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Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the special advisor for athletics at his alma mater…
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Aaron Richard Fisher (May 14, 1895 – November 22, 1985) was an American soldier. He served more than thirty years in the U.S. Army (1911–1947) and was a recipient of several military awards, most notably the Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart…
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Aaron Stevens is an American college baseball coach and former third baseman. He played college baseball at Nicholls State for coach Mike Knight from 1985 to 1988. He then served as the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State Devils (2015–2021)
Biography
Aaron Michael Streets is an American bioengineer and associate professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California. He is the principal investigator at the Streets Lab, where he and his team use…
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Aay Preston-Myint (born 1981) is a visual artist and art educator. He is based in Oakland, California.
1997–
Westerfield Oreoluwa Ibikunle Shoderu (born 30 November 1997), known professionally as Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu, is a British actor. After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he appeared in the BBC medical drama Casualty and the short…
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Abigail Mackenzie Smith (born October 4, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Denver Summit FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Smith played college soccer for the Texas Longhorns and was drafted by…
Biography
Abdel R. Salaam was born in Harlem, New York City. He is a choreographer, director, producer, mentor, and educator. He has been active in the arts since 1955.
1950–2018
Abdoulaye Diakité (December 15, 1950 – January 8, 2018) was an influential djembe master drummer and teacher from Tambacounda, Senegal. He was the lead djembe player of the National Ballet of Senegal for 18 years before emigrating to the United States.
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Abdul Alkalimat (born Gerald Arthur McWorter, November 21, 1942) is an American professor of African-American studies and library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is the author of several books, including…
1958–2022
Abdul–Aziz Yakubu (4 April 1958 – 14 August 2022) was a mathematical biologist. Yakubu was a professor at Howard University for over 20 years and served as chair of the mathematics department from 2004 to 2014.
1954–2016
Abdul Qadir Jeelani (born Gary Cole; February 10, 1954 – August 3, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Born in Bells, Tennessee, he was a 6'8" and 210 lb small forward and played college basketball for the Wisconsin–Parkside Rangers. He…
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Abdul Kanneh (born September 3, 1990) is an English professional Canadian football defensive back. He has played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Ottawa RedBlacks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at New…
1974–
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born Sharmon Shah; June 28, 1974), known previously as Karim Abdul-Jabbar, is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). Abdul-Karim played college football for the…
1953–2024
Abdul Salaam (born Larry James Faulk; August 12, 1953 – October 8, 2024) was an American professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the New York Jets. He played college football for the…
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Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz (May 22, 1927 – June 25, 2014) was an African American Professor of Mathematics. He received the National Association of Mathematicians Distinguished Service Award for his years of mentoring and teaching excellence. President of…
1946–
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (Arabic: عبد الله أحمد النعيم; born in 1946) is a Sudanese-born Islamic scholar who lives in the United States and teaches at Emory University. He is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law,…
1957
Aberjhani (born Jeffery J. Lloyd July 8, 1957) is an American poet, writer and columnist. He is well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, and as co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and author of The River of Winged…
1998–
Abigail Kofi Kim (born 19 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club NEOM. Born in Liberia, she has represented the United States internationally up to under-23 level and currently represents Ghana.…
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ABilly S. Jones-Hennin (March 21, 1942 – January 19, 2024) was an American LGBT rights activist based in Washington, D.C. Beginning in the late 1970s, Jones-Hennin was active in African-American LGBTQ organizing, helping to found a number of groups, and…
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Abiodun Oyewole (born Charles Davis, February 1948), is a poet, teacher and member of the African-American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets, which developed into what is considered to be the first hip hop group. Critic Jason Ankeny wrote, "With…
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Abiodun Williams (born 1961) is an academic in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and conflict management. Formerly he was a senior official at the United Nations, and former President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
1867–1936
Abraham Lincoln DeMond (June 6, 1867 – January 19, 1936) was an American minister and advocate for African-American emancipation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On January 1, 1900, at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, he gave a speech, The Negro…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham Mogos and Isack Fasil next to painting on a wall in the Asmara School of Art, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
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