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Loading image…1944–1966
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. Younge was an enlisted service member in the United States Navy, where he…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLight brown hard plastic Samsonite hat box suitcase with pale green synthetic fabric lining. The suitcase closes with two (2) metal spring-action latches on either side of the handle. The handle is made from a loop of brown plastic attached to the body of…
1998–
Samuel Oluwabukunmi Adeniran (born September 30, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Austrian Football Bundesliga club LASK.
Biography
Samuel Armstead (né Samuel Ball; c. 1804–October 4, 1908) was an American politician, Methodist minister, restaurateur, and was formerly enslaved. An African American, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, established a church, and started a…
Biography
Samuel Benedict (c. 1792–1854) was a Liberian politician and jurist who served as the 1st Chief Justice of Liberia. He was born a slave in the U.S. state of Georgia in 1792, and purchased his freedom and that of his family.
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Samuel D. Burris (October 14, 1813 – December 3, 1863) was a member of the Underground Railroad. He had a family, who he moved to Philadelphia for safety and traveled into Maryland and Delaware to guide freedom seekers north along the Underground Railroad…
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Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 – November 6, 1858) was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York City's small free black community, where he organized the first congregation of black Presbyterians in…
1982
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Samuel Fadeyi wearing asho alaaro, Ile Aren” (Slides (photographs)).
Dates not recorded
Samuel Fields was a figure of the American Wild West and an active participant in the African-American community of Deadwood, South Dakota. Fields moved to Deadwood around 1876 to seek his fortune. He claimed to have been a General in the Union Army during…
1936–2020
Samuel Hargress II (April 9, 1936 – April 10, 2020) was an American bar owner. Hargress was the owner of the Paris Blues, a jazz and blues lounge and bar in Harlem in New York City. It opened in 1969.
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Samuel Harrison (April 15, 1818 – August 11, 1900) was a black American abolitionist, former slave, preacher, and Army chaplain who operated largely in and around New England. He was a staunch writer and orator against slavery and racism, eventually…
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Samuel Iling-Junior (born 4 October 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for EFL Championship club Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa. A youth product of Chelsea and Juventus,…
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Samuel Laing Williams (January 10, 1857 – December 21, 1921) was an American lawyer and community leader. He was the first African American to graduate from the Law School of the George Washington University, then called Columbian University, in…
1970s-1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of a framed oval portrait of Samuel M. Jackson Jr. as it is hanging on a wall. As is explained in handwriting on the photograph, the portrait is of Jackson when he was 7 weeks old. The baby is lying on a white blanket on top of a small…
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Samuel Nuckles was an American legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He represented Union County. Nuckles was a state representative for Union County from 1868 until 1872. He is buried at Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church. His…
1882–1957
Samuel M. Plato (1882–1957) was an American architect and building contractor in the United States. His work includes federal housing projects and U.S. post offices, as well as private homes, banks, churches, and schools. During World War II, the Alabama…
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Samuel Ringgold Ward (October 17, 1817 – c. 1866) was an African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor, labor leader, and Congregational church minister. He was author of the influential book Autobiography of a…
Loading image…1991–
Samuel Ross (born 1991) is a British fashion designer, creative director, and artist. He is known for founding the fashion label A-COLD-WALL*, Industrial Design studio SR_A SR_A, and the Black British Artists Grants Programme. Since founding these…
?–1850
Samuel Snowden (c. 1765—1850) was an African-American abolitionist and pastor of the May Street Church, one of the first black Methodist churches in Boston, Massachusetts. Under Reverend Snowden's direction from 1818 to 1850, the May Street Church…
1917–1999
Samuel Ulysses Rodgers (August 10, 1917 – December 19, 1999) was an American physician, educator, and public health advocate. He was a pioneer in the community health movement, including establishing the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center (originally the…
Loading image…1866–1908
Samuel W. Starks (March 10, 1866 – April 3, 1908) was an African American community leader who achieved national prominence through his leadership in the fraternal order the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and…
Loading image…1912–1970
Samuel Woodrow Williams was a Baptist minister, professor of philosophy and religion, and Civil Rights activist. Williams was born on February 12, 1912, in Sparkman (Dallas County) then grew up in Chicot County, Arkansas. An African American, Williams…
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “San family, Mpumalanga (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of the Carmona family by Eli Reed. The image depicts six (6) unidentified members of the family gathered around a table and facing towards the camera, which is level with the table. In the center of the image is a man holding a…
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