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Elizabeth Scott Flood (née Thorn; c. 1828–1867) was a 19th-century African American educator and activist in California. Flood was a "colored school" teacher in Sacramento, California and later fought for equal education rights for all children in Oakland,…
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Elizabeth Simpson Drewry (September 22, 1893 – September 24, 1979) was an American politician from the state of West Virginia. In 1950, she became the first African-American woman to be elected to the West Virginia Legislature. She served eight terms in…
1967–
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor (née Elizabeth Anne Pryor; April 25, 1967) is an American historian. She is a professor of history at Smith College. Pryor is the author of Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War (2016), a…
1903–1986
Baker worked with the NAACP, SCLC and SNCC and championed participatory, community-led organizing.
1871–1966
Ella Barksdale Brown (June 22, 1871 – November 7, 1966) was an American anti-lynching advocate, activist, educator, suffragette and journalist. She was a member of the first graduating class of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
1904–2010
Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson (January 13, 1904 – March 22, 2010) was an American social worker, activist and author. She received national recognition in 2009 when, at 105 years old, she travelled to Washington D.C. to attend the inauguration of U.S. President…
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Ella Lillian Davis Browne Mahammitt (November 22, 1863 – September 9, 1932) was an American journalist, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist from Omaha, Nebraska. She was editor of the black weekly newspaper The Enterprise, president of…
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Elle Moxley (formerly Elle Hearns, born 1986/1987) is an American transgender rights activist. She co-founded the Black Lives Matter Global Network, where she served as a strategic partner and organizing coordinator, and founded The Marsha P. Johnson…
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Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark (April 14, 1823 – December 21, 1892) was an African American educator, abolitionist, and early Civil Rights activist, whose defiance of "whites only" social spaces has been compared to Rosa Parks' actions in the 20th century.…
1938–
Sirleaf led Liberia’s recovery after civil war and advanced women’s political leadership across the continent.
1935–2005
Ellen Swepson Jackson (1935 – 2005) was an American educator and activist. She is best known for founding Operation Exodus, a program that bused students from overcrowded, predominantly black Boston schools to less crowded, predominantly white schools in…
1906–2000
Ellen Walker Craig-Jones (June 5, 1906 – January 23, 2000) was an American politician. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame for "Government and Military Service." She was the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a United…
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Ellis Forrest was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. He represented Orangeburg.
1908–2004
Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (April 16, 1908 – September 19, 2004) was an American businessman from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a former poultry farmer turned hotelier, Esso franchise owner and civil rights activist.
1890–1973
Elmer Anderson Carter (July 19, 1890 - January 16, 1973) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was involved with the National Urban League and was an editor of Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life.
February 28, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.57.1a, 2011.174.57.1b, 2011.174.57.1c, 2011.174.57.1d, 2011.174.57.1e, 2011.174.57.1f, 2011.174.57.1g, 2011.174.57.1h, 2011.174.57.1i, 2011.174.57.1j, and 2011.174.57.1k. Elmer Dixon discusses his…
1931–
Elmer Lucille Allen (born August 23, 1931) is an American ceramic artist and chemist. In 1966, she became the first African-American chemist at Brown-Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked there for 31 years. In 2004, she became the first recipient of…
1909–2007
Elna Virginia Bridgeforth Spaulding (née Bridgeforth; January 23, 1909 – January 7, 2007) was an American civic leader and politician. She served on the Board of Commissioners for Durham County from 1974 to 1984, the first African American woman to do so.
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Eloi Ferreira de Araújo (born 15 June 1959) is a Brazilian zoologist and lawyer. He served as the Minister of Racial Equality from 2010 to 2011. He later served as the president of the Palmares Cultural Foundation from 2011 to 2013.
1936–2014
Cecil Elombe Brath (September 30, 1936 – May 19, 2014) was a Pan-African activist, born in New York City of Barbadian heritage, who is best known for founding the Patrice Lumumba Coalition. He was an influential activist, recognized by Stokely Carmichael…
1932–2021
Elouise Edwards (28 December 1932 – 22 January 2021) was a community activist and civil rights campaigner. She was born in British Guiana and moved to Manchester, England in the 1960s, becoming known for her campaigns to fight racial discrimination and to…
1915–2011
Elouise Westbrook (1915–2011) was an American housing rights and health activist in San Francisco. She was one of five activists that made up the Big Five of Bayview, a group of African American women who organized to protect affordable housing, defend…
1922–2012
Elsie Richardson (February 24, 1922 – March 15, 2012) was a community activist and civil servant in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for founding the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council and contributing to the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration…
Biography
Elva Lee Abdal-Khallaq (née Collins; c. 1914-2010) was a teacher, business owner, and community activist based in Boston.
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