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1943–
Geraldine Pointer (born Geraldine Robinson, on November 20, 1943) is an American activist from Buffalo, New York, known for being a political prisoner in the Black Power movement and her role in the prisoners' rights movement. In 1968, she was a manager at…
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Geraldine Washington Travis (born September 3, 1931) is an American politician and activist who served in the Montana House of Representatives from the 43rd district as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first black woman to serve in the Montana…
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Gerard Robinson (born September 24, 1966) is a former Virginia secretary of education and Florida education commissioner. He is a school choice proponent and former president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options. He was selected to be Virginia…
1939–2025
Gerlin Bean (10 February 1939 – 2 February 2025) was a Jamaican community worker who was active in the radical feminist and Black nationalist movements in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. Trained as a nurse, she became a dedicated community…
Biography
Germaine A. Hoston is an American and French political scientist, political theorist, and political theologian and professor at the University of California San Diego, specializing in comparative politics and political theory, East Asian and European…
1917 December 12
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"German [word crossed out] East Africa" [Political cartoon depicting a lion with Union Jack]” (Prints; Engravings).
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Geraldine Whittington (September 11, 1931 – January 24, 1993) was the personal executive secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first African-American secretary in the White House. Johnson was famous for working long hours and insisting his…
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Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell (July 3, 1855 – January 21, 1948) was an American journalist, author, teacher, and activist. She served as the women's editor of The New York Age from 1885 to 1889, and of the Indianapolis World from 1891 to 1892. She…
?–1999
Gertrude Gipson Penland was an African-American syndicated columnist, editor, nightclub owner, publicist, and civil rights activist.
1914–2018
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette (November 28, 1914 – April 4, 2018) was an American playwright and film and stage actress. She is also known for being the first woman to work as a licensed taxi driver in New York City, which she began doing in 1942. Despite…
1923–2019
Gertrude Newsome Jackson (November 7, 1923 – October 1, 2019) was an American community activist in the Delta communities via the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the Civil Rights Movement. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the…
November 22, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.4.1a and 2011.174.4.1b. Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image of a close up of a stone cross sign with marchers in the background. Only the left bottom cross section is shown and has [RIGHT / GOD] written in front. A tree stump can be seen to the right of the cross wrapped in wire. A…
2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and orange ceramic in the form of a krater from ancient Greece. The ceramic features three bands of imagery. The topmost band consists of silhouette profiles of figures. The body of the ceramic depicts various scenes including figures playing…
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHardcover reader textbook from the Negro American Series by Emma E. Akin. The book has a red cloth cover with a black graphic illustration and black text. Standing next to the printed title and author text is the silhouetted figure of a conductor holding a…
1931–2016
Gilbert Roland Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American politician, police officer, and actor, who was the President of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the Beverly Hills Cop film series.…
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Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson fused jazz, blues and…
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Gilbert C. Smith was a state legislator in Mississippi. Smith was born in South Carolina. He represented Tunica County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875 and 1884 to 1885. In 1896 the Meridian newspaper in a write up about the…
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Gilbert Horton (c.1840 - July 1894) was an American politician who served as a justice of the peace and a state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885. Horton lived in Greenville,…
1942–1995
Gilbert Moses III (August 20, 1942 – April 15, 1995) was an American actor and theatrical director. He was also known for his work in the Civil Rights movement, as a staff member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and founder of the…
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Gilbert William Lindsay (November 29, 1900 – December 28, 1990) was an American politician who worked his way up from Los Angeles City Hall janitor to become the city's first black City Council member and one of its most powerful elected officials.
1947–
Gilbert L. "Whip" Wilson (born March 17, 1947) is an American Democratic Party politician who has been the sheriff of Camden County, New Jersey since December 2015. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010. when he was selected by party…
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Gilda Cobb-Hunter (born November 5, 1952, in Gifford, Florida) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She is the first African American woman elected to the State House from Orangeburg County. Cobb-Hunter is the former…
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Giles Beecher Jackson (1853–1924) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist. He was the first African-American to practice law before the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1887. Jackson co-authored The Industrial…
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