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Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26, 1991), known professionally as Ari Lennox, is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Washington, D.C. She signed with J. Cole's Dreamville Records, an imprint of Interscope Records as the former label's first female…
2010-10-11
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 27, slide 6.
2010-10-11
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe woman is wearing her grandmother's traditional skirt, made of enset leaves. Original Carousel 27, slide 13.
2010-10-11
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe woman is wearing her grandmother's traditional skirt, made of enset leaves. She poses with her toddler and young children. Original Carousel 27, slide 14.
2010-10-11
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 27, slide 7.
1993–
Aria Dean (born 1993) is an American artist, critic, and curator. Until 2021, Dean served as Curator and Editor of Rhizome. Her writings have appeared in various art publications including Artforum, e-flux, The New Inquiry, Art in America, and Topical Cream.
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Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an American transgender advocate and political strategist based in Houston. Sa'id is a co-founder (along with Janetta Johnson and Honey Mahogany) and former executive director of The Transgender District in San Francisco, and…
Biography
Ariana Brown (born in San Antonio, Texas) is an American spoken word poet. In 2014, she was part of a winning team at the national collegiate poetry slam. Ariana Brown has won the “Best Poet” award twice at the same event.
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Ariana DeBose (; born January 25, 1991) is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In…
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Ariana Washington (born August 27, 1996) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m. She represented the United States in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and earned a gold medal at the 2017 World…
Biography
Ariangela J. Kozik is an American microbiologist, computational biologist, and science communicator. She is the co-founder and vice president of the Black Microbiologists Association and serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular,…
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Arianna Julia Freeman (born 1978) is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
2005–
Arica Himmel (born February 23, 2005) is an American actress, best known for her role as Rainbow "Bow" Johnson in the ABC comedy series, Mixed-ish.
1994–
Ariel Daniel Lassiter Acuña (born 27 September 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Costa Rica national team.
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Ariel Meredith (born July 11, 1986) is an American model who appeared in the 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, she did some part-time modeling starting in 1998 until she finished her schooling.
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Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (March 3, 1863 – July 7, 1904) was an African-American writer, temperance activist, and professor of music at Clark University in Atlanta in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Twentieth Century Negro Literature (1902) noted…
1905–1973
Ariel Williams Holloway (March 3, 1905 –January 3, 1973) was an African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
1983–
Ariell Johnson is a business owner and accountant and is the first African-American to own a comic store on the east coast of the United States.
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Arielle Kayabaga (born 1990 or 1991) is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of London West as a member of Parliament since 2021. She is currently serving as the Deputy House Leader of the Government in the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Biography
Arielle Prepetit is an American actress, dancer and singer. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida and began training in dance at the age of five before beginning acting training when she was 17. She has performed in shows at Walt Disney World and in…
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Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metre hurdles. Until June 2026, he held the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal in the 110…
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Nairobi Aries Spears (born April 3, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor from New Jersey. Spears was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy series Mad TV (1997–2005), appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving…
1967–
Arik Ben Marshall (born February 13, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, and author, best known as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992-93.
1910–1991
Aris T. Allen (December 27, 1910 – February 8, 1991) was an American politician who was the first African-American chair of the Maryland Republican Party and the first to run for a statewide office in Maryland.
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