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Audie James Norris (born December 18, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Norris played for the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers, from 1982 to 1985. His former teammate Mychal Thompson gave him the…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows the crowd inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1969 birthday event. The ground floor and upper gallery seating are both visible. All visible seating in the picture on both floors is filled with…
1987; printed 2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of audience members at a Beastie Boys concert in Kalamazoo, Michigan during the Licensed to Ill tour. The image depicts a crowd of people at the edge of a stage or barrier. Most are reaching their hands up or out. A crushed…
after 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA row of three (3) audience chairs from The Oprah Winfrey Show set at Harpo Studios in Chicago, Illinois. These seats are from Row SR3. The chair seats and backs are covered in red fabric and have rounded corners. The seat cushions are a thick foam. The…
2010-09-27
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 21, slide 114.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audience with Children, Olimi Festival , Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1985-1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Audio Two, Milk Dee and D.J. Gizmo, at a Häagen-Dazs ice cream shop. The two are pictured standing in front of a neon sign, Milk Dee on the right holding an ice cream cone and Gizmo on the left. Dee is in profile, his body…
1984
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFour (4) sixty-minute audiocassette tapes of interview conducted in 1984.
Sept. 6, 1923
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Audit Report of Headquarters, 2d Separate Bn. Infantry, Mass. N.G” (Text).
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Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and becoming the…
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Audra The Rapper is the stage name of Audra M. Green (born c. 1990) is an American rapper, songwriter, and television personality. She is a cast member on the third season of Oxygen Network's hit series 'Sisterhood of Hiphop' executive produced by T.I.…
1934–1992
Lorde's poetry and essays explored race, gender, sexuality and identity, and her work shaped generations of feminist and civil-rights thought.
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Audrey Brodie Collins (born June 12, 1945) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of California since 2014. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United…
1929–
Audrey Dear Hesson (born 1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian practical craft artist, mainly working with pottery, sculpture, jewelry and textile. She is a member of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative and was the first black Canadian to…
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Audrey Forbes Manley (born March 25, 1934) is an American pediatrician and public health administrator. Manley was the first African-American woman appointed as chief resident at Cook County Children's Hospital in Chicago (1962), as well as the first to…
1953–2009
Audrey Faye Hendricks (1953–2009) was the youngest known demonstrator to be incarcerated during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. At just nine years old, Audrey was involved in the Brown v. Board Education march with Civil Rights Leaders to establish that…
2004–
Audrey Chelsie François (born January 1, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League.
Biography
Audrey Gordon is a Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2019 to 2023, representing the electoral district of Southdale as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. Alongside Jamie Moses and…
1908–2002
Audrey Pellew Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster DBE (née Brown; 19 May 1908 – 31 October 2002), was the daughter of Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, and Violet Cicely Kathleen Wollaston. She married Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster, who…
1991–
Audrey Jean-Baptiste (born 15 July 1991) is a Canadian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 39th overall in the heats.
September 13, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.44.1a and 2011.174.44.1b. Audrey Hamilton and JoeAnn Ulmer recall growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and participating in sit-ins led by Robert Hayling, D.D. at Woolworth's drug store as…
1926–1996
Audrey ("Mickey") Patterson (September 27, 1926 — August 23, 1996) was the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal; she won a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
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Audrey Shields Penn (born in 1934) is an American neurologist and emeritus professor. Her major area of research was in the biochemistry of muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis. Penn was elected President of the American Neurological Association in 1994.
1930–2020
Audrey Smedley (1930 – October 14, 2020) was an American social anthropologist and professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University in anthropology and African-American studies.
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