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Robert A. Winn is an American pulmonologist who is the Cancer Center Director at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Research Innovation at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. His research considers the cellular…
1965–
Robert Beckford (born 1965) is a British academic theologian and currently Professor and Head of the department of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Wolverhampton with associate roles as a Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's…
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Robert Reed Church Jr. (October 26, 1885 – April 17, 1952) was a prominent businessman and Republican Party organizer in Memphis, Tennessee. His father was the successful businessman Robert Reed Church, and Church Jr.
1936–
Robert Earl Paige (born November 27, 1936) is an American multi-disciplinary artist and arts educator working across textile design, painting, collage, and sculpture based in Woodlawn, Chicago, where he was born. As an artist and textile designer allied…
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Robert Earnshaw (born 6 April 1981) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League Cup, the FA Cup,…
1996; printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Robert Fairchild, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Fairchild is depicted in the bottom center of the image, standing in the interior of a church, amid rows of empty pews. He wears a plaid shirt and…
1815–1885
Robert Fletcher (1815 – September 1885) was a Reconstruction era politician in North Carolina who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He served his community in other positions including being a sub-elector and a county commissioner.
2010s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photographic portrait of Robert, founder of the House of St. Laurent. Robert is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background. He wears a black turtleneck beneath a long, navy, collared coat. Only the top button of the coat is buttoned.…
October 1, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.106.1a, 2011.174.106.1b, 2011.174.106.1c, 2011.174.106.1d, 2011.174.106.1e, 2011.174.106.1f, 2011.174.106.1g, 2011.174.106.1h, 2011.174.106.1i, 2011.174.106.1j, and 2011.174.106.1k. Robert Brown…
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Robert L. Fortes (May 26, 1942 – September 15, 1979) was an American community leader and politician. He was born and raised in Connecticut and moved to Boston in 1965, where he became a leader in the city's black community. He served two terms in the…
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Robert "Rob" L. Gordon III is a cross-sector leader in the government, military, academic, nonprofit and high tech sectors. Gordon was appointed the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy on July 19, 2010, serving under…
1920–2010
Robert Edward Lee (13 May 1920 – 5 July 2010) was a Ghanaian dentist. Born in South Carolina to an African-American family, he studied dentistry in Tennessee and then in 1956 emigrated to Ghana with his wife Sara, also a dentist. They were classmates at…
1861–1942
Robert Lloyd Smith (January 8, 1861 – July 10, 1942) was an educator, businessman, and Republican politician who served two terms in the Texas Legislature. Born a free black in Charleston, South Carolina in 1861, he moved to Texas about 1880. He served as…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia toned digital image of Robert Wilson sitting on the steps on a house. He is wearing a light colored hat and a light colored jacket with a dark colored collar. He is sitting on the top step with his legs apart and his hands resting on his lap.…
Loading image…1823–1882
Robert Morris (June 8, 1823 – December 12, 1882) was one of the first African-American attorneys in the United States, and was called "the first really successful colored lawyer in America."
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Robert Nathaniel Dett (October 11, 1882 – October 2, 1943), often known as R. Nathaniel Dett and Nathaniel Dett, was a Canadian-American composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor. Born and raised in Canada until the age of 11, he…
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Robert Purvis (August 4, 1810 – April 15, 1898) was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts. He spent most of his…
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Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, the first African-American millionaire in the South. Church built great wealth and influence in the business community.
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Robert Andrew Ri'chard (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor, known for his roles as Bobby Walker on the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter (1998–2002), and as Arnaz Ballard on the UPN sitcom One on One (2001–2006). He received Daytime Emmy Award for…
1780–1860
Robert Roberts (c. 1780 in Charleston, South Carolina–1860) was the author of The House Servant's Directory: A Monitor for Private Families. Published in 1827, the book was the first commercially published book written by an African American in the United…
?–1903
Rev. Dr. Robert Simon Laws, a formerly enslaved person and Howard University graduate, founded two African American Baptist churches in the 19th century that have active congregations in the 21st century.
1936–2002
Robert "Sonny" Carson (also known as Mwlina Imiri Abubadika; May 22, 1936 – December 20, 2002) was a civil rights activist, militant black protestor, and community leader in Brooklyn, New York. Carson gained prominence in the 1960s for organizing protests…
1830–1878
Robert Sutherland (1830–June 2, 1878), a native of Jamaica, was the first known Black graduate at a Canadian university, and the first Black man to study law in British North America. A graduate of Queen's University, Sutherland qualified to practise law…
1946–
Robert Freeman (born 1946) is an American painter and educator known for his large-scale, figurative oil paintings titled Black Tie, offering commentary on the personal conflict Freeman felt as African-Americans settled into middle-class life following the…
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