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1967–
George Barlow (born November 18, 1967) is an American college football coach who is currently the secondary coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was the interim head coach for the University of New Mexico Lobos. He was elevated from…
1761–1843
George Bell (c. 1761–1843) was an American activist for the education rights of African Americans. In 1807, he co-founded the Bell School, the first school for African Americans in Washington, D.C.
1884–1962
George Biddle Kelley (1884 –1962) was an African American civil engineer and fraternity founder. He was New York's first officially registered African American engineer. While attending Cornell University, Kelley was a founding member and the first…
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George Boyer Vashon (July 25, 1824 – October 5, 1878) was an American lawyer, scholar, educator, essayist, poet, and abolitionist. Vashon was the first practicing African American lawyer in New York State.
1937–2017
George Bundy Smith (April 7, 1937 – August 5, 2017) was a lawyer and judge in New York State. While he was a law student at Yale University, he participated in the Freedom Ride from Atlanta, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama.
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George C. Smith was a superintendent of education and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Ohio. He represented Coahoma County in the Mississippi Senate from 1874 to 1875. He was a Republican. His account of political intimidation and violence…
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George Caldwell Granberry was a state legislator, postmaster, and teacher in Mississippi. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives during the 1882 session, representing Hinds county. He was a member of the Committee on Propositions and…
1956–
George Edward Cumby (born July 5, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, thrice earning…
1939–
George Davis (November 29, 1939), professor emeritus in creative writing at the Newark, New Jersey campus of Rutgers University, is an African American novelist. He is best known for his Vietnam War novel, Coming Home (Random House, 1972), and his creative…
1898–2001
George Dawson (January 19, 1898 – July 5, 2001) was called "America's favorite poster child for literacy" after learning to read at the age of 98. His life story, Life Is So Good, was published in 2000. A Texas middle school was named in his honor in 2002;…
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George Edward Davis (1862–1959) was an American educator, and Black community leader in North Carolina. He served as a professor of natural science at Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) a historically black university, and was involved in…
1920–1982
George E. Kent (1920–1982) was an African-American professor of literature, with a specialization in Afro-American literature.
1880–1959
George Edmund Haynes (May 11, 1880 – January 8, 1960) was an American sociology scholar and federal civil servant, a co-founder and first executive director of the National Urban League, serving 1911 to 1918. A graduate of Fisk University, he earned a…
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George Edward Alcorn Jr. (March 22, 1940 – June 19, 2024) was an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor. He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA. Alcorn is credited…
1943–2017
George Edward Tait (December 29, 1943 – November 5, 2017) was an American poet, writer, educator, storyteller, journalist, activist, historian, public speaker, tutor, bandleader, musician, and performer. He was known as the Poet Laureate of Harlem, and a…
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George Ethelbert Carter, was the first Canadian-born black judge. George Ethelbert Carter was born in Toronto on August 1, 1921. He was the oldest of 14 children born to John and Louise Carter, who came to Toronto from Barbados just after World War I.…
1945–
George W. Faison (born December 21, 1945) is an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and theater producer, and winner of a 1975 Tony, a Drama Desk Award, and a 1991 nominee for the Emmy Award for choreography. He was a featured dancer with the Alvin…
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George Tyree Fleming (June 29, 1938 – December 6, 2021) was an American politician and professional football player. A multi-positional player, he played college football for the Washington Huskies. Fleming was a member of AAWU champion 1959 and 1960…
1868–1929
George Albert Flippin (February 8, 1868 – May 15, 1929) was an American football left halfback and a medical doctor in Nebraska. He was the first star player of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, the first Black player on the team, and among the first…
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George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber (specifically, gutta-percha)…
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George Freeman Bragg (January 25, 1863 – March 12, 1940) was a priest, journalist, social activist, and historian. The twelfth African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he worked against racial discrimination and…
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George Gadson (born August 10, 1953) is an American artist, sculptor, painter, and photographer based in South Florida. His sculptures are displayed as public artwork in a variety of locations throughout Florida, including the African-American Research…
1939–
George H. Brown Jr. (born 1939) is a Tennessee lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1980, and was the first black person to serve on that court. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Brown received a B.S. from Florida A&M University in…
Dates not recorded
George H. Clower was a state legislator and schoolteacher in Central Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of two African Americans elected from Central Georgia to Georgia's legislature during that period. Clower was a Republican Party…
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