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1930–2014
Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. (July 13, 1930 – May 19, 2014) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. He is best known for his novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first published in March 1969 in London by the recently founded small imprint Allison &…
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Samuel Phillip Gyimah ( ; born 10 August 1976) is a British politician and banker who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey from 2010 to 2019. First elected as a Conservative, Gyimah rebelled against the government to block a no-deal…
1927–2015
Sam Middleton (April 2, 1927 – July 19, 2015) was an American mixed-media artist from New York City. He travelled all over the world with the US Merchant Marine, lived in Mexico and Sweden and eventually settled down in the Netherlands, where he "was part…
1833–1887
Sampson W. Keeble (May 18, 1833 – June 19, 1887) was a businessman and politician in Tennessee during the Reconstruction era. In 1872, he was the first African American elected to the Tennessee Legislature, serving from 1873 to 1875 in the Tennessee House…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLight brown hard plastic Samsonite hat box suitcase with pale green synthetic fabric lining. The suitcase closes with two (2) metal spring-action latches on either side of the handle. The handle is made from a loop of brown plastic attached to the body of…
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Samuel Armstead (né Samuel Ball; c. 1804–October 4, 1908) was an American politician, Methodist minister, restaurateur, and was formerly enslaved. An African American, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, established a church, and started a…
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S. B. Fuller (June 4, 1905 – October 24, 1988) was an American entrepreneur. He was founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National…
1852–1909
Samuel Benjamin Morse (December 6, 1852 – May 30, 1909) was an African American educator. He was one of the first students admitted to Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University). He was the founding director of the Department of Music at Savannah…
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Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 – November 6, 1858) was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York City's small free black community, where he organized the first congregation of black Presbyterians in…
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Samuel Edward Courtney (c. 1860 – June 1, 1941), also known as S. E. Courtney, was an American physician, teacher, and politician in Boston. He was a founding member of the National Negro Business League.
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Samuel Eden Gaillard (c. 1839–1879) was an African-American businessman and politician during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County in the state senate from 1871 until 1877, when he resigned after Democrats regained…
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Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon (October 25, 1861 – death date unknown) was an American minister, a publisher, and editor. He founded and edited the Christian Worker; and was a contributing editor of The Messenger, a weekly published in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Samuel L. Duncan was a farmer, educator, and minister who served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 until 1876 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1876 until 1880. A Republican, he represented Orangeburg. He opposed a…
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Samuel Óghalé Oboh (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian architect, manager, leader, former Vice President - Architecture at AECOM Canada Architects Ltd - a Fortune 500 Company and the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Sam…
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Samuel P. Bolling (January 10, 1819 – February 8, 1900) was an African-American landowner, politician, businessman, and former slave who served in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2013 Bolling, along with his son Phillip S. Bolling, was one of several…
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Samuel H. Peters (c. 1835 – October 1, 1873) was an American businessman and politician from Louisiana. A Republican, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 1872, but he died from…
1882–1957
Samuel M. Plato (1882–1957) was an American architect and building contractor in the United States. His work includes federal housing projects and U.S. post offices, as well as private homes, banks, churches, and schools. During World War II, the Alabama…
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Samuel Raymond Scottron (c. February 1841 – October 14, 1908) was an African-American inventor, merchant, and businessman. He received six patents throughout his career for inventions including an improved mirror, a curtain rod, a supporting bracket, a…
1866–1952
Samuel Wilson Rutherford (September 15, 1866 – January 18, 1952) was an American businessman who founded the National Benefit Insurance Company in Washington, D.C. In 1927, he won the first award and gold medal of the Harmon award, for "his sound…
1964–
Sandie Okoro OBE (; born 1964) is a British lawyer who served as general counsel of Standard Chartered Bank, until 2024 and Chancellor of the University of Birmingham. She previously served as senior vice-president and general counsel at the World Bank…
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Sandy Cornish (1793–1869) was an African American farmer, businessperson, and civic leader in Key West, Florida. As a former slave who purchased his freedom, he publicly maimed himself to prevent being returned to slavery.
1877–1968
Sanford Augustus Brookins (1877–1968), also known as Sanford Augustus Brookings, was an American architect, builder, and businessperson. In the early 20th century, he was one of two African-American architect-builders in Jacksonville, Florida. He was…
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Sara Lomax-Reese is an American journalist, media executive and entrepreneur. Lomax-Reese is the president and CEO of WURD Radio, the only African-American owned talk radio station in Pennsylvania. She is the co-founder of URL Media along with S. Mitra Kalita.
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Sara Spencer Washington (June 17, 1883 – March 23, 1953) was the founder of Apex News and Hair Company and was honored at the 1939 New York World's Fair as one of the "Most Distinguished Businesswomen" for her Apex empire of beauty products, schools, and…
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