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1958–
James George Hargreaves (born 14 July 1957), known as George Hargreaves or J. G. Hargreaves, is an English religious minister, community worker, political campaigner, former politician, former music producer, songwriter, TV producer and currently working…
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George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901. He later became a banker in Philadelphia,…
1815
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III silver sugar sifter ladle by Solomon Hougham, London. The ladle’s handle is done in the fiddle style, i.e. shaped like a fiddle, tapering to a slim stem. There is an engraved monogram at the top front of the handle that reads "BMG[?]". There…
ca. 1780
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA set of George III silver sugar tongs from Thomas Wallis II, London. They are a narrow U-shaped piece of metal that terminate in shallow scallop-shell shaped bowls at each end. At the top of the tongs the bend in the metal is a solid plain silver with no…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III silver tea caddy with an oval body with ribbed decoration by Thomas Johnson, London. It has a hinged lid with a three tier-stepped dome. The bottom, widest tier has a wide flat lip that flares slightly upwards. At the top of the oval lid is a…
ca. 1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver coffee pot by Daniel Pontifex, London. It has an oval shaped body with a later narrow curved black wooden handle. The hinged lid is domed with raised fluting around the crown of the dome, radiating outwards from the knob on top…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver cream jug with gilded interior by William Fountain, London. It has an oval shaped body with a silver semi- curved handle. The rim flares outwards slightly and is decorated with the same repeating pattern as the teapot and…
1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver sugar bowl with interior gold wash by William Fountain, London. It has an oval shaped body with two silver semi- curved handle. The rim flares outwards slightly and is decorated with the same repeating pattern as the teapot and…
1795
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA set of George III sterling silver sugar tongs from Joseph Cooper, London. They are a narrow U-shaped piece of metal that terminate in shallow oval-shaped bowls at each end. The outer surface is decorated with a pattern stamped or etched into the silver.…
1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA George III sterling silver teapot by Daniel Pontifex, London. It has an oval shaped body with a large, curved black wood handle later attached with brass rivet. The hinged lid is domed with raised fluting around the crown of the dome, radiating outwards…
Biography
George James Austin Sr. (c. 1881 – August 19, 1930), was an American military officer, educator, and insurance salesman. He was a Black military officer in the United States, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. He worked for Black…
1941–1971
George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, prisoner, and revolutionary. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $71 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1960, Jackson became involved in the Black power…
1934–2008
George James Jr. (January 20, 1927 – September 14, 2008) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University from 1976 to 1983 and Kentucky State University from 1990 to 1991, compiling a career college football…
1750–1820
George Liele (also spelled Lisle or Leile, c. 1750–1820) was an African American and emancipated slave who became the founding pastor of First Bryan Baptist Church and First African Baptist Church, in Savannah, Georgia (USA). He later would become a…
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George Lincoln Blackwell (2 July 1861 – 20 March 1926) was an African American author and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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George Linder was a reverend and state representative in Georgia. He was elected to represent Laurens County in the Georgia House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era but was expelled along with the other elected African Americans. He and other…
1995; printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of George Monroe, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Monroe is depicted seated in a white chair, in quarter profile to the camera. He is wearing a dark colored shirt with a white collar and light colored…
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George Dean Washington Moss III (born September 23, 1982) is an American Christian hip-hop musician and founder of the clothing line Oxen Apparel. He was a member of Christian hip-hop group, UN1ON. His first studio album, All or Nothing, was released via…
1913–2014
George Paul Kornegay (November 23, 1913 – June 3, 2014) was an American folk and outsider artist, and minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, who created a large Christian visionary environment with found objects near Brent, Alabama.
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George Putnam Riley (March 29, 1833 in Boston – October 1, 1905) was an African-American abolitionist in the United States. He was referred to as the "Fred Douglass of Oregon" by the Oregonian newspaper.
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George Raymond Jr. (January 1, 1943 – March 8, 1973) was an African-American civil rights activist, a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, a Freedom Rider, and head of the Congress of Racial Equality in Mississippi in the 1960s. Raymond…
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George Ruffin Bridgeforth (October 5, 1873 – January 30, 1955) was an American farmer and educator. He was the first African American to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst (then Massachusetts Agricultural College), graduating in 1901. He later…
1801–1886
George S. Brown (July 25, 1801 – April 10, 1886) was the first African American pastor in the Troy Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was Vermont's first Black Methodist pastor and the third Black minister overall to serve in the…
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George Charles Scott Jr. (March 23, 1944 – July 28, 2013), nicknamed "Boomer", was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1966 to 1979, most prominently for the Boston Red Sox…
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