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Wallace Arkansas Gaines, also known as W. A. Gaines, (April 15, 1858 – August 3, 1940) was an American businessman, funeral director, and an elected official. He was active within the Republican Party in Kentucky, and in the Freemasons. Gaines owned…
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Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He…
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Wallace Amos Jr. (July 1, 1936 – August 13, 2024) was an American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands.
1991–
Walter Lee Powell (born November 23, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Murray State Racers and was selected by…
Biography
Walter Bell is an American businessman and former government official who was Alabama Commissioner of Insurance from 2003 to 2008.
1938–
Walter Eugene Massey (born April 5, 1938) is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the…
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Walter Edward Williams (March 31, 1936 – December 1, 2020) was an American economist, commentator, and academic. Williams was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, a syndicated columnist, and author. Williams…
1958–
Wanda K. Denson-Low (born 1958) is the former senior vice president of the office of internal governance at The Boeing Company. In 1989, while working at Hughes Aircraft Company, she became the first minority woman to become a patent counsel at a Fortune…
1943
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “War Ration Books”.
1975–2024
Waraire Boswell (September 29, 1975 – July 31, 2024) was an American fashion designer and businessman. He launched his namesake label in 2003, specializing in bespoke suiting and ready-to-wear. In 2005, Boswell was named Mercedes Benz Classic Designer of…
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Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former member of the Regents of the University of California (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the…
c. 1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGuinée Française. - CONAKRY. - 8. - Warff du Commerce et Warff du Gouvernement; CARTE POSTALE. Published by Désgranges et Decaveux.
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Warren Clay Coleman (May 25, 1849 – May 24, 1904) was an African-American businessman in south-central North Carolina known as a founder of the Coleman Manufacturing Company, which built one of the first black-owned and operated textile mills in the United…
1952–2022
Wayne K. Garfield (January 21, 1952 – September 9, 2022) was an American composer, collaborating songwriter, vocalist, social businessman, community activist and producer, who was born in 1952 in New York City. He co-founded of the music collective Change,…
1949–2007
Wayne Wright Howard (March 29, 1949 – December 9, 2007) was an American comic book artist. He is best known for his 1970s work at Charlton Comics. Although many other artists had signed their cover artwork, he became American comic books' first series…
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Wayne Martin Messam (born June 7, 1974) is an American former football wide receiver, businessman, and politician serving as the mayor of Miramar, Florida, a position he has held since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the…
2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sculpture installation, The Stoop, from Sekou Cooke’s “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space." The sculpture is comprised of two parts, a plywood and concrete stoop (a) and a five-sided, building-shaped concrete block (b). The stoop consists…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Wedding Invitation Levi and Crouch, Customer and Friend”.
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA magazine titled [Welcome to New York... - it’s a small world after all….] published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is divided into two horizontal sections. The top section features a blue and white image of a globe against a sky with…
Biography
Wendell L. Byrd is an American politician, businessman, and former accountant who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021.
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Wendell Phillips Dabney (November 4, 1865, in Richmond, Virginia – June 3, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an influential civil rights organizer, author, and musician as well as a newspaper editor and publisher in Cincinnati, Ohio. He wrote various books…
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Reanne Weruche Opia () (born 11 April 1987) is a Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing. She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in the BBC miniseries I May…
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Wesley J. Hall is a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, best known as a "Dragon" investor in the Canadian reality television series Dragons' Den. He has served as the 35th chancellor of the University of Toronto since July 1, 2024.
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Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and U.S. Army veteran serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from…
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