at both…
January 27, 2007; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Freddie Owens. He is wearing a dark colored fleece jacket and a stocking cap. The print is inscribed on the back.
Loading image…1947–
Frederick Jerome Stewart (born June 5, 1947), known professionally as Freddie Stone, is an American pastor and musician, known for being a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
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Wilfred Kanu Jr., known by his stage name Freddy Will, is a Sierra Leonean American author, music producer, publisher, recording artist, and philanthropist best known for releasing three consecutive albums with accompanying books. He launched his music…
1917–2001
Freddye Harper Williams (January 9, 1917 – October 10, 2001) was an American newspaper columnist, management analyst, and state legislator in Oklahoma. She served five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She was a Democrat. She represented the…
1917–2007
Freddye Scarborough Henderson (February 18, 1917– January 19, 2007) was an American business woman and travel agent known for pioneering travel agencies geared towards African-Americans. She created the first accredited black-owned travel agency in America…
1939–2006
Frederick Boyd Williams (23 April 1939 – 4 April 2006) was a religious leader of national importance in the United States. As Canon of the Church of the Intercession in Harlem, New York from 1971 to 2005, he led an influential congregation, the first in…
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Frederick Douglas Reese (November 28, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, educator and minister from Selma, Alabama. Known as a member of Selma's "Courageous Eight", Reese was the president of the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL)…
1933–1986
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986) was an African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister from Haynesville, Louisiana. In late 1964 he was a co-founder of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, an armed black self-defense group, in the…
1896–1975
Frederick Douglass Moon (May 4, 1896 – December 16, 1975), also known as F. D. Moon, was an American educator, writer, and community leader. He was the first African American president of the Board of Education of Oklahoma City, and played a major role in…
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Frederick Douglass Patterson (1871 – 1932) was an American entrepreneur, known for running the family business, C.R. Patterson and Sons, and he is the creator of the Patterson-Greenfield automobile of 1915. While in college at Ohio State University, he was…
1872–1943
Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry (August 9, 1872 – October 23, 1943) was an American philanthropist and activist. Perry founded the Colored Big Sister Home for Girls in 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri. With her husband, John E. Perry, she worked to provide…
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Fredrick Lamar McGhee (October 28, 1861 – September 9, 1912) was an African-American criminal defense lawyer and civil rights activist. Born a slave in Mississippi, McGhee would become the first black attorney in Minnesota. Alongside close friend and…
1971, printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a boy standing in front of a coat rack. He is smiling broadly, his arms outstretched, with a coat draped over his right arm and shoulder. The coat rack is almost completely full with various types and styles of coats. The…
Biography
Free Frank McWorter (c. 1777 – September 7, 1854) was an American born into slavery who bought his freedom in Kentucky and in 1836 founded the town of New Philadelphia in Illinois; he was the first African American to plat and register a town, and…
June 20, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single sheet handwritten document of brown ink on blue paper documenting the sworn statement of James W. Simmons attesting that "Elizabeth Only, the negro Woman now in my presence, is the daughter of Rachel Only, a free Woman of Colour, that the said…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Free Union Legacy Preservation Piney Woods Home Video #1” (Video recordings).
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Free Union Legacy Preservation Piney Woods Home Video #2” (Video recordings).
circa 1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Free Union Legacy Preservation Piney Woods Home Videos consist of gatherings of family and friends for holidays and birthday parties, as well as documentation of casual family outings and dance lessons.
1852
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCertificate of Freedom for Joseph Trammell. Handwritten in black ink on white paper, the document is labeled at the top as "No. 1952." The document includes a detailed description of Mr. Trammell. It also includes that his freedom was proven by the oath of…
ca. 1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pieced and appliqued cotton quilt designed and quilted by Jessie Telfair. The quilt consists of bold blue block letters on red squares, arranged to spell the word [FREEDOM] along a horizontal axis, repeated in six rows. Smaller white square blocks…
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Freeman H. M. Murray (September 22, 1859 - February 20, 1950) was an intellectual, civil rights activist, and journalist in Washington D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. He was active in promoting black home-ownership, opposing Jim Crow laws and lynching, and…
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