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1933–2026
Harold Paul Freeman (March 2, 1933 – August 11, 2026) was an American physician. He was an authority on race, poverty and cancer. In his work in Harlem, Freeman identified the impact of poverty and cultural barriers on rates of cancer incidence and…
1931–2002
Harold Ralph Lewis, Jr., (7 June 1931 - 25 March 2002) was an American physicist, researcher at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and professor at Dartmouth College. Lewis worked on Project Sherwood and conducted research in nuclear physics and plasma…
1885–1966
Harriet Beecher Stowe Marble (May 2, 1885 – January 12, 1966) was an early African-American woman pharmacist and the first in Kentucky, gaining her degree from Meharry Medical College in 1906. She practiced in pharmacies in several states before…
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Harriett Alleyne Rice (1866–1958) was the first African American to graduate from Wellesley College. During World War I, Dr. Rice served with the Service de Santé, the French Medical Corps.
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Harry Winston Jerome (September 30, 1940 – December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher. He won a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and set a total of seven world records over the course of his career.
1932–2002
Harry Lee Morrison (October 7, 1932 – January 14, 2002) was an American theoretical physicist and the first African American physics faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focused on statistical mechanics within theoretical…
1897–1945
Harry J. "Little" Long (December 28, 1897 – December 8, 1945) was an American college football coach and professor of biology. The brother of Fred T. Long, he was born in Decatur, Illinois and graduated from Decatur High School in 1915. He enrolled at the…
1895–1978
Harvey N. Middleton (February 15, 1895 – March 18, 1978) was an American physician and cardiologist in Indianapolis, Indiana, who is best known for his efforts to open opportunities for black physicians to serve on the staffs of Indianapolis hospitals and…
1923–1979
Harvey Washington Banks (February 7, 1923 – 1979) was a professor of physics and astronomy at Howard University and was the first African American to earn a doctorate specifically in the field of astronomy.
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Hasan Kwame Jeffries (born January 13, 1973) is a history professor and author at Ohio State University. He is the younger brother of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the U.S. House Minority Leader. He is the nephew of Leonard Jeffries, a former political…
c. 1898–1997
A physician who practised in Britain and Ghana, Banda led the movement against the Central African Federation and guided Nyasaland to independence as Malawi in 1964.
1908–2015
Hattie Bessent (March 7, 1908 – October 31, 2015) was an American psychiatric nurse. Perhaps her most significant accomplishments lie in her efforts to recruit members of ethnic minority groups into the field of nursing and provide training and mentorship…
1948–
Hattie Carwell (born July 17, 1948) is an American physicist and former scientist with the United States Department of Energy and the International Atomic Energy Agency. In 1990, she became a program manager for high energy and nuclear programs with the…
1913–1993
Hattie T. Scott Peterson (1913–1993) is believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
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Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the…
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Heidi Milia Anderson is an American academic administrator serving as the president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore since September 2018. Under her leadership, the university has received major funding, with $38 Million in total fundraising in…
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Helen Elaine Lee (born 1959) is the Director of the Program in Women's & Gender Studies and Professor of Fiction Writing in Comparative Media Studies/Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1921–2012
Helen Elizabeth Nash (August 8, 1921 – October 4, 2012) was a pediatrician known for breaking racial and gender barriers in the medical field. She began her career at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital, and later worked at the St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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Helen Octavia Dickens (February 21, 1909 – December 2, 2001) was an American physician, medical and social activist, health equity advocate, researcher, health administrator, and health educator. She was the first African-American woman to be admitted to…
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Helen Thomas is a poet, author and researcher of Sierra Leonean and Irish heritage whose work focuses primarily upon poetry performance, Black British writing, history and culture, and the medical humanities. She is senior co-editor of the Special…
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Helen Fredericka Turner Watson (July 3, 1917 – September 26, 1992) was an American nurse and educator. She was one of the first African American women to receive a commission in the United States Navy, serving as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps from…
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Helene D. Gayle (born August 16, 1955) is an American physician, and academic and non-profit administrator. She was president of Spelman College until 2024. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation's leading community foundations.
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Helio Antonio do Couto Filho, known by his artistic name Hélio de la Peña (born 18 June 1959) is a Brazilian actor, composer, writer, director, engineer, presenter, and comedian. He is a member of the comedy group Casseta & Planeta.
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet, published by the Virginia State Department of Health, called "Help for Midwives," owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The cover is white paper with blue threads, and the interior pages are white. The booklet is printed in black ink throughout…
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