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Ira Daneek Miller (born November 6, 1960) is an American politician who served as the Council Member for the 27th district of the New York City Council in Queens. He is a Democrat. Miller was a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus driver for 19…
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Dangerfield F. Newby (c. 1820 – October 17, 1859), was the oldest of John Brown's raiders, and one of the five black raiders. He died during Brown's raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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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…
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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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Daniel Bashiel Warner (April 19, 1815 – December 1, 1880) served as the third president of Liberia from 1864 to 1868. Prior to this, he served as the third Secretary of State in the cabinet of Joseph Jenkins Roberts from 1854 to 1856 and the fifth vice…
1945–
Daniel Brown (born December 25, 1945) is a former city councilman and former acting mayor of the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was the first African American to serve as mayor. Brown was born in Knoxville, where he graduated from Austin High…
1766–1858
Daniel Burrows (October 26, 1766 – January 23, 1858) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows who was a United States representative from New York. He was born at Fort Hill, Connecticut where he pursued…
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Daniel C. Martin was a state legislator in Florida. He represented Alachua County in the Florida State Senate in 1885 and 1887. He lived in the 13th District in Gainesville. A photo of him with other legislators is held in the Florida Archives. He was one…
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Daniel Jay Cameron (born November 22, 1985) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 51st attorney general of Kentucky from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party, Cameron was the first African American and the first Republican…
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Daniel Coker (1780–1846), born Isaac Wright, was an African American of mixed race from Baltimore, Maryland. Born a slave, after he gained his freedom, he became a Methodist minister in 1802. He wrote one of the few pamphlets published in the South that…
1974–
Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974) is a Nigerian-Canadian wrestler. He won Canada's first ever Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics and remains Canada's only male Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.
1908–1990
Daniel L. Burrows (January 23, 1908 – June 3, 1990) was an American politician from New York who was elected to the New York State Assembly between 1939 and 1944. He was African American. A Democrat, he represented Harlem as a committeeman.
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Daniel M. Norton, later Daniel McNorton, (c. 1843 – November 29, 1918) was a doctor and state legislator in Virginia. Norton served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.
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Daniel Arthur Rudd (August 7, 1854—December 3, 1933) was a Black Catholic journalist and early Civil Rights leader. He is known for starting in 1885 what has been called "the first newspaper printed by and for Black Americans", the Ohio Tribune—which he…
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Daniel T. J. Mathews was an African-American teacher, lawyer, and mail agent who served as state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Panola County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. Eric Foner lists him as D.…
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Daniella Carter (born 10 June 1994) is an American activist. She came to prominence as an advocate of transgender rights and a speaker on the issue of youth homelessness. Her work often centres around her personal life story.
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Danielle Susan Allen (born November 3, 1971) is an American classicist and political scientist. She is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is also the former Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at…
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Danielle Wood is an associate professor in the MIT Media Lab, where she directs the research group Space Enabled. Prior to joining MIT, Wood worked as special assistant to Dava Newman at NASA. Wood looks to advance justice using technology created in space.
April 18, 1834
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal, issued by the Free Blacks of Saint Thomas, to commemorate the royal edict passed by Frederick VI on April 18, 1834. The medal is round, and bronze toned. The obverse of the medal is edged with thin a…
April 18, 1834
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal, issued by the Free Blacks of Saint Thomas, to commemorate the royal edict passed by Frederick VI on April 18, 1834. The medal is round, and bronze toned. The obverse of the medal is edged with thin a…
Biography
Danna C. Bell (Nov 17, 1960 - Nov 19, 2024) was an archivist and librarian at the Library of Congress. She served as president of the Society of American Archivists from 2013 to 2014, and served on the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. She was…
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Daniell "Danni" Washington is an American activist, artist, and presenter who campaigns for cleaner, plastic-free oceans. She founded the Big Blue & You, a non-profit organization. Washington presents the STEM-themed TV show Xploration Nature Knows Best,…
Loading image…1941–
Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 7th congressional district since 1997. The district includes much of western Chicago, as well as the Loop. It also encompasses several of…
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Danny Lee Wynter (born 25 May 1982) is a British actor, playwright, and activist. He is best known for playing the lead in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC films Joe's Palace (2007) and Capturing Mary (2007), and also for appearing in Dominic Cooke's 2021 National…
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