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Earnest J. Wilson III (born March 30, 1965) is an American football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and running backs coach for Edward Waters University, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach at Minnesota North…
1943–
Ellease Ebele N. Oseye (formerly known as Ellease Southerland; born 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American poet and author who received the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Poetry. She teaches African Literature at Pace University.
1833–1908
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (October 16, 1833 – November 13, 1908) was United States Ambassador to Haiti from 1869 to 1877. He was the first African American diplomat and the fourth U.S. ambassador to Haiti since the two countries established relations in…
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Ebony Omotola McGee is an American professor of Innovation and Inclusion in the STEM Ecosystem at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education and Department of Mental Health. She holds a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship. Prior to this position, she…
December 1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 52-page Ebony magazine from December 1946. The front cover features a colored photograph of Winifred Mason Chenet modeling her own jewelry against a dark blue background. Captured in profile from the proper left side, Chenet wears a pink collared garment…
August 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from August 1949. On the cover, Lionel Hampton playing a xylophone. Inside, the second of six campus ads with high-achieving African American students. Featured is Mary Lou Usher of Fisk; also appearing are Ervin Williams and…
September 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from September 1949. On the cover, Sugar Ray Robinson strikes a boxing pose while his second wife, Edna Mae Holly, looks on. Inside, the third of six campus ads with high-achieving African American students. Featured is Elizabeth…
November 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from November 1949. On the cover, Lillian Mosely poses with Clark Gable with the headline "Secrets of A Hollywood Maid." Inside, the fifth of six campus ads of high-achieving African American students. Featured is Yvonne Moss of…
December 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from December 1949. On the cover, Walter White with wife Poppy Cannon with the headline "Famous Negroes Who Marries Whites." Inside, the final of six campus ads of high-achieving African American students. Featured are Yolande…
c. 1906
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGColonies Françaises. - GUINÉE FRANÇAISE.; CONAKRY. - Ecole des Garçons.; CARTE POSTALE; Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner à la poste).
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Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor who is best known for reporting with 60 Minutes and CBS News. After graduating from Cheyney State College, Bradley became a teacher and…
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Edward Anthony Cooley (born September 10, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program. Cooley held the same position at Providence College from 2011 to 2023, and Fairfield…
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Edward E. "Ed" Hightower is an American educator and former college basketball referee. Hightower has refereed 12 NCAA Division I Final Fours. He also officiated the 1990 World Championship of Basketball in South America, the European Basketball…
1938–1986
Ed Mock (c.1938–April 25, 1986) was a San Francisco-based dancer, teacher, and choreographer, whose style and teaching influenced future generations of dancers and artists. Most active through the 70s and 80s, Mock founded and ran the West Coast Dance…
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Edwin Marvin Stroud (October 31, 1939 – July 2, 2012) was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he played in the Major Leagues from 1966–1971 for the Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. He was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an…
1933–2016
Edmond Wyche Jr. (June 15, 1933 – February 16, 2016) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard University (1973), Delaware State University (1975–1978), Hampton University (1981–1983), Alabama A&M University…
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Edda L. Fields-Black is an American historian who is Professor of History and Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University. She won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee…
1921–1996
Edward Valentine Bonnemère (February 15, 1921 – March 19, 1996) was an African-American jazz pianist as well as a Catholic church musician, composer and a public school teacher. His "Missa Hodierna" became in 1966 the first Jazz Mass ever used in a…
1960–
Eddie Chambers (born 1960) is a British contemporary art historian, curator and artist. He currently holds the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.
1956–2024
Eddie Cheeba (October 18, 1956 – February 13, 2024) was an American DJ in New York in the 1970s, considered to be the number one club DJ. Eddie, real name Edward Sturgis, was born in New York and grew up in the Douglas Projects of the Bronx where he…
1989–
Eddie Jiles Elder (born February 14, 1989) is an American former professional football defensive back who played for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at the College of San Mateo and Arizona State…
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Edward Nathan George Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former running back who is currently the head coach at Bowling Green State University. He previously served as the head coach of the Tennessee State University from 2021…
1980–
Eddie Paul Jackson Jr. (born December 19, 1980) is an American chef and former football cornerback. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football for Arkansas. He is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma…
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Eddie Jack Jordan Jr. (born October 6, 1952) is an American attorney who served as the district attorney for Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 2003 until his resignation in 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Jordan was the first African American to have…
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