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Biography
Angela Patton is an activist for at-risk African-American girls and the CEO of Girls For A Change (GFAC), which works to support and empower young girls of color to feel seen, heard, and celebrated.
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Angela Yee (born January 3, 1976) is an American radio personality. She is currently the host of syndicated radio show Way Up. She previously co-hosted the radio show The Breakfast Club from 2010 to 2022.
1958–
Angelique Walker-Smith (born 1958) is an American Baptist minister and ecumenical leader. In September 2022, she was elected as president of the World Council of Churches, representing the North America region. She is ordained in the National Baptist…
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Angelo F. Taylor (born December 29, 1978) is an American track and field athlete, winner of 400-meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal record for the hurdles event is 47.25 seconds. His time puts him in a tie with Félix Sánchez…
1939–2007
Mel "Angie Stardust" Michaels (1939 – October 21, 2007) was an American singer, actress, and drag artist of the 1950s and 1960s and the first black star of New York's Club 82. She was also the manager of Hamburg, Germany's first all-male strip club, Crazy…
1905–2004
Angie Lena Turner King (December 9, 1905 – February 28, 2004) was an American chemist, mathematician, and educator. King was an instructor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State High School, and a professor of chemistry and mathematics at West…
2005
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white baseball cap worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The cap has text screen printed on the front in red, blue, and black reading "ANGOLA / 2005 / LONGTERMER / 2005" around a central image of a man…
1946-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a copper and brass "Angular Medallion" pendant designed and created by Art Smith. At the highest point of the pendant, a wire of copper (left) and a wire of brass (right) are soldered together, forming a loop to accommodate a chain. The copper wire…
ca. 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is the "Angular Pin" designed and created by Art Smith. At the highest point of the pin, a wire of copper (left) and a wire of brass (right) are soldered together. The copper wire is bent three times, under and over the brass wire. The brass piece is…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Angus at Home, Mcc Camp, Afokpella, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
2004 November 13
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnimal skulls hanging from roof of mud home. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 25.
2015
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her mother, Lattina Riley, animating frames for the short film I, Destini. Looking at the camera, Destini holds a pen/stylus to a screen with an image of her in her proper right hand. Her…
Biography
Anique Jordan is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, writer, curator and entrepreneur known for her work in photography, sculpture, and performance. Her artwork challenges historical narratives, reinterpreting the past in order to develop a vision of the…
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Anise Margaret Boyer (1914–2008) was an American dancer and actress known for her work during the Harlem Renaissance. She joined the Cotton Club chorus line when she was a teenager and starred in the 1932 film Harlem is Heaven. She also danced in the duo…
Biography
Anita Brown was the founder of Black Geeks Online, an Internet community in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Brown lived in Washington, DC, for most of her life, and she died on September 8, 2006.
1946–
Anita L. Wills (born September 20, 1946) is an American author, historian, and social advocate known for her contributions to African American genealogy and historical preservation. She is recognized for documenting the lives of free persons of color,…
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Anita Marie Cal (born October 14, 1966) is an American author, screenwriter, film producer, and speaker best known for writing on the TBS family comedies, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.
1898–1981
Ann Cole Lowe (December 14, 1898 – February 25, 1981) was an American fashion designer. Best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Bouvier when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953, she was the first African American to…
1902–2009
Ann Louise Nixon Cooper (January 9, 1902 - December 21, 2009) was an American centenarian best known for being invoked in United States President-elect Barack Obama's November 2008 election speech as someone who had witnessed "the struggle and the…
1921–2015
Ann Shaw (November 21, 1921 – May 5, 2015) was an American social worker and civic leader based in Los Angeles for five decades. Shaw was a leader of the YWCA of the Greater Los Angeles for two terms and the first African American to head the organization…
1861–1945
Anna Bustill Smith (1862 – August 1945) was a cousin of Paul Robeson and member of Philadelphia's prominent Bustill family. A suffragist, who was the first known African-American genealogist in the United States, she also achieved recognition as an…
Biography
Anna Faith Johnson Jones is an American community activist who was the first Black woman to lead a major community foundation.
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Anna Johnson Dupree (November 27, 1891 - February 19, 1977) was a Houston businesswoman and philanthropist. In 1952, she and her husband opened the Eliza Johnson Home for Aged Negros. In addition, they donated money to the Houston College of Negroes.
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Anna Johnson Julian, born Anna Roselle Johnson (November 24, 1903 – July 3, 1994) was the first African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by the University of Pennsylvania (1937), a civic activist, and fourth national president of Delta Sigma…
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