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BIOGRAPHY
Literature & Journalism

Adrian Matejka

1971–

Adrian Matejka (born 1971) is an American poet and editor. He is the editor-in-chief of Poetry magazine, a position he has held since 2022. He is the author of six poetry collections and the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of…

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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Adrian Piper

1948–

Adrian Margaret Smith Piper (born September 20, 1948) is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher. Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one discipline may experience professional ostracism, otherness, racial passing, and…

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Literature & Journalism

Adrian Walker (journalist)

Dates not recorded

Adrian Walker is an American journalist. He is a metro columnist for The Boston Globe. His column appears in the Metro section of the Globe on Mondays and Fridays.

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Arts & Performance

Adrian Walters

Biography

Adrian Walters is a Canadian actor from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his leading performance in the 2025 film It Comes in Waves, for which he won both the award for Outstanding Lead Performance at the 2025 Reelworld Film Festival, and the ACTRA…

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Arts & Performance

Adriana Alves

1976–

Adriana Alves (born 12 December 1976) is a Brazilian actress and former model. She has mainly played roles in Brazilian telenovelas. She is most well known for her role as Palmira Pinto Feijó in Celebridade, for which she won several awards, including the…

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Journalism

Adriana Diaz

1984–

Adriana Sabrina Diaz (born November 29, 1984) is an American television journalist. Her work has included reporting and presenting for CBS News.

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Literature

Adriana Evans

1974–

Adriana Evans (also known as Adriana Madera; born 1974) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. She was born in San Francisco, the daughter of jazz singer Mary Stallings. Her debut album, entitled Adriana Evans, was released in 1997 and peaked at…

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Literature

Adrianna Freeman

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Adrianna Freeman is an American singer-songwriter who specializes in country music and Americana. She recorded her first album, Either You Do or You Don't, in 2012.

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Journalism

Adrianne Baughns-Wallace

1944–

Adrianne Baughns-Wallace (born in 1944) was a television journalist, the first African-American television anchor in New England, and a member of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.

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Literature

Adrianne Byrd

1970–

Adrianne Janette Byrd (November 23, 1970 – October 30, 2020) was a best-selling African-American author of more than 50 romance novels. Her most widely held book, The Beautiful Ones, is in more than 400 WorldCat libraries.

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Film & Television

Adrien Beard

Biography

Adrien Beard (born 1970 or 1971) is an American voice actor, storyboard artist, producer, and director. He provides the voice of Tolkien (Token) Black in South Park, as well as serving as the art director and lead storyboarder on the series. Beard has won…

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Arts & Performance

Adrienne-Joi Johnson

1963–

Adrienne-Joi Johnson (born January 2, 1963), also known as A. J. Johnson, is an American actress, choreographer, fitness trainer, and life coach. Acting since 1987, Johnson has made many guest appearances on sitcoms, television dramas and music videos; she…

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Literature & Journalism

Adrienne Kennedy

1931–

Adrienne Kennedy (born September 13, 1931) is an American playwright. She is best known for Funnyhouse of a Negro, which premiered in 1964 and won an Obie Award. She won a lifetime Obie as well. In 2018 she was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. In…

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Literature

Adrienne maree brown

1978–

Adrienne Maree Brown, often styled adrienne maree brown (born September 6, 1978), is an American writer, activist and facilitator. From 2006 to 2010, she was executive director of the Ruckus Society. She also co-founded and directed the United States…

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Film & Television

Adrienne McNeil Herndon

1869–1910

Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil Herndon (1869–1910) was an actress, professor, and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. While admittedly an African American to friends and colleagues, she performed with the stage name Anne Du Bignon. She was one of the first African…

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Science & Inventions

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts

Biography

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts is an American electrical engineering and Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. Her research is on novel hybrid materials for optoelectronic and energy devices.

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Adrienne Winston Family Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Adrienne Winston Family Home Movie #1”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref980
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Historical photographs & documents

Adrienne Winston Family Home Movie #2

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Adrienne Winston Family Home Movie #2”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref981
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Adrienne Winston Family Home Movies — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 1990

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The Adrienne Winston Family Home Movies feature children's dance classes and recitals, trips to the beach, fishing, and birthday parties.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref762
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Historical photographs & visual records

Adua Notabili indigeni all'inaugurazione della stele ai Caduti del '96

ca. 1929

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Adua - Notabili indigeni all'inaugurazione della stele ai Caduti del '96." Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamp on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA ET 2013-001-0244
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aduke's Mercedez-Benz, Ilishan- Remo, Nigeria

1983-07-06

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Original text on slide reads, "Aduke's Mercedez-Benz".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0282
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MUSEUM OBJECT
negatives

Adult in Open Casket, Post- Mortem

1948 - 1970s

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Adult in Open Casket, Post- Mortem.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.4.64.B
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Historical photographs & visual records

Adults and children gathered in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “Adults and children gathered in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1877
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Arts & Performance

Adura Onashile

Biography

Adura Onashile is a British actor, playwright, and director. She wrote and directed the 2013 play Expensive Shit and adapted it into a film in 2020.

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