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Dale Gilbert Caldwell (born July 6, 1960) is an American academic administrator and author who served as the fourth lieutenant governor and 35th secretary of state of New Jersey from January to September 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, Caldwell was…
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Dale Ricardo Shields is an African American actor, director, producer, and educator. He is one of ten teachers nationwide who received the 2017 The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. Dale also received the 2017 AUDELCO / "VIV"…
1982–
Dallas Leon Baker (born November 10, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, and…
1965–
Dallis Kevin Smith (born July 31, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Valdosta State Blazers. After not being selected…
Biography
DaMaris B. Hill is an American writer, scholar, and educator. She is the author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood, A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland,…
1974–
Dameyune Vashon Craig (born April 19, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He is the wide receivers coach for Georgia State University, a position he has held since 2024. He was most recently the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M…
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Damien Berry (born October 21, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, leading the team in rushing and earning second-team…
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Damien Fair is a behavioral neuroscientist, professor at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. In 2020, he was selected for the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2013, he received the Presidential Early…
1970–
Damon M. Evans is the athletics director at the Southern Methodist University. Previously, Evans had served as the interim and then permanent athletic director at the University of Maryland from 2017 until 2025. After graduating from Gainesville High…
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Damon Lamon Stoudamire (born September 3, 1973) is an American college basketball coach and former player, who currently is an assistant coach for LSU. He also was the head coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference,…
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Damon Wilson is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Wilson was previously the head football coach at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland for 12 years, from 2009 through May 2022.…
1977–
Damu Cherry-Mitchell (born November 29, 1977, in Tampa, Florida) is an American hurdler. Her personal best time is 12.44 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Lausanne. Cherry-Mitchell competed for the University of South Florida in college.
1939–2017
Dan Concholar (May 23, 1939 – February 1, 2017) was an American painter and arts organizer. Educated under Charles White at the Otis Art Institute, he was active in the Los Angeles scene in the 1970s and in New York City in the 1980s. His work was included…
1950–2001
Danny Clarence "Dan" McIntyre (1950 – February 19, 2001) was chair of the Board of Governors of Toronto Metropolitan University, a former race relations commissioner for Ontario and a longtime human rights activist. McIntyre was born in Saint John, New…
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Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 Hong Kong…
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Dana A. Williams is a scholar of African-American literature and university administrator. She is professor of the English at Howard University and the former chair of that department, following Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor.
1967–
Dana Johnson (born 1967) is an American writer and Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. Honors include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and being named a nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her writing has…
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Dana Mohler-Faria was the eleventh president of Bridgewater State University serving from 2002 until his retirement in 2015, and a member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He was formerly the Special Advisor for Education to…
1970–
Dana William Stubblefield (born November 14, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks.
1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dance card from the 1924 University of Illinois Senior Ball, which featured live music from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. The dance card is a small, printed paper booklet strung on a silk cord loop with front and back covers composed of thin wood. Both…
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Dandara Tonantzin Silva Castro (born 23 January 1994) is a Brazilian teacher, activist, and politician, affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT). She is currently a federal deputy from Minas Gerais, having assumed office in 2023.
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Danieli Christovão Balbi, better known as Dani Balbi (born 1989), is a Brazilian university professor, screenwriter, and politician representing the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). She was elected state deputy for Rio de Janeiro state in the 2022…
Biography
Daniel Y. Abebe is an American lawyer, law professor, and the 16th dean of Columbia Law School. Abebe joined Columbia Law School on August 1, 2024, as Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. His research centers on the relationship between the…
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Daniel Alexander Payne Murray (1852–1925) was an American bibliographer, author, politician, and historian. He also worked as an assistant librarian at the Library of Congress. He compiled information and wrote about African Americans.
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