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1912–1987
Elgy Sibley Johnson (November 8, 1912 – March 12, 1987) was a mathematician and professor at University of the District of Columbia from the school's foundation in 1976 until his retirement in 1983. Johnson had formerly been the acting president of Federal…
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Eli Ankou (born June 8, 1994) is a Canadian professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Ankou grew up in Canada and played high school football for the St.
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Eli Barnes was an American politician. He was a representative in the Georgia Assembly as a Republican during the Reconstruction Era. A former slave who worked as a mechanic, he was African American. He was elected in 1868 and represented Hancock County,…
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Elias Camp Morris (May 7, 1855 – September 5, 1922) was an American minister, politician, and businessman. Born a slave, Morris attended seminary then preached at Centennial Baptist Church in Helena, Arkansas. He rose to prominence among black Baptists,…
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Elijah Cook (born c. 1835 –August 20, 1916) was an American community leader, organizer of schools, and legislator from Montgomery, Alabama. A former slave, he helped establish Montgomery's first school for African Americans in 1865 after the American…
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Elijah P. Marrs (January 1840 – August 30, 1910) was a minister and educator in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a sergeant in the 12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops during the American Civil War (1861–1865). After the war he taught in various…
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Elise Johnson McDougald (October 13, 1885 – June 10, 1971), a.k.a. Gertrude Elise McDougald Ayer, was an American educator, writer, activist and first African-American woman principal in New York City public schools following the consolidation of the city…
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Elisha Winfield Green (c. 1815—1893) was a former slave who became a Baptist leader in Kentucky, US. For five years he was moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association, and he promoted the establishment of what is now the Simmons College…
1909–2009
Eliza Atkins Gleason (born Eliza Valeria Atkins; December 15, 1909 – December 15, 2009) was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1940. In 1941, she established and…
1888–1981
Eliza Pearl Shippen (February 2, 1888 – May 17, 1981) was an American educator, and one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta. She was an English professor and Dean of Women at University of the District of Columbia (then known as Miner Teachers…
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Elizabeth Gertrude Suggs (December 11, 1876 – January 29, 1908) was a 19th-century American author, born to former slaves. Physically impaired with osteogenesis imperfecta, she was able to gain an education and became known as a temperance lecturer. The…
1962
Elizabeth Alexander (born May 30, 1962) is an American poet, writer, and literary scholar who has served as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018. Previously, Alexander was a professor for 15 years at Yale University, where she taught…
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Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu (born Elizabeth Mary Furlong; 2 July 1947) is a British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer, and emeritus professor of Nursing at the University of West London. In 1979, Anionwu became the United Kingdom's first…
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Elizabeth Asiedu is a professor of economics at Howard University and a former professor at the University of Kansas. She has facilitated research that is centered around foreign aid, foreign directed investment (FDI), and gender. She is a founder of the…
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Elizabeth Rose Ball (born October 20, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for Penn State and has previously played for…
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Elizabeth Brown-Guillory is an academic, playwright, and performing artist. She is a former professor of English at the University of Houston and is now the Dean of Texas Southern University's Thomas F. Freeman Honors College.
1867–1951
Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951), was an American educator, social activist and architect. She was passionate about helping other African Americans achieve personal success and was one of the first to recognize the importance of preserving historical…
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Elizabeth Clark-Lewis is an American historian. She is professor of history and director of the public history program at Howard University. She has written about slavery, emancipation and domestic labor among other topics, especially as regards the…
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Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (June 3, 1919 – January 6, 1989) was an American figure in education, civil rights and the women's movement. She was the first African-American president of the National Education Association and director of the United States…
1983–
Elizabeth Kai Hinton (born June 26, 1983) is an American historian. She is Professor of History, African American Studies, and Law at Yale University and Yale Law School. Her research focuses on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the…
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Elizabeth-Jane Burnett is a poet and academic who is known for her publications in nature writing. Following her PhD studies in contemporary poetics, which led to the publication of a monograph titled A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry…
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Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 5, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure. In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar at a time when all such companies were private and most…
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Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1855-1944) was an African-American teacher, writer, and activist. She was responsible for forming the Phyllis Wheatley Women's Club in Chicago, Illinois in 1900.
1847–1919
Elizabeth Piper Ensley (January 19, 1847 – February 23, 1919), was an educator and an African-American suffragist. Born in Massachusetts, Ensley was a teacher on the eastern coast of the country. She moved to Colorado where she achieved prominence as a…
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