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1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ame shopping at a market in Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ame shopping for vegetables at a market in Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1904–1971
Ameal Brooks (June 3, 1907 – November 1971) was an American professional baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams.
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Amedu (left) and Kelobo (right) in front of Iyaban's hut at an Olimi festival, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Ameer Abdullah (born June 13, 1993) is an American professional football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college…
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Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m.
2002–
Ameerah Renata Falzon-Ojo (born 4 February 2002) is a British actress and model best known for her role as Jasmine 'Jas' Salford in the CBBC sitcom, So Awkward and her voice role as Frida on the Netflix animated series, Hilda.
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Amel Eliza Larrieux (née Stowell; born March 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999,…
1914–2002
Amelia Bennett (1914–2002) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is included in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.
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Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson (August 18, 1905 – August 26, 2015) was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. In…
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Amelia King (25 June 1917 – 1995) was a British woman who was refused entry into the Women's Land Army, during World War II, because she was black. This example of racial segregation in the UK was debated in the House of Commons and was covered in…
1958–
Amelia Marshall (born April 2, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Gilly Grant Speakes on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1989 to 1996), Belinda Keefer on the ABC soap opera All My Children, (1996 to 1999), and Liz…
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Amelia Piper (c. 1796–1856) was a former slave and abolitionist, who organized anti-slavery fairs, was a manager of the New Bedford Female Union Society, and was a fundraiser for the abolition of slavery. She and her husband were conductors on the…
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Amelia Louise Tilghman (surname also spelled Tiligman; September 6, 1856 – December 12, 1931) (pronounced "TILL man") was an American pianist, teacher, journalist, and activist, She founded the first African-American journal devoted to music, The Musical…
1902–1987
Amelia Audrey Moore Tucker (1902 – February 9, 1987) was an American politician and minister from the U.S. state of Kentucky. She was the first African-American woman elected to the Kentucky General Assembly, serving in the Kentucky House of…
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Amen R. Brown (born c. 1987) is an American politician. He is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 10th District since 2023. Brown previously represented the 190th District from 2021 to 2022 before redistricting moved him…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Amen Corner" musical annotated manuscript” (Text).
Biography
Joselito "Amen" Santo (born 1965) is a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. He has acted in roles practicing his art in two Hollywood movies, Only the Strong and Kickboxer 4, and created much of the former's fight choreography. He was born…
2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tintype by Rashod Taylor depicting a small portion of an American flag, with only two stars above two white stripes visible in the center. The rest of the tintype field is grey with visible drips and smudges from the wet collodion process. Along the…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA print by Faith Ringgold with a tessellating pattern of red and blue triangles. Each triangle is composed of a word: FREE, ANGELA, or AMERICA in red, blue or grey text. The pattern forms squares reading alternating "Free Angela" and "Free America". In the…
Biography
America Newton (born Dyer Newton; c. 1835 – 1917) was an African-American pioneer who helped to found the former mining town of Julian, California, in the Cuyamaca Mountains east of San Diego, California, U.S.. She was among the earliest female…
1855–1912
America W. Robinson (January 1855 – 23 April 1912) was an American educator. Robinson was in the first graduating class of Fisk University and sang as a contralto with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. She was the first woman to graduate from Fisk University.
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America Waldo Bogle (June 2, 1844 – December 28, 1903) was a pioneer in the Oregon Territory. She and her husband, Richard Arthur Bogle, were among the first Black settlers in Walla Walla, Washington.
2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “American Academy of Diplomacy Awards Ceremony”.
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