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Giles Cotton, also known as Silas Cotton, (died 1883 or 1884) was an emancipated slave, farmer, and state legislator in Texas. A Radical Republican, he served in the Texas House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era from 1870 to 1873. He married…
1961–
Gina Belafonte (born New York City, September 8, 1961) is an American actress, film and stage producer, and civil rights activist. She is the co-founder of the social non-profit organisation, The Gathering for Justice, and CEO of the social just nonprofit,…
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Gina M. Brown (born January 15, 1966) is an American HIV/AIDS activist and social worker. After experiencing childhood trauma and overcoming a drug addiction, Brown was diagnosed with HIV in 1994. Upon her diagnosis, she became a social worker to raise…
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Gina Hackett Curry (born October 23, 1972) is an American politician who has represented the 164th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2021.
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Giorgia Tais Xavier Prates (born 23 September 1978) is a Brazilian politician, photojournalist, artist, and human rights activist.
May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts a woman during the construction of Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a yellow cloth wrapped around her head. She is shown from the chest upwards, wearing a light grey button shirt, with an object hanging…
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Girmay Hadish Zahilay ( GUR-my ZAH-hil-eye; born May 6, 1987) is an American politician who has served as the King County Executive since 2025. He was formerly a member of the King County Council from District 2. He was elected to King County Council in…
1923–2019
Gladys Barker Grauer (August 15, 1923 – September 5, 2019) was an American artist and activist. In 1971, she opened the first art gallery in Newark, New Jersey.
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Gladys McCoy (February 28, 1928 – April 11, 1993) was an American politician who was the first African American elected to public office in the state of Oregon.
1920–2010
Gladys Noel Bates (née Gladys Winnie Noel; March 26, 1920 – October 15, 2010) was an African-American civil rights pioneer, and educator. In 194, she filed a lawsuit, Gladys Noel Bates vs. the State of Mississippi, charging salary discrimination against…
March 9, 1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a cut glass box (a) with a small pewter statue of a bison on its lid (b). The glass box is square with its four corners delineated by deep carved decorative channels in the glass. There is a channel along the right and left exterior edge of the…
1959-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a glass tumbler with a decorative plastic wrap printed with an article from the “Star Gazette.” The wrap covers three-quarters of the tumbler’s vertical outer surface. It has a white background with black text arranged as the newspaper masthead and…
1882-1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a…
1882-1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a…
1882-1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGothic style window consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting inside of a…
1882-1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGGothic style window wood frames consisting of four panels, the largest being a rectangular window at the bottom half, and the top half being divided into three parts consisting of two equally sized vertical pointed arches with squared bottoms fitting…
1949–2021
Glen Ford (born Glen Rutherford; November 5, 1949 – July 28, 2021), was an American journalist, who, along with Bruce Dixon and Margaret Kimberley, co-founded Black Agenda Report. He was a socialist, a Vietnam War-era military veteran and a member of the…
1923–2016
Glendora McIlwain Putnam (July 25, 1923 – June 5, 2016) was a civil rights activist and the first African American woman to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Biography
Glenn Barnes is an American politician who was elected member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 65th district in 2024.
1970–
Glenn E. Martin (born October 30, 1970) is the president and founder of GEMtrainers.com, a social justice consultancy firm that partners with non-profits from across the United States to assist with fundraising, organizational development and marketing.…
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Glenn Frederick Ivey (born February 27, 1961) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district since 2023. The district covers most of the black-majority areas on the Maryland side of the…
1940–2001
Glenn Thompson (September 24, 1940 – September 7, 2001) was an American book publisher and activist. Born in Harlem, New York, he moved in 1968 to England, where he began a community-based bookshop called Centerprise in Hackney, East London, and went on to…
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Gloria Allen (October 6, 1945 – June 13, 2022) was an American transgender activist who ran a charm school for transgender youth in Chicago's Center on Halsted. Allen's school lasted only a few years — she was not paid, and she often used her own money to…
1929–2017
Gloria Leon Baylis (née Clarke; June 29, 1929 – April 12, 2017) was a Barbadian Canadian civil rights activist, registered nurse and entrepreneur. She won the first-ever case of employment-related racial discrimination in Canada, and later founded the…
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