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1845–1892
George Washington Witherspoon (December 15, 1845 – January 2, 1892) was a shoemaker, A.M.E. minister, and state legislator in Florida. Witherspoon was born in the South Carolina's Sumter District. He represented Jefferson County in the Florida House of…
1882–1931
George Wells Parker (September 18, 1882 – July 28, 1931) was an African-American political activist, historian, public intellectual, and writer who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World.
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George White was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Chickasaw County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He served with fellow House member from Chickasaw County Henry H. Harrison.
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George William Butler was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Sharkey County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1894. In 1884 he served on the Committee of Engrossed Bills.
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George Williamson Crawford (October 21, 1877 – August 1, 1972) was a lawyer, public servant, and an activist for African-American civil rights in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Georges C. Benjamin (born September 28, 1952) is an American public health official who has served as CEO of the American Public Health Association since 2002, and previously as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the…
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Georges Laraque (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ laʁak]; born December 7, 1976) is a Haitian-Canadian politician, author, radio host, and former professional ice hockey player noted for being one the most successful hockey enforcers of his time. He was drafted…
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Georgia Davis Powers (née Montgomery; October 19, 1923 – January 30, 2016) was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967, she was the first African American elected to the senate. During her term, she…
Biography
Georgia Ellyse Fort is an American independent award-winning journalist based in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. She has been covering the ongoing protests in that area against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and the killings of Renee Good…
1934–1992
Georgia L. McMurray (March 18, 1934– December 18, 1992) was a New York City administrator and an activist for children, adolescents, and people with disabilities.
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Georgia Rooks Dwelle (1884–1977) was an African-American physician in Atlanta, Georgia who specialized in obstetrics and pediatrics. When Dwelle was licensed as a physician in 1904, she was one of only three African American women physicians in the state…
1868–1949
Georgianna K. Offutt (August 21, 1868 – October 7, 1949) was an American podiatrist, clubwoman, and suffragist, and the second vice-president of Alameda County League of Colored Women Voters. Offutt was a practicing podiatrist in the Los Angeles area for…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with professor and activist Dr. Georgianne Thomas. It consists of three versions of digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.15.1.1 and 2025.12.15.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. at Spelman College. The image captures Dr. Thomas sitting and looking directly into the camera, hands clasped on her lap and smiling. She wears a dark blue blazer and an orange,…
March 22, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and educator Georgianne Thomas, Ph.D. with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Phoebe Linnell at Spelman College. Linnell interviewed Black for the Social Justice Conversations Oral…
1913–2001
Gerald Brooks (January 6, 1913 – December 30, 2001) was a teacher and civil rights advocate in Springfield, Missouri, United States.
1964–
Gerald A. Reynolds (born 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who served as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 2004 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was appointed by President George W. Bush on December 6,…
1960–
Gerald Boudreaux is an American politician who hails from Lafayette, Louisiana. He is affiliated with the Democratic Party and has been representing District 24 in the Louisiana State Senate since 2016.
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Gerald A. Lamb (August 25, 1924 – March 24, 2014) was an American politician and banker who was Connecticut state treasurer from 1963 to 1970. Lamb broke new ground as the first African American elected to statewide office in Connecticut and as only the…
1953–2011
Geraldine Connor, PhD, MMus, LRSM, DipEd (22 March 1952 – 21 October 2011), was a British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer, who spent significant periods of her life in Trinidad and Tobago, from where her parents had migrated to…
May 28, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.18.1a, 2011.174.18.1b, 2011.174.18.1c, 2011.174.18.1d, 2011.174.18.1e, 2011.174.18.1f, 2011.174.18.1g, and 2011.174.18.1h. Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins…
1950–2022
Geraldine "Gerie" Grimes (née Butler, 1950–2022) was an educator and activist in Denver, Colorado, who advocated for better education for Black children and children with disabilities. She was CEO and president of Hope Center, and was inducted into the…
1947–
Geraldine S. Hines (born October 29, 1947) is an American retired judge who formerly served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 to 2017. She was nominated in July 2014 by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and…
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Geraldine Pindell Trotter (1872–1918) was an American civil rights activist and editor. Pindell Trotter was an integral fixture of Boston's African-American upper class at the turn of the 20th century. Pindell Trotter is most known for her role as the…
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