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Arts & Performance

Arthur Jafa

1960–

Arthur Jafa (; born Arthur Jafa Fielder, November 30, 1960) is an American video artist and cinematographer.

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Medicine & Health

Arthur John Booker, M.D. (October 31, 1881 – August 25, 1957) was a prominent community activist and health advocate who worked in Des Moines, Iowa, and Los Angeles, California. He also served as a physician with the 365th Infantry Regiment of the 92nd…

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Education & Scholarship

Arthur L. Hardge

1927–1983

Arthur L. Hardge (April 8, 1927 – October 29, 1983) was an American civil rights movement leader, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and a University of Rhode Island administrator. In 1968, he became Rhode Island's first African…

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Literature

Arthur Lee

1945–2006

Arthur Taylor Lee (born Arthur Porter Taylor; March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was an American musician, singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the leader of the Los Angeles rock band Love. Love's 1967 album Forever Changes was inducted into the Grammy…

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Literature & Journalism

Arthur Luther Whitaker

1921–2007

Arthur L. Whitaker (July 23, 1921 – October 16, 2007) was an American minister, professor, psychologist, sociologist, writer and World War II army veteran. A Baptist minister, Whitaker graduated from the Harvard Divinity School in (1952). Whitaker was…

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Music

Arthur Marshall

1881–1968

Arthur Owen Marshall (November 20, 1881 – August 18, 1968) was an American composer and performer of ragtime music from Missouri. He was a protege of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin.

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Arts & Performance

Arthur McGee

1933–2019

Arthur Lee McGee (March 25, 1933 – July 1, 2019) was an American fashion designer. In 1957 he became the first African American designer to run a design studio on Seventh Avenue in the Garment District in New York City.

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Medicine & Health

Arthur McKinnon Brown

1867–1939

Arthur McKinnon Brown (November 9, 1867 – December 4, 1939), also known as Arthur McKimmon Brown, was an American physician. In the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Brown was one of the earliest African American physicians, and the first African American…

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Film & Television

Arthur Mitchell (dancer)

1934–2018

Arthur Mitchell (March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to…

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Sports

Arthur Okonkwo

2001–

Arthur Chukwuezugo Okonkwo (born 9 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Charlton Athletic on loan from EFL Championship club Wrexham. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team.

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Visual Arts

Arthur P. Bedou

1882–1966

Arthur Paul Bedou (July 6, 1882 – July 2, 1966) was an African-American photographer based in New Orleans. Bedou was, for a time, the personal photographer of Booker T. Washington, and documented the last decade of Washington's life. He also documented…

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Education & Scholarship

Arthur P. Davis

1904–1996

Arthur Paul Davis (November 21, 1904 – April 21, 1996) was an influential American university professor, literary scholar, and the writer and editor of several important critical texts such as The Negro Caravan, The New Cavalcade, and From the Dark Tower:…

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MUSEUM OBJECT

gelatin silver prints

Arthur Prysock, 1981

ca. 1981

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A black-and-white photograph of Arthur Prysock taken in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is smiling at the camera and is wearing a light suit, white shirt, and black tie with white polkadots on it.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.18

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Biography & Culture

Arthur Rhames

1957–1989

Arthur Rhames (October 25, 1957 – December 27, 1989) was an American guitarist, tenor saxophonist, and pianist.

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Sports & Achievement

Arthur Rhodes

1969–

Arthur Lee Rhodes Jr. (born October 24, 1969) is an American former professional baseball left-handed relief pitcher and current pitching coach for the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played 20 seasons in Major…

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Education & Scholarship

Arthur Rose Sr.

1921–1995

Arthur Rose Sr. (May 26, 1921 - February 13, 1995) was an American painter, sculptor, and professor. He has been featured in many publications and public exhibitions in the United States.

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