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circa 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted caption on recto reads: "Asmara - Clero Copto.".
circa 1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted caption on recto reads: "Asmara - Festa del Mascal." Stamp box reads: "Stampata in Italia." Manuscript message and address on verso; postmarked postage stamp fragment on verso.
1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Asmara market, Eritrea” (Photographs).
1983–
Asmau Ahmed is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur, technology advocate, and beauty expert. She has promoted initiatives supporting women in technology and entrepreneurship.
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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a nationally recognized American soil scientist and political ecologist. A professor of soil biogeochemistry at the University of California, Merced since 2009, she is the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology in…
Biography
Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault (c. 1800 – 1857) was an American entrepreneur and landowner. She managed to acquire land in the city of Savannah in Georgia, despite the prohibition against landowning in Antebellum Savannah for non-white people.
1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white lithograph depicting two asphalt workers working on a city rooftop. One of the men is pictured next to two buckets, laying a sheet of material onto the rooftop, while the other man stands over the hot asphalt mix. Behind them is a…
1928
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA linocut of figures looking toward the sky. Printed in black ink on white paper, the print area has a black border with notched corner. In the center of the print is a group of two black female figures facing left and two white male figures facing right.…
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Assa Aïcha Sylla (born 3 June 1996) is a French actress and writer. She debuted in the film Girlhood (2014), which earned her César and Black Reel Award nominations.
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Assata Olugbala Shakur ( ə-SAH-tə shə-KOOR; born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947 – September 25, 2025) was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows from proper right to left an unidentified man, John Conyers, Ralph David Abernathy, Rosa Parks and Cleveland Robinson. They are seated inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first birthday…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Assembly Hall of Chiefs at the palace of the Ooni” (Slides (photographs)).
ca. 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Assembly of military and dignitaries]” (Postcards [32056000021893]; Postcards; Picture postcards).
June 1866–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's and superintendent of education's monthly statistical school reports, June 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.
July 1866–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's monthly land reports, July 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.
Sept. 1865–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Assistant Commissioner's monthly reports of abandoned and confiscated lands, September 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. These unbound reports were consolidated from the reports of subordinate officers and agents.
June 1866–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's monthly reports of rations issued, June 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.
Oct. 1866–July 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's quarterly reports of operations, October 1866– July 1867, are arranged chronologically.
June 1866–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's reports of officers on duty and monthly reports of changes in personnel, June 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.
July 1865–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Assistant Commissioner's reports of rations, clothing, and medicine issued, July 1865–December 1868, is arranged chronologically. These reports were consolidated from the monthly reports received from subordinate officers.
June 1867–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound Assistant Commissioner's reports of transportation ordered, June 1867–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Bakatue Ritual, Elmina; evening of June 30 and morning of July 1, 1986; "Assistant/Junior" Fetish priests and priestess dancing. The date on the slide is AUG 86.".
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Assistant Subassistant Commissioner and Agent”.
Biography
The Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) is a non-profit professional association based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The organization was developed in 1977 and formally founded in 1979.
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