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1923–2009
Erlena Chisolm Bland (January 18, 1923 – February 16, 2009) was an American painter and sculptor. Born in Washington, D.C., Bland attended Dunbar High School and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University; she received a master's degree…
1942–2015
Erma Johnson Hadley (June 6, 1942 – October 1, 2015) was an American educator, the first woman and first African American to serve as chancellor of Tarrant County College. She was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Erna Prather Harris (June 29, 1908 – March 9, 1995) was an American journalist, businesswoman, and activist, known for her pacifism. Born in Oklahoma, she grew up in the segregated South and attended Black schools. After graduating from Douglass High…
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Ernest A. Lyon (October 22, 1860 – July 17, 1938) was an Belize-born African-American minister, educator and diplomat.
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Ernest Boger was the first African-American to attend the University of South Florida in 1961, a year after the school (established for whites only) opened. Boger was the valedictorian of Blake High School in Tampa, Florida and achieved a score of 492 out…
1941–1990
Ernest Coleman (August 31, 1941 - January 17, 1990) was an American physicist working in the study, testing, and theory of sub-atomic particles. He was a professor of physics at the University of Minnesota who held a Ph.D. in physics from the University of…
1951–
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos. As a cinematographer, Dickerson is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they were…
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Ernest Grant is an American nurse and educator living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In 2018, he began serving as the 36th president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). Notably, he is the first male to serve in this position.
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Ernest Gideon Green (born September 22, 1941) is one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Green was the…
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Ernest Kingsley Junior is an English stage and television actor. He attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and had an early role in British science fiction television series The Sparticle Mystery. Kingsley portrayed Kai'ckul in…
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Ernest Lagarde (September 4, 1836 – October 25, 1914) was a mixed race Creole author, journalist, professor, publisher, and linguist. He spoke many languages including Greek, following his Greek-American heritage. Lagarde was a member of the prominent…
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Ernest Mae McCarroll (November 29, 1898 – 1990), a physician in New Jersey, was one of the United States' first African American physicians. She grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, though her education took her through several cities and states. In 1929 she…
1970–
Ernest T. Jones (born January 18, 1970) is an American football coach. He was briefly running backs coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies football team. He was head football coach at Alcorn State University. He was named the head football coach…
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Ernest Kent (born January 22, 1955) is an American college basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Washington State University. Prior to Washington State, he served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Oregon…
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Ernest L. Ladd (November 28, 1938 – March 10, 2007), nicknamed "the Big Cat", was an American professional football defensive tackle and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball…
1967–
Ernie Suggs (born March 18, 1967) is an American journalist with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution who writes about race and culture. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter. He oversees AJC Sepia, the newspaper's Black news…
1920–1987
Barrow led Barbados to independence in 1966 and built its education and social-welfare systems as the island's founding prime minister.
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Ertharin Cousin (born 1957) is an American lawyer who served as the twelfth executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2012 to 2017. Following the completion of her term, Cousin became Payne Distinguished Professor at Stanford…
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Ervin L. Jordan Jr. is an American archivist, historian, scholar, author, and educator. He is an associate professor and research archivist at the University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
1992–
Erynn Chambers, better known under her TikTok username rynnstar (born 1992), is an American social media content creator, activist, and teacher. She is best known for her work on TikTok. She is also credited as a co-author on the country song "Beer Beer,…
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Esau Jenkins (July 3, 1910 – October 30, 1972) was an American human Rights leader, businessman, local preacher, and community organizer. He was the founder and leader of many organizations and institutions which helped improved the political, educational,…
1979–
Esau McCaulley (born 1979) is an American biblical scholar and Jonathan Blanchard Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, Illinois, canon theologian for the Anglican Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, as well as a…
1959–
Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1958) is a Brazilian journalist and writer of African descent. She was born in São Paulo and studied journalism at the University of São Paulo. Ribeiro became a member of Quilombhoje, an Afro-Brazilian literary group, in 1982.
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Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984), sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul…
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