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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 – November 16, 2000) was an American civil rights leader, activist, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician. He was considered a member of famed civil rights activist and Nobel Peace…
1932–2018
Howard Douglas McCurdy (10 December 1932 – 20 February 2018) was a Canadian civil rights activist, politician and university professor. He grew up in Southwestern Ontario before moving to the Windsor, Ontario, area. He did his undergraduate work at what is…
1916–1991
Hubert Arthur Eaton (1916–1991) was an American physician, civil rights activist, and tennis player in North Carolina. The son of a Winston-Salem physician, Eaton attended Johnson C. Smith University on a tennis scholarship after winning the 1933 national…
1906–1980
Hubert Branch Crouch (1906–1980) was an American zoologist and parasitologist. His efforts led to the founding of the National Institute of Science, an organization that supports research and science education at historically Black colleges and…
1909–1974
Hubert Mack Thaxton (20 March 1909 – 3 January 1974) was an American nuclear physicist, mathematician, engineer, and the fourth African American person to earn a PhD in physics in the United States. Thaxton's research focused on proton scattering, which at…
1918–1991
Huey Jefferson Battle (October 31, 1918 – January 23, 1991) was an American economist who was an economics professor and administrator at Langston University and Virginia State University. He was the first African-American in Oklahoma to earn a doctoral…
1932–2010
Hugh Granville Robinson (August 4, 1932 - March 1, 2010) was the first African American general officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. Robinson served as the military aide to President Lyndon B.…
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Hugh Heyne Smythe (August 19, 1913 – June 22, 1977) was an American author, sociologist, diplomat and professor. He was the tenth African-American ambassador and the first to a Middle Eastern country.
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Hugh Mason Browne (1851–1923) was an American educator and civil rights activist who served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth (now the Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) from 1902 to 1913. Browne was born and raised in Washington, D. C., and…
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Hugh Quarshie is a Ghanaian-born British actor. He is known for his long-running role as Ric Griffin on the BBC One medical drama Holby City (2001–20), and for playing Captain Panaka in the Star Wars film Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). He is also…
1915–2010
Hughenna Louise Gauntlett (September 14, 1915 – July 25, 2010) was an American physician born in Costa Rica. She was the first Black woman doctor to hold American Board of Surgery certification.
1889–1983
Hulda Margaret Lyttle Frazier (1889–August 7, 1983) was an American nurse educator and hospital administrator who spent most of her career in Nashville, Tennessee at Meharry Medical College School of Nursing and affiliated Hubbard Hospital. Lyttle…
1867–1918
Hunter C. Haynes (1867 – January 1, 1918) was an American barber, entrepreneur and inventor. He was an innovator of strops to sharpen razor blades, founded a barbershop supply company, and was a film producer and film company founder. His parents had been…
1975-06-07
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Hut protected by medicine. Behind Mayflower School and before river. Saturday".
1900–2002
Hutchins Franklin Inge (April 16, 1900 – March 28, 2002) was an American physician and Democratic Party politician. He was the first African American to serve in the New Jersey Senate.
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Ian Kyle Conyers (born October 28, 1988) is an American politician and businessman who represented the 4th District of Michigan in the Michigan Senate for one term. Conyers sat on the Economic Development & International Investment, Energy & Technology,…
1969–
Ian K. Smith (born July 15, 1969) is an American physician, author and television host best known for hosting The Doctors. In 2007, he launched the 50 Million Pound Challenge, a national weight loss initiative sponsored by CVS Pharmacy and State Farm. He…
Biography
Ibrahim I. Cissé is a Nigerien-American biophysicist. He is currently director of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Previously, Cissé was at the California Institute of Technology as Professor of Physics and the Massachusetts…
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Ida Stephens Owens (September 13, 1939 – February 24, 2020) was an American biochemist known for her work with drug-detoxifying enzymes. She received her Ph.D from Duke University in 1967, making her one of the first two African Americans to receive a…
1997–
Iddris Sandu (born May 7, 1997) is an American and Ghanaian entrepreneur, programmer, and engineer. He is the CEO of Spatial Labs Inc., a hardware software infrastructure company.
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardcover school book by Emma E. Akin titled Ideals and Adventures. The book has a green cloth cover with a black graphic on the cover and black text. The graphic occupies the upper three quarters of the cover. It shows an open book with different figures…
1943-1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLouise Virginia Lomax joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) as a 2nd Lieutenant in March 1943. Upon joining the ANC, Lt. Lomax was issued this identification tag, also called a "dog tag," which listed important identifying information including her name, her…
1973-10-20
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Ifeolu Solaru with medicine man on Main Road through Ilishan. Across the street from her. Saturday 5 PM".
Biography
Ifeoma Ozoma (born 1991 or 1992) is an American public policy specialist and technology industry equity advocate. After two years working on public policy at Pinterest, Ozoma resigned and spoke out about mistreatment and racial discrimination she alleged…
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