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Patrick Henry Chappelle (January 7, 1869 – October 21, 1911), was an American theatre owner and entrepreneur, who established and ran The Rabbit's Foot Company, a leading traveling vaudeville show in the first part of the twentieth century. He became known…
1939–1999
Pat Walker (February 18, 1939 – 1999) was a lesbian activist, poet, and businesswoman, best known for her involvement in the Daughters of Bilitis. She served as the president of the San Francisco chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis and helped create the…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA plastic identification card for the Medical College of Virginia. The card is off-white with green writing and green leaf embossing. The card reads "MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA / RICHMOND, VIRGINIA / PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CARD / PRESENT THIS CARD FOR…
1948–
Patricia Ann Singletary is an American pastor, educator, author, and community organizer. She is the founder of Adoni Economic Enterprises, Inc. In 2002, she became the first female minister of Elmendorf Reformed Church in Harlem, the oldest religious…
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Patricia Noisette Banks Edmiston (born April 27, 1937) is an American who was one of the first Black flight attendants. She combated discriminatory practices in the United States by initiating a legal action against Capital Airlines (merged into United…
1939–1985
Patricia Walker-Shaw (July 26, 1939 – June 30, 1985) was elected president of the Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee, United States in 1983, making her the first woman and first African-American woman to head a major life insurance…
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Patrick DeAngelo Cannon (born November 27, 1966) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served on the City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1994 through 2013 and was subsequently elected the city's 56th Mayor in November…
1955–1998
Patrick Dean Clark (March 17, 1955 – February 11, 1998) was an American chef. He won the 1994 James Beard Foundation award for "Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Region" during his tenure at the Hay-Adams Hotel, Washington, D.C. and also competed in the 1997 Iron…
1956–1996
Patrick Gammon (January 15, 1956 – October 28, 1996) was a singer-songwriter and musician based in Munich. Gammon played piano with Ike & Tina Turner for two years. He later recorded as a solo artist and worked as a session musician in Germany.
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Patrick Elamenji Kanyuka (born 19 July 1987) is a Congolese former footballer who played as a defender. He is the founder and chairman of Waltham Cross Football Club and the owner of multiple businesses, including Future Cross CIC, Patkans, and the…
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William Paul Coates (born July 4, 1946) is an American publisher, printer and community activist. In 1978, he founded the Black Classic Press (BCP), devoted to publishing works significant to people of African descent, particularly previously out-of-print…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with book publisher and community activist Paul Coates. It consists of three versions of digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.12.1.1 and 2025.12.12.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…
1759–1817
Of African and Wampanoag descent, Cuffe built a successful shipping and trading business and used his wealth to promote education and Black resettlement in Sierra Leone.
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Paul Danquah, born Joseph Paul Walcott (25 May 1925 – 13 August 2015), was a British film actor, known particularly for his role in the film A Taste of Honey (1961), adapted from the 1958 play of the same name written by Shelagh Delaney. He later became a…
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Paul Jeffrey Watford (born August 25, 1967) is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012 to 2023. In 2016, The New York Times identified Watford as a potential…
1931–
Paul Knauls was born in Huntington, Arkansas in 1931. He joined the Air Force in 1949 just 17 days after graduating from high school. Knauls worked up to three jobs at a time in order to save up enough money to fulfill his goal of owning a business.
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Paul Jeffrey Russell (born August 31, 1997) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his 2023 single "Lil Boo Thang", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. After the song gained virality on…
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Paul Andrew Young (born October 7, 1979) is an American politician and businessman who is the 65th and current mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He has served since January 1, 2024.
1953–
Paula Williams Madison (née Williams) (born 1953) is an American journalist, writer, businessperson, executive and a former NBCUniversal executive who is now CEO of a family investment group based in Chicago. On May 20, 2011, she retired from NBC after…
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Pauline Koelbl (born Pauline Mujawamariya) is a Rwandan-born impact investor, entrepreneur, and innovation catalyst. She is the founder and managing partner of ShEquity, a Mauritius-domiciled investment firm established in 2020 that invests in…
July 9, 1815
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page document is a payment receipt written by B.D. Letty that states that he recieved of Mr. Edward Rouzee twenty-five (25) dollars on account of Mr. James Spelman, for "bringing a negro man from Turks Island." Letty questions…
September 16, 1829
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA one page legal document drafted by hand in ink by Richard Rouzee, Justice of the Peace for Essex County, Virginia, granting payment to Silas Goulding of Essex County for apprehending the enslaved man "Braxton," believed to be the property of Edward…
November 16, 1826
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis document is receipt for payment made by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the sum four (4) dollars and fifty (50) cents in full for the hire of an enslaved man owned by James Thomas for nine days to tread wheat by the estate of the late John Rouzee. The document…
March 14, 1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis document is a payment receipt for bonds of loan made by Evan Brown in the amount of seven (7) pounds ten (10) shillings, for six (6) bonds of loan, delivered to Mrs. Eleanor Lane for "support of a negro woman named Milly and her children, who are the…
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