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Gerceida E. Adams-Jones is an American physicist, a clinical associate professor at New York University, and a faculty member at Pioneer Academics, an online research program for high school students connected with Oberlin College. In 1981, she became the…
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Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Germaine A. Hoston is an American and French political scientist, political theorist, and political theologian and professor at the University of California San Diego, specializing in comparative politics and political theory, East Asian and European…
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Germaine Ingram is an American lawyer, dancer, and choreographer. She was also the first Black woman to be appointed as a full-time faculty member at Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia in 1972. Prior to earning the title of assistant…
1985–
Germane Barnes (born 1985) is an American architect, designer and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Miami in Florida. Barnes was a recipient of the 2021 Rome Prize in Architecture and the 2021 Wheelwright Prize.
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Gertrude Amelia Mahorney became the first documented African-American woman to graduate from an Indiana college or university when she received a bachelor's degree from Butler University in 1887. In 1889, she also earned a master's degree from Butler.
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Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell (July 3, 1855 – January 21, 1948) was an American journalist, author, teacher, and activist. She served as the women's editor of The New York Age from 1885 to 1889, and of the Indianapolis World from 1891 to 1892. She…
1926–2006
Gertrude Teixeira Hunter (1926 – March 12, 2006) was an American doctor and professor of medicine. She served as the national director of health services for Head Start, and later became health administrator for the New England region of the United States…
1923–2019
Gertrude Newsome Jackson (November 7, 1923 – October 1, 2019) was an American community activist in the Delta communities via the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the Civil Rights Movement. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the…
November 22, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.4.1a and 2011.174.4.1b. Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming…
1951–
Gerunda Burke Hughes (born 1951) is an American scholar of education, focusing on educational assessment in mathematics education. She is a professor emerita in the Howard University School of Education, where she taught in the Department of Curriculum and…
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Gia Maisha Hamilton (born July 30, 1978) is an American applied anthropologist who employs methodology to investigate land, labor and cultural production while examining social connectivity within institutions and communities. Hamilton co-founded an…
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Giana Alexandria Riley (born April 13, 2004) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Club América. Born in the United States, she has committed to play for the Mexico national team. Riley played college soccer for…
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Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989), known until 2012 as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the…
2006–2020
Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of National Basketball Association (NBA) player Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant. Raised in Newport Beach,…
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Gibor Basri (b. May 3, 1951) is an American astrophysicist, now Professor Emeritus in the Astronomy department at U.C. Berkeley. His research focused on stellar magnetic activity, star formation, and low mass stars and brown dwarfs.
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Gideon Edward Smith (July 13, 1889 – May 6, 1968), sometimes referred to as G. E. Smith, was an American football player and coach. Smith played college football at Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), now known as Michigan State University, from 1913 to…
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardcover reader textbook from the Negro American Series by Emma E. Akin. The book has a red cloth cover with a black graphic illustration and black text. Standing next to the printed title and author text is the silhouetted figure of a conductor holding a…
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Gifts (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the Wheatley School. The front cover is dark red and features an illustration of a full…
1925–1983
Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 17, 1983), later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was…
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Gilberto José Nogueira Junior (Jaboatão dos Guararapes, July 1991), also known as Gil do Vigor, is a Brazilian economist, professor, businessman, writer and digital influencer. He gained notoriety by participating in the 21st season of the reality show Big…
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Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. ( ə-REE-nəz; born January 6, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Arenas attended Grant High School in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona late…
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Gilda A. Barabino was the president of the Olin College of Engineering from 2020 to 2025, where she currently teaches as a professor of Biomedical and Chemical engineering. On March 4, 2021, she became the president-elect of the American Association for…
1954–2014
Gilda Snowden (July 29, 1954 – September 9, 2014) was an African-American artist, educator and mentor from Detroit, Michigan.
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