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Olugbenga "Gbenga" Ajilore ( BENG-gə AJ-il-OR-ee) is an American economist who is the Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Previously, he served as a senior advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development at the…
1975-06-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Oluwabanwo and child. Third born to the Yeye Ibeji. #4 Moko St., Moko Quarter. Monday".
1975-06-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Oluwabanwo and family (third born of the Yeye). #4 Moko St., Moko Quarter. Monday".
1975-06-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Oluwabanwo. Third born to the Yeye Ibeji. #4 Moko St., Moko Quarter. The 3rd set of twins who followed her all died. Monday".
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Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi is a Nigerian American roboticist, engineer, and educator. She is the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Michigan.
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Oluyemi Thomas (born August 16, 1952) is a free jazz bass clarinetist and saxophonist. Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing clarinet as a child, and was exposed to the music of Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke…
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Omayra Ortega is an American mathematician, specializing in mathematical epidemiology. Ortega is an associate professor of mathematics & statistics at Sonoma State University in Sonoma County, California, and serves on the Executive Committee of the…
1936–2020
Omega C. Logan Silva (December 4, 1936 — April 2, 2020) was an American physician known for her discovery that small cell lung cancer can produce calcitonin and for her activism.
1975-06-07
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Omolangidi with medicine. Serves to protect the hut from thieves. (Probably) in bush behind Mayflower School. Saturday".
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Oni Blackstock is an American primary care and HIV physician, researcher, and founder of Health Justice, a racial and health equity consulting practice. She previously served as assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV for the New York City Department…
1981–
Dr. Onyenyechukwu (Onye) Nnorom is a Canadian physician, public health leader, and health equity advocate. She is the associate chief medical officer of Health for the province of Ontario, with a portfolio focused on health equity, with a special focus on…
1978–
Onyema Eberechukwu Ogbuagu (; born June 20, 1978) is a US-born infectious diseases physician, educator, researcher, and clinical trial investigator, who was raised and educated in Nigeria. He is a professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Yale School of…
1912–2000
Opaline Deveraux Wadkins (1912–2000) organized the first school to train black nurses in Oklahoma City, fought for desegregation of the College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma and founded the School of Nursing at Langston University. She was the…
1880–1970
Ora Frances Porter (1879–1970) was an influential figure in Bowling Green's African-American community, one of the earliest registered nurses in Warren County, Kentucky, and was the first African American Butler County native to earn a college degree. She…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound orders received and issued, June 1865–November 1868, are arranged by type of order and thereunder chronologically.
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Oscar Barton Jr. is an American professor of engineering and dean of the engineering school at Morgan State University.
1888–1972
Oscar James Cooper (1888 – October 9, 1972) was a physician and African-American cultural leader. He is known for cofounding Omega Psi Phi in Washington, D.C., the first fraternity founded by students at a historically black college. In Philadelphia,…
1909–1967
Oscar Washington Ritchie (February 16, 1909 – June 16, 1967) was the first African-American professor at a predominantly white university in the state of Ohio.
1895–1960
Ossian Haven Sweet (/ˈɒʃən/ OSH-ən; October 30, 1895 – March 20, 1960) was an African-American physician in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for being acquitted of murder in 1925 after he and his friends used armed self-defense against a hostile white mob…
1920–1982
Boykin developed a low-cost, reliable control resistor later used in devices including guided missiles and cardiac pacemakers.
Biography
Overtoun Malandula G. Jenda is a Malawi-born American mathematician. He is a Professor of Mathematics and Assistant Provost for Special Projects and Initiatives at Auburn University. Jenda received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…
1944
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOne package of bandages made by a German manufacturer, Paul Hartmann AG, in 1943 with instructions for use on the back. The following inscription was added in black marker: "D-DAY June 6, 44". This package of bandages was retrieved from a Normandy beach on…
1944
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWhite pair of shoes fastened with white laces in a wingtip style. Shoes covered in white shoe polish. Shoes have a slight heal with sole guards added. The heals have the brand name in the center [WINGFOOT/GOODYEAR].
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Pamela McCauley (formerly McCauley-Bush; born 1963) is an American engineer. She was the first African-American woman granted an engineering Ph.D. in the state of Oklahoma.
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