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1914–1996
Almira Kennedy Coursey (June 5, 1914 - August 26, 1996) was a community activist and organizer based in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for advocating for the renovation and redevelopment of Herbert Von King Park.
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Alondra Nelson (born April 22, 1968) is an American academic, policy advisor, non-profit administrator, and writer. She is the Harold F. Linder chair and professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent research…
1989–
Alonna Berry (born 1989) is an American educator and politician who is a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from the 20th district after winning an August 2025 special election to succeed Stell Parker Selby, who resigned due to health issues.
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Alonzo Clifton McClennan (May 1, 1855 – April 14, 1912) was an African-American medical doctor who was the co-founder of the Charleston Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Charleston, South Carolina, established to provide for the education of black…
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Alonzo Joseph Davis Jr. (February 2, 1942 – January 27, 2025) was an American visual artist, gallerist, and educator. He is known for co-founding the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles with his brother Dale Brockman Davis.
1909–1971
Alonzo Graseano Morón (née Alonzo Graseano Brown; 1909–1971), was a Danish Virgin Islands-born American educator, university president, sociologist, and civil servant. He was the first Black president of the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) a…
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Alonzo Mondeal Hampton (born October 9, 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for Louisiana–Monroe as a…
1906–1961
Alonzo J. Aden (May 6, 1906 – October 13, 1961) was an art historian and gallerist. He served as curator of "Hall of Negro Life" at the Texas Centennial Exposition, the first major Black arts and culture exhibit at a world's fair, and the American Negro…
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Alonzo Earl Short Jr. (born January 27, 1939) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Born in North Carolina, Short grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and attended I. C. Norcom High…
1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled “Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1908-1958" written by Marjorie H. Parker. The book jacket is pink and white with dark green lettering.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled "Alpha Kappa Alpha In The Eye Of The Beholder" written by Marjorie H. Parker.
after 1954
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA shiny green jacket with embroidery on the front and back. The jacket’s sleeve cuff, waist, and collar are made of elastic material. The jacket has a white lining and a black zipper down front. Embroidery on the proper right chest of the jacket reads…
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover book titled “Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Membership Directory, 2004" published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The cover is pink with a green leaf graphic at center.
Dates not recorded
Alphonso M. Sumner was an African American man who opened Nashville, Tennessee's first Black school. Sumner was also a barber, a newspaper publisher, and a Northern abolitionist.
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Alrutheus Ambush Taylor (1893–1954) was a historian from Washington D.C. He was a specialist in the history of blacks and segregation, especially during the Reconstruction Era. The Crisis cited him as a "painstaking scholar and authority on Negro history".…
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Altha Jeanne Stewart is an American psychiatrist. In 2015, Stewart was recruited by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to establish and direct the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth. While there, she became the first African…
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Althea Maria Brown Edmiston (December 17, 1874 – June 10, 1937) was an African-American teacher and Presbyterian missionary, working in the Belgian Congo for more than thirty years. She compiled the first dictionary and grammar for Bushong, the language of…
1945–
Althea Prince (born 1945) is a Black Canadian author, editor, and professor. Her novels and non-fiction essays are known for exploring themes of love, identity, the impact of migration, and finding a sense of belonging in Canada. She is the sister of Ralph…
1939–
Althea Waites (born 1939) is an American concert pianist. She has performed across the United States and internationally. She is currently a faculty member at California State University, Long Beach.
1940–2017
Alton Parker Hornsby Jr. (September 3, 1940 – September 1, 2017) was an American historian, professor, author, and editor. He was a leading scholar of Black Southern history, and is a professor emeritus of history at Morehouse College, which was also his…
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Alva Rogers (born 1959) is an American playwright, composer, actor, vocalist, and arts educator. She is known for the use of dolls and puppetry in interdisciplinary work. Rogers performed in the role of Eula Peazant in Julie Dash's 1991 film Daughters of…
1925–2002
Alva Tabor Jr. (October 16, 1925 – August 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wiley College from 1954 to 1955, Fort Valley State University from 1957 to 1959, Southern University from 1969 to 1971, and…
1947–
Alvia J. Wardlaw (born November 5, 1947) is an American art scholar, and one of the country's top experts on African-American art. She is curator and director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University, an institution central to the development…
1932–2007
Alvin Batiste Sr. (November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007) was an American avant-garde jazz clarinetist, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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