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1911–1998
George Sherman Carter (1911–1998) was an African American physicist known for being one of the few African-American scientists working on the Manhattan Project at Columbia University. He was a member of The American Association of Scientific Workers, an…
1956–
George Michael Small (born November 18, 1956) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky State University from 1995 to 2000 and at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University…
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George Cornelius Smith (July 7, 1937 – June 15, 1987) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1963 through 1966 for the Detroit Tigers (1963–1965) and Boston Red Sox (1966). Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 170 lb., Smith…
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George Herman Spriggs (May 22, 1937 – December 22, 2020) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals in parts of four seasons spanning from 1965 to 1970. He was…
1958–
George Stewart (born December 29, 1958) is an American football coach who is most recently the assistant head coach and offensive analyst for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a coach in the NFL since 1989 after…
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George T. French Jr. is an American academic administrator and university president. He is the fifth president of Clark Atlanta University in downtown Atlanta, serving since September 2019.
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George Washington Albright (August 15, 1846 - 1944) was an American farmer, educator, and politician who was born enslaved in the U.S. state of Mississippi. A Republican, Albright represented the 25th District (consisting of Marshall County) in the…
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George William Gore (July 11, 1901- September 13, 1982) was President of Florida A & M University from 1950 to 1968, FAMU's second longest serving president after John Robert Edward Lee. He oversaw the institution's transition from Florida A&M College…
1820–1886
George Washington LeVere (October 9, 1820 – October 10, 1886) was an African American pastor, educator, abolitionist, and civil rights activist. As president of the African Civilization Society, LeVere met with President Abraham Lincoln and discussed the…
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George Washington Murray (September 22, 1853 – April 21, 1926) was an American politician, teacher, and farmer. After serving as chairman of the Sumter County Republican Party, Murray was elected in the 1890s as a United States congressman from South…
ca. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSilver gelatin photograh featuring an image of George Washington Carver shown in a laboratory wearing an apron and holding a beaker in his left hand.
1941; printed 1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of George Washington Carver, shown bust-length, wearing a suit and boutineer. An arrangement of flowers is in the lower right corner of the image, and there is a brick wall behind him.
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George Washington Ellis (May 4, 1875 – November 26, 1919) was an African-American attorney, writer, and speaker. Ellis was born on May 4, 1875, in Weston, Missouri. He attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1893 with a Bachelor of Law degree.
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George Washington Fields (April 25, 1854 – August 19, 1932) was the first African-American graduate of Cornell Law School and among the first class of African Americans to graduate from Cornell University. He is believed to be the only former slave to…
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Reverend George Washington Henderson (November 16, 1850 – February 6, 1936) was an American theologian and professor, known for being the first Black member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Biography
George Augustus Weaver (November, 1871 - January 20, 1939) was a physician, surgeon, and educator. His contributions to the education of black students led to a library being named in his honor in Tuscaloosa. George Weaver was born in 1872, the son of…
1882–1931
George Wells Parker (September 18, 1882 – July 28, 1931) was an African-American political activist, historian, public intellectual, and writer who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World.
1977–
George Whitfield Jr. (born November 23, 1977) is an American former college football and arena football quarterback. He now resides in San Diego, California and is currently running a quarterback training academy Whitfield Athletix. He was introduced to…
1962–
George Alan Yancey (born September 8, 1962) is an American professor of sociology at Baylor University, where he has taught since 2019. He is known for his research on anti-Christian attitudes in the contemporary United States, and the ways in which it can…
1961–
George Dewey Yancy (born June 3, 1961) is an American philosopher who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He is a distinguished Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, one of the college's highest honors. In 2019–20, he…
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Georgeann Wells is an All-American basketball player, who was active at West Virginia University (WVU) from 1982 to 1986. Among her other accomplishments, Wells is notable as the first American woman to register a dunk in an official NCAA intercollegiate…
1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA navy, long-sleeve, padded Georgetown starter jacket. The jacket is made of a shiny navy nylon fabric and is lined with white nylon. The waistband, the cuffs on the sleeves, and the band around the neckline are made of a 2 1/2 inch thick navy, grey, and…
Biography
Georgia W. Benton is an American schoolteacher, businesswoman, and historian. In 2013, she became the first African-American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Georgia.
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Georgia Caldwell Smith (1909–1961) was one of the first African-American women to gain a bachelor's degree in mathematics. When she was 51, she earned a Ph.D. in mathematics, one of the earliest by an African-American woman, awarded posthumously in 1961.…
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