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Biography
RowVaughn Wells (born c. 1962) is an American social justice activist and the mother of Tyre Nichols, a man killed by Memphis police officers in January 2023. An advocate for the prevention of police brutality in the United States, Wells influenced the…
1990; printed 2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Roxanne Shante posed with two people in Shante jackets. Shante, wearing a jean jacket over a black bra top and jeans, stands in front of a grey backdrop with her elbows resting on the shoulders of two individuals wearing jackets with…
1923–1989
Roy Henry Brown (20 December 1923 – November 1989) was an English professional footballer who played as both a centre half and a striker. Brown was the first black player in the history of his first team, Stoke City. Brown also played for Watford, making a…
Loading image…1919–2009
Roy Rudolph DeCarava (December 9, 1919 – October 27, 2009) was an American photographer. DeCarava received early critical acclaim for his fine-art photography, initially engaging and imaging the lives of African Americans and jazz musicians in the…
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Roy Edward Campbell Jr. (born November 19, 1947) is an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia (2017–2026).
1928–2022
Lurel Roy Hackett MBE (19 September 1928 – 2 August 2022) was a Jamaican-born activist and long-time civil rights campaigner for the British African-Caribbean community in Bristol, England. He was one of the primary organizers of the Bristol Bus Boycott,…
1969–
Roy Lee Lassiter (born March 9, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player and head coach of Denton Diablos FC in USL League Two. Lassiter played as a forward, spending the first four years of his professional career in Costa Rica. He returned…
1905–1972
Roy Prince Edward Perry (1905–1972) was a Canadian dentist, politician, and community leader from Windsor, Ontario. He was the first Black Canadian to be on Windsor's governing Board of Control, President of the Essex County Dental Association, and a…
1925–2008
Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club…
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Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins's most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he…
1977-07-12
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Royal families seated on veranda to Oba William Adetona Ayeni's right” (Slides (photographs)).
1981-1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Royal Family at Igue, the Enogie and Oba, Igue Festival, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1981-1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Royal Family, the Enogie and Obagie, Igue Festival, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1981-1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Royal Family, The Enogie, Brother of Akenz, Igue Festival, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
Loading image…1920–2002
Royal Lee Bolling (June 19, 1920 – July 16, 2002) was a Massachusetts politician and head of a prominent African-American political family. While serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1965, he sponsored the state's Racial Imbalance Act,…
2010s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photographic print portrait of R.R. Chanel, founder of the House of Chanel. Chanel is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background. He wears a black tuxedo with jacket in a silver and black pattern. His white shirt and black bowtie are…
Loading image…1948–
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born 16 July 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish: [ruˈβem ˈblaðes], but [- ˈblei̯ðs] in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing…
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Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the England national team. An academy graduate of Chelsea, Loftus-Cheek made his debut for the club in 2014 and went…
Loading image…1937–2014
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending 18 years and 4 months in prison. In 1966,…
1919–2024
Ruby Chappelle Boyd (March 18, 1919 – October 25, 2024) was the first African-American librarian in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also worked to preserve the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Ruby Glover (December 6, 1929 – October 20, 2007) was a jazz vocalist who was given the title "Godmother of Jazz" in 1993 by Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke. As a professor at Sojourner-Douglass College, she influenced many young students of her Baltimore…
1905–1992
Ruby Middleton Forsythe (1905–1992) was an elementary school teacher in South Carolina. She was known for providing education to the African-American community during the "Jim Crow" era. She was the recipient of four honorary doctorates, with a career that…
1948–
Ruby Nell Sales (born July 8, 1948 in Jemison, Alabama) is an African-American social justice activist, scholar, and public theologian. She has been described as a "legendary civil rights activist" by the PBS program Religion and Ethics Weekly, and is one…
early 1980s; printed 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis color photograph shows a young man posing in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. The young man is dressed in a gray pinstriped suit and is wearing two gold chains and several gold rings. He is posed, leaning forward, with…
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