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Frances Marshall Eagleson (July 17, 1898 – May 18, 1987) was an American education administrator and the first Black woman to graduate from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
1947–
Frances Murphy Draper also known as Toni, is an American teacher, newspaper executive and pastor. She was President of the Baltimore Afro-American from 1988 to 1999, and subsequently pastor of Freedom Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in…
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Frances Reynolds Keyser (1860s – 1932) was an American suffragist, clubwoman, and educator. She succeeded Victoria Earle Matthews as superintendent of the White Rose Mission in New York City, and was academic dean of the Daytona Normal and Industrial…
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Frances Anne Rollin Whipper (November 19, 1845 – October 17, 1901) was a political activist, teacher, and author. Whipper and her four sisters were socially and politically active within the South Carolina state government during the Reconstruction era. In…
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Frances Smith Foster (born 1944) is an American researcher and emeritus Professor of African-American studies and women's history. She has previously served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies at Emory University.
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Francesca Ekwuyasi is a Nigerian Canadian writer and director. She is most noted for her debut novel Butter Honey Pig Bread, which was published in 2020. Ekwuyasi is also a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts in Fiction program at the University of King's…
1932–
Francesca Thompson (born April 29, 1932) is an American member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg, Indiana. She was at one point a leading academic in the field of theater and African-American studies.
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Francille Rusan Wilson (born March 7, 1947) is an American historian and academic, who is best known for her research on black labor, social movements and black women's history.
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Francine Gladys McNairy is an American academic administrator who served as the thirteenth president of Millersville University of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2013. McNairy was the first African American woman to head one of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned…
1907–1977
Francis Anderson Gregory (8 December 1907 – 27 February 1977) was an educator and civic leader in Washington, DC. The Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood library serving the Fort Davis and Hillcrest communities was dedicated in his name in 1986. Gregory was a…
1943–
Francis K. Brooks (born May 24, 1943) is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
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Francis Lewis Cardozo (February 1, 1836 – July 22, 1903) was an American clergyman, politician, and educator. When elected in South Carolina as Secretary of State in 1868, he was the first African American to hold a statewide office in the United States.…
1878–1943
Francis Marion Wood (1878 – May 8, 1943) was an American educator and school administrator. Born and educated in Kentucky, Wood achieved his greatest prominence as the director of Negro schools for Baltimore City Public Schools, a role that he held for 18…
1895–1954
Francis Cecil Sumner (December 7, 1895 – January 11, 1954) was an American leader in education reform. He is commonly referred to as the "Father of Black Psychology." He is primarily known for being the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in…
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Francis V. Barnes (died 2021) was Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, from 2004 to 2005.
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Francis Williams (c. 1690 – c. 1770) was a Jamaican polymath, scholar, astronomer and poet who was one of the most notable free black people in Jamaica.
1951–2013
Don Francisco Manuel de las Heras y Borrero, Duke of the Royal City of Mururata, Baron de Heras (12 April 1951 – 30 December 2013) was a Spanish historian, aristocrat, and civil servant.
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François Scarborough Clemmons (born April 23, 1945) is an American singer, actor, writer and teacher. He is known for his appearances as "Officer Clemmons" on the PBS television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1968 to 1993.
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Franita Tolson is an American lawyer and law professor. She is the dean and George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law at the USC Gould School of Law. Tolson was previously a faculty member at the Florida State University College of Law from 2009 to 2017.
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Frank Bacchus Johnson (1919–2005) was an African American chemical pathologist of the 20th century. Johnson was born on February 1, 1919, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a…
1934–
Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling (né Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling; born 26 February 1934), known as Frank Bowling, is a British artist who was born in British Guiana. He is particularly renowned for his large-scale,…
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Frank C. Worrell is a psychologist and academic. He is a distinguished professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a professor at Heidelberg University. He was the 2022 president of the American Psychological Association.
1912–2008
Frank "Tick" Coleman (February 29, 1912 – Christmas 2008) was an educator and community volunteer. Born in Philadelphia, Coleman grew up in its Point Breeze neighborhood. He was one of the first black Eagle Scouts.
1951–1994
Frank D. Dowsing (September 3, 1951 – July 11, 1994) was the first African-American to play football for both Tupelo High School and Mississippi State University.
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