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Alycia Washington (born November 18, 1990) is a former international-level rugby union player for the United States women's national rugby union team. She is currently a commentator for Major League Rugby, a founder and team manager for the XV Foundation,…
1942–2025
Alyne Harris (March 1942 – August 12, 2025) was an African American painter from Gainesville, Florida. She was an artist who draws inspiration from her surroundings and religion.
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Alysa Stanton (born August 2, 1963) is an American Reform rabbi, and the first African American female rabbi. Ordained on June 6, 2009, in August 2009 she began work as a rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom, a small majority-white synagogue in Greenville,…
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Alyscia Cunningham is an author, film director, tactile artist, and photographer who has contributed to the Smithsonian, National Geographic, AOL, and Discovery Channel. She is the founder of Her House Media, a production company dedicated to documentary…
1986–
Alysia Montaño (née Johnson) (born April 23, 1986) is an American middle distance runner. She is a six-time USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800 metres champion (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015). She gained significant publicity for the 2014…
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Alyson Cambridge is an American operatic soprano. In addition to opera, she sings classical song, jazz, American songbook and popular song. In 2003 Cambridge won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, becoming the competition's youngest Grand…
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Alyssa Cole (born August 12, 1982) is an American author of historical, science fiction, mystery, thriller and contemporary romance novels. Her stories include diverse casts of characters with a variety of professions, from Civil War spies to modern day…
2000–
Alyssa Marsh (born 21 December 2000) is a Canadian sprinter. She predominantly competes over 400 metres. She has competed for Canada internationally in the 4 x 400 metres relay.
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Alyssa Paola Thompson (born November 7, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States women's national team. She was named the national Gatorade Player of the Year in…
1949–2023
Alzira Rufino (6 July 1949 – 26 April 2023) was a Brazilian feminist and activist who was associated with the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement. She was the founder of the Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra (Black Women's House of Culture), the…
Biography
Alzo Slade is an American comedian, educator, journalist, photographer, and writer. He currently is an announcer, judge, and scorekeeper on the NPR gameshow Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.
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Ama Agbeze (born 12 November 1982) is a former England netball international. She was captain when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019 she received an for her services to netball.
1942–2023
Aidoo's plays and novels, including The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes, explored gender, tradition and postcolonial identity across West Africa.
Biography
Ama Biney (born 1960s) is a British Ghanaian historian, journalist, political scientist and academic, who for more than 25 years has lectured and taught courses on African and Caribbean history, the History of Black People in Britain, and on international…
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Amarachi "Ama" Pipi (born 26 November 1995) is a British track and field athlete who specializes in sprinting. In 2020, Pipi became the British indoor champion in the 200-meter race. She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European…
c. 1900–1991
Hampâté Bâ devoted his life to recording and defending African oral history, and is remembered for saying that when an elder dies, a library burns.
Biography
Amaire Johnson is an American producer, songwriter, music director, and multi-instrumentalist who primarily collaborates with rapper Big Sean, and is best known for co-writing and producing Big Sean singles "Moves", "Single Again", "Bounce Back", and "One…
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Amaka C. Offiah is a paediatric radiologist known for her expertise in musculoskeletal imaging, particularly in the areas of child abuse and skeletal dysplasias.
Biography
Sally Amaka Okafor is a British actress. She is known for her work in theatre, and her roles in the film Greatest Days (2023) as well as the BBC One series The Responder (2022) and the Netflix series Bodies (2023).
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Amal Fashanu (born 21 August 1988) is a British fashion designer, filmmaker, journalist, and activist against homophobia in sport. She produced Britain's Gay Footballers, a BBC Three documentary. She is the founder and CEO of the Justin Fashanu Foundation,…
1838
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside from the 1838 New York governor election with an anti-Whig party message criticizing the Whig candidates’ platform that included advancing rights for African Americans. The campaign poster features a center illustration of a Black man and a…
1959
Amalia K. Amaki (born Lynda Faye Peek, July 8, 1949) is an African-American artist, art historian, educator, film critic and curator who recently resided in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she was Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph portrait of Amalia Berrio against a blue background. The bust portrait captures Berrio from the shoulders up, her head turned slightly to her proper right as she gazes past the camera. She is wearing a bright yellow top with a matching…
1937–
Amalya Lyle Kearse (born June 11, 1937) is an American lawyer and judge. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, having been appointed to the court in 1979 and assuming senior status in…
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