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Alfred Richardson (1837?–1872) was a member of the Georgia Assembly in the U.S. State of Georgia and was the first Black representative of Clarke County, alongside Madison Davis. Richardson was born enslaved but was emancipated in 1865. He worked as a…
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Alfred Rush (died May 13, 1876) was a state representative in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era, serving two non-consecutive terms between 1868 and 1876. Rush was one of four men who represented Darlington County, South Carolina, three of whom…
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Alfred S. Barnett (December 27, 1858 – aft. 1905) was an American journalist and civil rights activist in Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois. In Des Moines, Barnett created and ran the newspaper The Weekly Avalanche from 1891 to 1894.
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Alfred Schmitz Shadd (c. 1869 – March 9, 1915) was a Canadian educator, doctor, journalist, and politician. Born into a family of black abolitionists and activists, he is best known for being the first black doctor in the Prairies. He was the owner and…
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Alfred T. B. Hunter (c. 1850-1918) was an African-American politician and farmer from South Carolina. He was enslaved at birth in Laurens County.
1904–1983
Alfreda M. Duster (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago. She is best known as the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells and as the editor of her mother's posthumously…
1923–1992
Alfreda Johnson Webb (born February 21, 1923, in Mobile, Alabama) was a professor of biology and a doctor of veterinary medicine. She was the first Black woman licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the United States.
1944–
Algernon Johnson Cooper, Jr. (born May 30, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Prichard, Alabama. Cooper was one of the first black elected officials in Prichard, and one of the first black mayors in the modern era.
1985–
Ali Alexander (born Ali Abdul-Razaq Akbar; born September 3, 1985) is an American far-right activist, social media personality, and conspiracy theorist. Alexander is an organizer of Stop the Steal, a campaign to promote the conspiracy theory that…
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Ali Duale is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. He represented the riding of Halifax Armdale as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party until 2024.
1906–1983
Alice Allison Dunnigan (April 27, 1906 – May 6, 1983) was an American journalist, civil rights activist and author. Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials, and the first Black female member of the…
1945
Alice Beasley (born 1945) is an African-American quilter and textile artist, and a former journalist and civil rights attorney.
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Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one…
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Alice Green (1939 or 1940 – August 20, 2024) was an American activist and prison reform advocate, living in Albany, New York, who was the Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor in 1998, and its Albany mayoral candidate in 2005. Green founded the…
1870–1949
Alice L. Thompson Waytes (1870 - 1949) a.k.a. "Miss A.L.T. Waytes of Boston" was an African American educator and public speaker who campaigned for Black women's suffrage and the Progressive Party under Theodore Roosevelt.
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Alice Marie Johnson (born May 30, 1955) is an American criminal justice reform advocate and former federal prisoner. She was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a Memphis cocaine trafficking organization and sentenced to life imprisonment. In June…
1923–2024
Alice Mason (October 26, 1923 – January 4, 2024) was an American real estate broker, socialite, and political fundraiser. According to The New York Times she became one of the most powerful real estate brokers in Manhattan and was known as "the person you…
1939–2023
Alice J. Palmer (née Roberts, June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6,…
1879–
Alice Sampson Presto (1879–?) was a suffragist and the first African-American woman to run for office in the state of Washington.
1944–
Walker became the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is a leading voice in literature and activism.
1858–1937
Alice W. Wiley Seay (1858 – November 1937) was an American social worker and founder of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs. She was also involved in charity work through the Dorcas Society and women's clubs. She held leadership roles in many of…
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Alice Woodby McKane (1865– 6 March 1948) was the first woman to work as a medical doctor in Savannah, Georgia. She was not only known as a physician but also as a politician and an author. She and her husband Cornelius McKane contributed an important part…
1967–
Alicia Andrews (born February 1, 1967) is an American politician who served as the chairwoman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party from 2019 to 2025. She was the first African-American to hold the position.
August 6, 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.12.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews. In this interview, Alicia Lara, a Chicana activist from East Los Angeles, discusses her early life; her…
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