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Erica Danette Smith (born November 24, 1969) is an American engineer and politician who represented District 3 in the North Carolina Senate from 2015 to 2021. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2020. She finished…
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Erica Garner-Snipes (May 29, 1990 – December 30, 2017) was an American activist who advocated for police reform, particularly in the use of force during arrests. Garner became involved in activism following the 2014 killing of her father, Eric Garner,…
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Erica Hunt (born March 12, 1955) is an American poet, essayist, teacher, and organizer from New York City. She is often associated with the group of Language poets from her days living in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but her work is…
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Erica Shelwyn Lee Carter (née Lee; born February 2, 1980) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2024 to 2025. The daughter of Sheila Jackson Lee, she…
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Erica Malunguinho da Silva (born 20 November 1981 in Recife) is a Brazilian politician elected into the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo on 7 October 2018 after receiving around 54,400 votes. She made history by being the first transgender person to be…
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Erick Eugene Allen (born October 5, 1975) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as Cobb County (GA) Commissioner for District 2 since 2025. He represented the 40th district in the Georgia House of Representatives from…
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Erick Russell is an American politician from Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the Connecticut State Treasurer. Upon his election in 2022, he became the first Black openly gay person elected to a statewide office in the United States.
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Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins; born January 5, 1948) is an American activist. She was a leading member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) for 14 years. She was married to John Huggins in 1968.
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Erik Robert Fleming (born February 2, 1965) is an American politician who was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 72nd District (which includes parts of Hinds and Madison counties) from 1999 to 2008. He has been the…
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Erika Rose Alexander (born November 19, 1969) is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist who played the roles of Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show from 1990 to 1992, and Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom Living Single from…
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Erika Evans (born 1989 or 1990) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Seattle City Attorney since 2026. In the November 2025 election, she defeated incumbent Republican Ann Davison with 66.8 percent of the vote. Evans is the first Black…
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Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and former Miss America. Harold was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003. Her pageant platform was combating bullying.
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Erika Santos Silva, known as Erika Hilton (born 9 December 1992), is a Brazilian politician and activist for Black, LGBTQ+, and women's rights. Assigned male at birth, she transitioned during her youth and has since become one of the most prominent…
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Erin Aubry Kaplan (born January 6, 1962) is a Los Angeles journalist and columnist who has written about black political, economic and cultural issues since 1992. She is a contributing writer to the op-ed section of the Los Angeles Times, and from 2005 to…
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Erin Maye Quade (born March 12, 1986) is an American politician from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022. A former staffer for U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, Maye…
1918–1994
Erma Clardy Craven (November 2, 1918 – June 19, 1994) was an American anti-abortion activist and leader in several anti-abortion advocacy groups, including the National Right to Life Committee and Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life.
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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…
1931–2017
Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. (March 23, 1931 – December 3, 2017) was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter, South Carolina.
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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 Columbus Withers, Sr. (August 7, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an African-American photojournalist. He documented over 60 years of African-American history in the segregated Southern United States, with iconic images of the Montgomery bus boycott;…
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Ernestine "Byrd" Bazemore (1958 or 1959 – October 9, 2025) was an American politician in the state of North Carolina.
1941–1992
Ernestine Eckstein (April 23, 1941 – July 15, 1992) was an African-American woman who helped steer the United States lesbian and gay rights movement during the 1960s. She was a leader in the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). Her influence…
June 25, 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.11.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews. In this interview, Ernesto Vigil, author and Chicano Movement activist, discusses his early life in Denver,…
1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn this black-and-white photograph, Ernie Banks, Matty Brescia, Larry Doby, and Jackie Robinson stand in front of a baseball dugout. To Robinson's left are two unidentified boys. Behind the dugout, a segregated crowd is visible.
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