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1946–
Shirley F. Marks (born 1946) is an American psychiatrist. She was the second African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School.
1941–
Shirley J. Allen (born 1941) is an American academic. A longtime professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in 1992 she became the first black and deaf woman to earn a doctoral degree.
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Shirley M. Malcom currently serves as a senior advisor and director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is a trustee of Caltech, and a regent of Morgan State University. Malcom serves on the boards of the…
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Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Rhimes became known as the first showrunner—creator, head writer and executive producer—of the medical drama…
1975-06-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Shrine at #4 Moko St. Moko Quarter. Mix up. One is said to be for Idowu and rest with past. Also Shango, Eshu and Ogun. Monday".
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Sian Hayley "Leo" Proctor (March 28, 1970) is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot and the first artist selected to go to be an astronaut on…
Biography
Sibrina Collins is an American inorganic chemist, educator, and researcher. She has held many career positions including being an editor, educator, and director of a museum. She regularly advocates for inclusion and diversity in the STEM fields, especially…
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Sidney Dillon Redmond (October 11, 1871 – February 11, 1948) was an American civic leader, physician, lawyer, and politician from Jackson, Mississippi. He was an important African American community leader and headed the Mississippi Republican Party as…
before 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWood sign with painted lettering surrounded by a frame displaying hours of operation for White and Colored; verso is also painted lettering in an alternate typeface. Text at top reads "LALLIE KEMP CHARITY HOSPITAL / CLINIC & CLINIC HOURS."
1916–1982
Sinah Estelle Kelley (April 23, 1916 – December 21, 1982) was an American chemist who worked on the mass production of penicillin.
1943–2001
Slayton A. Evans Jr. (May 17, 1943 – March 24, 2001) was an American chemist and professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a leading researcher into organophosphorus chemistry.
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a metal caliper with a sliding scale. The head has pointed edges. The top section is fixed in place, while the lower section moves up and down the ruler. A small screw is present at the side of the lower section.
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Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of…
1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFiring is carried out by potters working in larger (as in Ebu Dada) or smaller groups, with pots piled into open "clamps." The firing is low-temperature, and firing times in the second half of the twentieth century were particularly short. The firing is…
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Snow Flake Grigsby (13 February 1899 – 22 March 1981) was an African American civil rights activist and trade unionist. Grigsby was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, to two farmers in a family of twelve children. He received his high school diploma…
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Sofia Ong'ele (born 21 September 2000) is an American software developer and hacktivist. She is the Director of Digital Strategy at Gen-Z for Change and starred in the 2022 Disney+ documentary Growing Up.
1974–
Sofiya Alhassan (born July 6, 1974) is a Ghanaian-American kinesiologist and academic administrator who researches community family-based physical activity interventions. She also studies how environmental factors play a role in the behavioral health of…
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Solomon Carter Fuller (August 11, 1872 – January 16, 1953) was a pioneering Liberian neurologist, psychiatrist, pathologist, and professor. Born in Monrovia, Liberia, he completed his college education and medical degree (MD) in the United States. He…
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Solomon Harper (October 8, 1895, Poplar Grove, Arkansas - December 8, 1980, New York, New York ) was an electrical engineer and inventor known for creating the first electrically heated hair roller and 28 other inventions. Harper worked for various…
1986–
Sondra Perry is an interdisciplinary artist who works with video, computer-based media, installation, and performance. Perry's work investigates "blackness, black femininity, African American heritage" and the portrayal or representation of black people…
1967–2022
Sonya Eddy (June 17, 1967 – December 19, 2022) was an American actress. She was best known for playing Epiphany Johnson in the American ABC soap opera General Hospital (2006—2022) for which she won a posthumous Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting…
Biography
Sonya Teresa Smith is an American mechanical engineer whose research involves computational fluid dynamics and thermal management of electronics for air and space vehicles. She is a professor at Howard University, the director of the atmospheric sciences…
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Sophia Bethena Jones (May 16, 1857 – September 9, 1932) was a British North America-born American medical doctor and the first woman of African descent to graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School. She founded the Nursing Program at Spelman…
1910–2009
Sophie Lutterlough (1910—2009) was an American entomologist. Lutterlough began working at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as an elevator operator in the 1940s at a time when discriminatory hiring practices prevented…
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