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Georgia E. Lee Patton Washington (April 16, 1864 – November 8, 1900) was an American missionary and physician. Following her education, she served as a medical missionary in Liberia. She was the first black woman to become a licensed surgeon and physician…
1918–1999
Georgia Louise Harris Brown (June 12, 1918 – September 21, 1999), is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United States. She was also the first black woman to earn a degree in architecture from the…
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Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste (November 24, 1867 – April 20, 1951) was an African-American journalist, teacher and social worker from Chicago. After completing her education, she taught at various notable black schools before becoming the first woman of African…
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Georgia Rooks Dwelle (1884–1977) was an African-American physician in Atlanta, Georgia who specialized in obstetrics and pediatrics. When Dwelle was licensed as a physician in 1904, she was one of only three African American women physicians in the state…
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Georgia A. Washington (November 23, 1851 – October 5, 1952) was an African-American teacher who established the People's Village school in Mount Meigs, Alabama, bringing education to the African-American population in the area. She also educated the local…
1868–1949
Georgianna K. Offutt (August 21, 1868 – October 7, 1949) was an American podiatrist, clubwoman, and suffragist, and the second vice-president of Alameda County League of Colored Women Voters. Offutt was a practicing podiatrist in the Los Angeles area for…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with professor and activist Dr. Georgianne Thomas. It consists of three versions of digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.15.1.1 and 2025.12.15.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. at Spelman College. The image captures Dr. Thomas sitting and looking directly into the camera, hands clasped on her lap and smiling. She wears a dark blue blazer and an orange,…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Phoebe Linnell at Spelman College. Linnell interviewed Black for the Social Justice Conversations Oral…
1913–2001
Gerald Brooks (January 6, 1913 – December 30, 2001) was a teacher and civil rights advocate in Springfield, Missouri, United States.
1970–
Gerald Dockery (born August 17, 1970) is an American former professional football player who played five seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Texas Terror, Grand Rapids Rampage and Houston ThunderBears. He played college football at Arizona…
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Gerald Lyn Early (born April 21, 1952) is an American essayist and cultural critic. His scholarship explores American culture and African-American studies.
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Gerald Eustis Thomas (June 23, 1929 – March 20, 2019), was an American naval officer, diplomat and academic. He was the second African American to achieve the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
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Gerald Charles Horne III (born January 3, 1949) is an American historian, author and attorney who holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
1941–
Gerald Williams (born 1941 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American visual artist whose work has been influential within the Black Arts Movement, a transnational aesthetic phenomenon that first manifested in the 1960s and continues to evolve today. Williams…
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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for Duke…
1926–2026
Geraldene Felton (January 31, 1926 – June 20, 2026) was an American academic. She was the Kelting Chair Professor of Nursing at the University of Iowa. Felton died at her home in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 20, 2025, at the age of 100.
1953–2011
Geraldine Connor, PhD, MMus, LRSM, DipEd (22 March 1952 – 21 October 2011), was a British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer, who spent significant periods of her life in Trinidad and Tobago, from where her parents had migrated to…
May 28, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.18.1a, 2011.174.18.1b, 2011.174.18.1c, 2011.174.18.1d, 2011.174.18.1e, 2011.174.18.1f, 2011.174.18.1g, and 2011.174.18.1h. Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins…
1950–2022
Geraldine "Gerie" Grimes (née Butler, 1950–2022) was an educator and activist in Denver, Colorado, who advocated for better education for Black children and children with disabilities. She was CEO and president of Hope Center, and was inducted into the…
1916–2016
Geraldine Jerrie Lawhorn (December 31, 1916 – July 3, 2016) was an American deafblind performer, actress, pianist, and educator. She taught at the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired and was a prominent figure in the deafblind community.…
1917–2008
Geraldine McCullough (née Geraldine Mattie Hamilton; 1917–2008) was an African American sculptor, painter, professor, and academic administrator. She was best known for her mostly abstract large-scale metal sculpture. McCullough has created several…
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Gerard Robinson (born September 24, 1966) is a former Virginia secretary of education and Florida education commissioner. He is a school choice proponent and former president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options. He was selected to be Virginia…
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Gerard Anthony Wilcher (born c. November 1969) is an American college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for Texas A&M University–Kingsville, positions he has held since 2026. He was the head football coach for…
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