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April N. M. Baskin (formerly McCants-Baskin) is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate for the 63rd district, which comprises most of Buffalo.
1987–
April Bey (born 1987) is a Bahamian American contemporary visual artist and educator. She is known for her mixed media work which creates commentary on contemporary Black female rhetoric.
Biography
April Perry Carson is an American epidemiologist. She is an associate professor of epidemiology and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. Carson is director of the Jackson…
1986–2020
April Dunn (July 6, 1986 – March 28, 2020) was an American disability rights activist. Dunn lived in Louisiana and worked as chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council (LDDC) and for the governor's office. Dunn was best known for helping to…
1967–
April Harris-Holmes (born March 25, 1967) is an American singer and businesswoman from Hawthorne, New Jersey, best known for being in the group Seduction.
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April Denise Jace (née Laune; May 6, 1974 – May 19, 2014) was an American masters track and field athlete who ran in sprinting competitions. She was the 2011 world champion in the women's over-35 4 × 100 meters relay.
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April Kae is an American bassist, singer, songwriter and producer. April was born in Austin, Texas, and works in New York City and Los Angeles.
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April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. In 2023, Ryan joined MSNBC as a political contributor. Formerly, from January 1997 to 2020 Ryan served as a White House correspondent…
1980–
April Sunami is a mixed-media artist based in Columbus, Ohio. Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and private collections across the United States, and in both Ghana and Cuba, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Southern…
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Aprille Joy Ericsson (born April 1, 1963) is an American aerospace engineer who had served as the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology. Ericsson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from…
1870-1913
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA waist apron of lightweight machine-made white cotton. The apron has horizontal pintucks and a fabric hemline ruffle featuring white cutwork embroidery in a scalloped eyelet design. The apron front is gathered onto a fabric waistband with fabric ties.
circa 1910s - 1932
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGApron, blue and white. Made by Elizabeth N. Thomas. 20 x 27 2/8 in.
1965-1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn apron with fruit bowl appliqué made of printed cotton and cotton muslin, it is likely handmade. The apron fastens at the top of the shoulders with a black plastic four leaf clover button on each side. These buttons align with buttonholes on the back…
ca. 1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDiscolored white canvas apron with purple trim and printed iconography of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World. Apron consists of two (2) pieces of canvas, a half-circle overtop a larger square. The half-circle piece features…
Dates not recorded
Aqualtune (fl. 1665-75) was a Kongo princess who was the daughter of an unidentified Manikongo. According to the tradition, she was the mother of Ganga Zumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi. In 1665, Aqualtune led a force of ten thousand Kongo men…
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Aquil Hashim Abdullah (born Aquil ibn Michael X. Shumate; June 20, 1973) is an American rower who was the first African-American male to qualify for the Summer Olympics in the sport of rowing.
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Aquilina Celia Casañas Howell (May 3, 1917 – January 13, 2000) was the first woman to serve as Assistant Superintendent of Leon County Schools, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 1985. Howell is credited as the driving force behind the peaceful…
Biography
Taahira Aquiyla Duff, known by her stage name Aqyila, is a Canadian-Jamaican Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario.
1982–
Abdul Ibrahim West (born September 26, 1982), better known by his stage name AR-Ab (also referred to as King AB), is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a member of OBH (Original Block Hustlaz), a rap group he co-founded with frequent…
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Thomas James Ballester (born September 5, 1987), better known by his ring name AR Fox, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time…
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ara Festival, Itasa and Iganna” (Slides [32056000030563]).
1966-02
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Arab dhow captain leaning on rigging rope], Mombasa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).
1966-02
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Arab dhow captain on deck], Mombasa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Arab dhow coming into Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
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