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Biography
Opeyemi Oluwole Sowore is the Nigerian American wife of Omoyele Sowore. She came to public view after several advocacy for Omoyele Sowore to be released after the journalist was rearrested by the Department of State Services on charges of threat to…
1922–2014
Ophelia DeVore (August 12, 1921 – February 28, 2014) was an American businesswoman, publisher, and model. She was the first model of African-American descent in the United States. In 1946, she helped establish the Grace Del Marco Agency, one of the first…
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPaperback copy of “Opportunities in Fashion” with seventy-six (76) pages and a textured cover. The tan cover has black printed text. There are graphics at the top of the front cover of a dress form, needle, and spool of thread. Below this is text which…
September 2009
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFemale Force: Oprah Winfrey, volume 1 from September 2009. The front cover features a graphic illustration of Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey is depicted off center in bust pose against a brown gradient background. She is facing the viewer with her proper left…
2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn interview log for an oral history interview with Frank Wright. It consists of a six-page Microsoft Word document (.docx) with a paraphrased transcription of interview. Text at the top the first page reads [Interview Log (Index)-Franklin I. Wright].…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large orange chiffon bow with a metal barrette clasp at the center back of the bow.
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange plastic comb with a thin handle.
late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange polyester Ebony Fashion Fair smock. The smock has a rounded neckline with long set-in sleeves and flares out creating a tent silhouette. Text is embroidered with brown thread on the proper left side at chest level which reads [Fashion Fair]. The…
1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange striped baseball shirt by Cross Colours. The shirt is made of cotton and has a rounded neckline with three quarter length raglan sleeves. The shirt opens in the center front with a metal zipper, the pull is the outline of a circle. The Cross…
ca. 1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA paper order form for Ku Klux Klan member’s robes. The form is printed on white paper with black ink. Printed at the top of the form is “PLEASE SEND ORDERS TO: / UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA / P.O. Box 411 / PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA 23705.” Six types of robes are…
1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack ink on white paper, a photograph enlargement service order form from Newsflash, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. The black inked, printed on text reads: [NEWS-FLASH [inside a movie film] / INC. / Photographic Department [italicized] / 160 N. LA SALLE…
Dates not recorded
Oree Banks (born c. 1936) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at South Carolina State University from 1965 to 1972 and at West Virginia State University from 1977 to 1983, compiling a career college…
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Orelia Eleta Merchant (born 1971) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She previously served as chief deputy attorney general for state counsel in the…
ca. 1886
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA terracotta colored brick fragment from the Chattahoochee Brick Company. The fragment displays a partial ornamental molded design on one face. The visible portion of the design consists of a nearly complete molded circlular ring, surrounded by two partial…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOrnately decorated gold and glass perfume stand (a) with ornate stopper (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The body of the stand is formed from an oval-shaped metal case attached to a stem and an oval base. The base, stem, and body all feature an ornate…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOrnately decorated gold and glass perfume bottle (a) with ornate stopper (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bottle is made from clear glass in an oval shape that is larger at the top than the bottom. A gold-toned metal cap is placed at the top of the…
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Oronike Odeleye (born 1979/1980) is an American arts consultant and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the co-creator of the #MuteRKelly movement.
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Orrin Cromwell Evans (1902–1971) was a pioneering African-American journalist and comic book publisher. Considered "the first black writer to cover general assignments for a mainstream white newspaper in the United States," he also published All-Negro…
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Oscar William Adams Sr. (October 24, 1882 – May 14, 1946) was a journalist and publisher in the United States. He published the Birmingham Reporter.
2000-10-23
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Otherworld Bank Visa cards and"Hell Passport"".
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Otis Grant Collins (May 2, 1917 – January 1, 1992) was a businessman and politician in Illinois. He was succeeded in office after his death by his wife Earlean Collins. Collins was born in Camden, Mississippi and was an African-American.
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Ouigi Theodore (born 1975 or 1976) is an American fashion designer and stylist known particularly for his menswear label Brooklyn Circus. During the late 2000s and early 2010s he was also known as "The Bearded Man" due to his distinctive facial hair.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Outstanding Bills” (Text).
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOval-shaped mirrored tray with a metal frame from Mae's Millinery Shop. Metal handles are broken off on each end.
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