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Audra The Rapper is the stage name of Audra M. Green (born c. 1990) is an American rapper, songwriter, and television personality. She is a cast member on the third season of Oxygen Network's hit series 'Sisterhood of Hiphop' executive produced by T.I.…
1934–1992
Lorde's poetry and essays explored race, gender, sexuality and identity, and her work shaped generations of feminist and civil-rights thought.
1929–
Audrey Dear Hesson (born 1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian practical craft artist, mainly working with pottery, sculpture, jewelry and textile. She is a member of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative and was the first black Canadian to…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audu, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audu, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audu Ogofo, Udiegwa, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audu with his son, Anidu, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1911–1998
Augusta Braxton Baker (April 1, 1911 – February 23, 1998) was an American librarian and storyteller. She was known for her contributions to children's literature, especially regarding the portrayal of Black Americans in works for children.
1995; printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Augusta Mann, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Mann is depicted sitting at a table, in profile to the camera. She is wearing a floral print dress and glasses. She is holding a pencil in her proper…
1892–1962
Savage’s sculptures captured Black dignity and pride, and she mentored a generation of young Black artists through the studio and school she founded in Harlem.
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Augustine Imochi during the final day of an Ibake Title ceremony, Azukhala-Experi, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Augustine Imochi, Ibake Title (Final Day), Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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Augustus Granville Dill (November 30, 1882 – March 8, 1956) was an American sociologist, civil rights and labor organizer and activist, musician, member of the NAACP and academic. During his career in academia he made early and major contributions to race…
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Augustus Michael Hodges (pen name B. Square, or B. Square Bluster; 1854–1916), was an American editor, writer, journalist, and political organizer.
1820–1875
Augustus Washington (c. 1820 – June 7, 1875) was an American–Liberian photographer and politician. One of the few African American daguerreotypists whose careers have been documented, Washington was born in New Jersey as a free person of color and in 1853…
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Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (; née Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has appeared in numerous films,…
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Áldima Pereira dos Santos, known artistically as Áurea Martins (born 13 June 1940), is a Brazilian singer.
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Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn are artists who collaborate on creating art video games, most prominently as Tale of Tales. From 2018 to 2024, Harvey was Professor of Games at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
1994–
Aurielle Marie (born 1994) is an American poet and activist. Their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya received the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry.
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Aurin Squire is an African-American playwright, screenwriter, and reporter. He has written numerous plays, while his reporting has appeared in The New Republic, Talking Points Memo, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and ESPN, among other outlets.
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Austin Ardinel Chesterfield "Tom" Clarke, (July 26, 1934 – June 26, 2016), was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and short story writer who was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Among his notable books are novels such as The Polished Hoe (2002), memoirs…
1995–
Austin Crute (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor best known for his roles in the Netflix series Daybreak and the films Booksmart and They/Them.
1910–1996
Austin Hansen (January 28, 1910 – January 23, 1996) was a Black American photographer known for his chronicling of life in Harlem.
1827–
Austin Reed (1823?–?) is the author (as Rob Reed) of The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict, reportedly the first prison memoir by an African American. Born in Rochester, New York State, Reed was apprenticed to a local farmer in 1832. After being…
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