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ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tall colorful hat with a geometric abstract pattern. The hat is made of one piece of tubular plain weave cotton. A seam runs along the length of the hat at the center back. The top of the crown is folded into five pleats. They are tacked together with…
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George Alexander McGuire (28 March 1866 – 10 November 1934) was the founder of the African Orthodox Church, and a prominent member of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
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George Lee Altman (March 20, 1933 – November 24, 2025) was an American professional baseball outfielder who had a lengthy career in both Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball. A three-time National League (NL) All-Star, he appeared…
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George Arthur Roberts (1 August 1891 – 8 January 1970) was a Trinidadian soldier, firefighter, and community leader in Great Britain. He served in the First World War, where he became known as the "Coconut bomber" and went on to become a firefighter during…
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George Benjamin Murphy Jr. (1906–1986) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, publicist, advertiser, and civil rights leader in Maryland and Washington, D.C. He was born into a prominent Black family which published the Baltimore Afro-American and…
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George Oluwaseun Bello (born January 22, 2002) is a professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK. Born in Nigeria, he has played for the United States national team.
1913–1970
George Henry Bennett (8 July 1913 – 31 August 1970) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Weston-super-Mare RFC, and representative level rugby…
1937–2017
George Bundy Smith (April 7, 1937 – August 5, 2017) was a lawyer and judge in New York State. While he was a law student at Yale University, he participated in the Freedom Ride from Atlanta, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama.
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George Harold Clements (January 26, 1932 – November 25, 2019) was an African-American Catholic priest who in 1981 became the first Catholic priest in the Chicago area to adopt a child. He was also instrumental in the Black Catholic Movement, which sought…
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George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and bandleader. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential…
1956–
George Edward Cumby (born July 5, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, thrice earning…
1939–
George Davis (November 29, 1939), professor emeritus in creative writing at the Newark, New Jersey campus of Rutgers University, is an African American novelist. He is best known for his Vietnam War novel, Coming Home (Random House, 1972), and his creative…
1898–2001
George Dawson (January 19, 1898 – July 5, 2001) was called "America's favorite poster child for literacy" after learning to read at the age of 98. His life story, Life Is So Good, was published in 2000. A Texas middle school was named in his honor in 2002;…
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George Dinning (c. 1857–1930) was an American former slave from Simpson County, Kentucky. In 1897, during self-defense of his home from an armed mob, he shot and killed the son of a wealthy white landowner.
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George Edward Davis (1862–1959) was an American educator, and Black community leader in North Carolina. He served as a professor of natural science at Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) a historically black university, and was involved in…
October 25, 2008; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of George E. Glenn. He is wearing glasses a dark colred jacket over a white shirt and a baseball cap. The patch on his hat says "Purple Heart." The print is inscribed on the back.
1960–
George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016–2017. Clarke's work addresses the…
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George Ethelbert Carter, was the first Canadian-born black judge. George Ethelbert Carter was born in Toronto on August 1, 1921. He was the oldest of 14 children born to John and Louise Carter, who came to Toronto from Barbados just after World War I.…
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George Freeman (born 1938/39) is an American religious leader who is the founder and chaplain of the Universal Life Church Monastery, which is a religious organization known for freely offering ordination to anyone who requests it through the Internet.…
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George Freeman Bragg (January 25, 1863 – March 12, 1940) was a priest, journalist, social activist, and historian. The twelfth African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he worked against racial discrimination and…
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George G. Bloomer is an evangelist, pastor, author, televangelist, speaker and entrepreneur. He is the pastor and founder of Bethel Family Worship Center, a multi-cultural ministry in Durham, North Carolina. Bloomer is also the founder of G.G. Bloomer…
October 25, 2008; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of George Glenn holding a poster of men playing checkers. The print is inscribed on the back.
Dates not recorded
George H. Clower was a state legislator and schoolteacher in Central Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of two African Americans elected from Central Georgia to Georgia's legislature during that period. Clower was a Republican Party…
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George Cardinal Joseph Hall (born 15 July 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Port Vale. He has represented England at under-18 and under-19 levels. Hall joined the Academy of Birmingham City in 2012.
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