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Education & Scholarship

Geraldene Felton

1926–2026

Geraldene Felton (January 31, 1926 – June 20, 2026) was an American academic. She was the Kelting Chair Professor of Nursing at the University of Iowa. Felton died at her home in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 20, 2025, at the age of 100.

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Music

Geraldine Hunt

1945–2022

Geraldine Hunt (née Milligan; February 10, 1945 – October 27, 2022) was an American-Canadian R&B singer best known for the 1980 No. 1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit "Can't Fake the Feeling".

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Literature

Geraldine Lawhorn

1916–2016

Geraldine Jerrie Lawhorn (December 31, 1916 – July 3, 2016) was an American deafblind performer, actress, pianist, and educator. She taught at the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired and was a prominent figure in the deafblind community.…

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Science & Inventions

Geraldine Pittman Woods

1921–1999

Geraldine Pittman Woods (January 29, 1921 – December 27, 1999) was an American science administrator. She is known for her lifelong dedication to community service and for establishing programs that promote minorities in STEM fields, scientific research,…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Gerard, Eric Bazaar Ball, Manhattan, NY, 1998

1998

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A black and white photographic print portrait of Gerard, captured at the Eric Bazaar Ball in Manhattan in 1998, walking the "Labels" category. Gerard appears just to the right of center frame, from the shoulders up. He is wearing a plaid suit jacket over a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.71.24
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Music

Gerard Smith (musician)

1974–2011

Gerard Anthony Smith (September 20, 1974 – April 20, 2011) was an American musician and member of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. He recorded an album of original music as A Rose Parade with Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum and also produced music…

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Civil Rights & Community

Gerlin Bean

1939–2025

Gerlin Bean (10 February 1939 – 2 February 2025) was a Jamaican community worker who was active in the radical feminist and Black nationalist movements in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. Trained as a nurse, she became a dedicated community…

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Sports

Gerrard Buabo

2005–

Gerrard Bantu Buabo (born 24 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Ipswich Town.

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Politics

Gerri Whittington

1931–1993

Geraldine Whittington (September 11, 1931 – January 24, 1993) was the personal executive secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first African-American secretary in the White House. Johnson was famous for working long hours and insisting his…

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Civil Rights

Gertrude Newsome Jackson

1923–2019

Gertrude Newsome Jackson (November 7, 1923 – October 1, 2019) was an American community activist in the Delta communities via the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the Civil Rights Movement. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the…

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Business & Enterprise

Gertrude Pocte Geddes Willis

1878–1970

Gertrude Pocte Geddes Willis (March 9, 1878 – February 20, 1970) founded the Gertrude Geddes Willis Life Insurance Company and Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was one of the first women funeral directors in New Orleans.

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Sports

Ghassimu Sow

1995–

Ghassimu Sow (born 10 April 1995) is a footballer who plays for Carshalton Athletic as a midfielder. Born in Liberia, he has represented England at youth level. Sow began his career with Crystal Palace, spending loan spells with Finnish club FC Honka and…

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Visual Arts

Ghost Series Sirigu, Janie's Apron

2009

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This is an abstract, mixed media work on paper divided into four unique fields of color and pattern. At the left side is a wide vertical strip of exposed cardboard scattered with white paint splatters, small, colorful found objects, and yellow and white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.120
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Sports

Gia Corley

2002–

Gia Cymone Corley (born 20 May 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for German clubs TSG Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, winning…

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Historical photographs & documents

Gia lin [illegible] [photographer] Swan at Dimonds Studio Providence, R.I.

1911

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Cataloged as “Gia lin [illegible] [photographer] Swan at Dimonds Studio Providence, R.I.” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref7
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Biography & Culture

Gia M. Hamilton

1978–

Gia Maisha Hamilton (born July 30, 1978) is an American applied anthropologist who employs methodology to investigate land, labor and cultural production while examining social connectivity within institutions and communities. Hamilton co-founded an…

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Sports & Achievement

Giana Riley

2004–

Giana Alexandria Riley (born April 13, 2004) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Club América. Born in the United States, she has committed to play for the Mexico national team. Riley played college soccer for…

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Sports & Achievement

Giancarlo Stanton

1989–

Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989), known until 2012 as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the…

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Sports

Gianluca Busio

2002–

Gianluca Cristiano Busio ( jahn-LOO-kə BOO-zee-oh; born May 28, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Venezia, which he captains, and the United States national team.

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Sports

Gideon Kodua

2004–

Gideon Nana Kwame Fosu Kodua (born 2 October 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Luton Town.

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Sports

Gifton Noel-Williams

1980–

Gifton Ruben Elisha Noel-Williams (born 21 January 1980) is an English former football player and manager. He played as a striker for Watford, Stoke City and Burnley among other clubs. After a serious knee injury in 1999, he was affected by rheumatoid…

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Business & Enterprise

Gilbert C. Harris

Biography

Gilbert C. Harris (1853 – 1921) was an American businessperson, community leader and wig maker in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as treasurer of the National Negro Business League.

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Biography & Culture

Gilbert E. Patterson

1939–2007

Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22, 1939 – March 20, 2007) was an American Holiness Pentecostal leader and pastor. He served as the founding pastor of the Temple of Deliverance COGIC Cathedral of Bountiful Blessings, one of the largest COGIC churches in…

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