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Cynthia Warrick is the seventh president of Stillman College, a liberal arts college in the West Tuscaloosa area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Before starting a career in higher education, she practiced as a licensed pharmacist. Warrick has two children, Alan…
1930–2015
Cyprian Davis, OSB (born Clarence John Davis; September 9, 1930 – May 18, 2015) was an African-American Benedictine monk, priest, and historian at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. He is known for his work on the history of Black Catholicism.
1920–2015
Cyril Osbourne Byron Sr. (April 15, 1920 – October 20, 2015) was an American Negro league catcher and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War II.
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Cyrus Cassells (born 1957) is an American poet and professor.
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Cyrus Colter (January 8, 1910 – April 15, 2002) was an American author. Trained as a lawyer and during an extended career in public service, he began writing short stories at aged 50. He joined the faculty at Northwestern University in the 1970s and became…
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Cyrus Field Adams (July 18, 1858 – February 18, 1942), was an American civil rights activist, writer, teacher, newspaper manager, and businessman.
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Cyrus Gilbert Wiley (August 13, 1881 – January 3, 1930) served as president of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth from 1921 and until 1926. He succeeded the first president, Richard R. Wright.
1930–2002
Dorothy Antoinette Handy-Miller (1930 – 2002) was an American flautist, music scholar, arts administrator, and writer. She was one of the first black members of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, where she was a flautist from 1966 to 1976, and also performed…
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David Augustus Straker (1842 – February 14, 1908) was a Barbadian teacher, lawyer, and jurist. He won elections to the South Carolina legislature but was denied his seat on multiple occasions.
Biography
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem is an Afrofuturist artist, writer, and educator. She is an adjunct assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism and Low-Residency MFA Program; and founder…
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Dwight "D." or "Doc" Watkins (born February 10) is an author, HBO writer, and professor at The University of Baltimore. Watkins is a professor at the University of Baltimore and New York Times bestselling author from East Baltimore.
1973–
Da Rond Tyrone Stovall (born January 3, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player. Stovall played for the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1998. He currently coaches high school baseball in Webster Groves, Missouri.
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Da'Sean Butler (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is a player enhancement coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for West Virginia…
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Daccubie, Dec. 7, 1985; glass tumbler in situ. BA I Fieldtrip, University of Ghana. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".
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Dahntay Lavall Jones (born December 27, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Rutgers…
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Daina Ramey Berry is an American historian and academic who is the Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She was formerly the associate dean of the graduate school and chair of the history…
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Daisy Elitha Peterson Sweeney (May 7, 1920 – August 11, 2017) was a Canadian classical music and piano teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in Canadian jazz music. Sweeney was born Daisy Peterson in Montreal in 1920. Her…
1882–1925
Daisy Tapley (1882–1925) was a classical singer (Contralto) and vaudeville performer. Born Daisy Robinson in Big Rapids, Michigan, she was raised in Chicago, where she played piano and the organ with music teachers Emil Liebling, Clarence Eddy, and later…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGText on front reads: "66. DAKAR. Ecole Indigène. Edit. A. Albaret - Dakar." Translated postcard caption reads, "66. DAKAR. - Native school.".
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGText on front reads: "112. - DAKAR - Lecture du Coran par un grand Marabout." Translated postcard caption reads, "112. - DAKAR - Marabout reading the Coran.".
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGText on front reads: "DAKAR - Marabout et ses élèves." Translated postcard caption reads, "DAKAR - Marabout and his students.".
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPostcard image of a street, with a gated compound in the foreground and a sign above the gate reads: "Ecole De Medecine De L'Afrique Occidentale Francaise; Hopital Indigene D'Instruction." Text on verso reads: "29 DAKAR - Ecole de Medecine.".
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Dalano Banton ( də-LAH-noh BAN-tən; born November 7, 1999) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and…
1945–
Dale Brockman Davis (born 1945) is an American visual artist, gallerist and educator based in Los Angeles. He was best known for his assemblage sculpture and ceramic work that addresses themes of African American history and music, especially jazz. Along…
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