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1872–1918
Henry Alvin Cameron (February 4, 1872 – October 30, 1918) was an American schoolteacher who served as an officer in the United States Army during World War I. Prior to joining the military at age 45, he worked as a science teacher and coach at Pearl High…
1897–1979
Henry Boyd Hucles Jr. (November 11, 1897 – September 11, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Union University from 1919 to 1920 and again from…
1957–
Pastor Henry L. Babers, Sr. (born May 31, 1957 in Union Springs, Alabama) is an American Christian evangelist, bible teacher and scholar whose television program appears on both various television stations nationally, (namely on the Word Network), and…
1889–1965
Henry "Bass" Edwards was an American tuba player and string bassist. He began playing as a teen in an Odd Fellows band in Atlanta, Georgia, and later attended Morris Brown College and Morehouse College where he studied music. He served with the U.S. Army…
1944–2013
Henry English "Hank" Braden IV (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 2013) was a lawyer and politician. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Braden received his bachelor's degree from Le Moyne College and his law degree from the Loyola University New Orleans College of…
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Henry Butler (September 21, 1948 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz and blues pianist. He learned piano, drums, and saxophone in school. He completed a BA and MA, and taught at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
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Henry Ransom Cecil McBay (May 29, 1914 – 1995) was an American chemist and teacher. McBay won numerous awards for his teaching and mentoring, including the American Chemical Society Award (for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical…
1861–1936
Henry Clay Yerger (December 4, 1861 – February 19, 1936) was an American schoolteacher who pioneered African-American education at Hope, Arkansas.
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Henry Damon Davidson (December 16, 1869 – February 21, 1955), sometimes noted as Henry Damon, or H. D. Davidson, was an American academic administrator, educator, author, and church leader in Centreville, Alabama. He founded the Bibb County Training…
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Henry Demas (April 16, 1848 – April 19, 1900) was an enslaved African American who became a constable, state legislator, civil rights activist, and organizer of Southern University in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era.
1951–2023
Henry Preston Dickerson (November 27, 1951 – August 10, 2023) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the men's basketball team at North Carolina Central University from 2004 to 2009. He led the…
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Henry Edwin Baker Jr. (September 1, 1857 – April 27, 1928) was the third African American to enter the United States Naval Academy. He later served as an assistant patent examiner in the United States Patent Office, where he would chronicle the history of…
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Henry E. Hayne (December 30, 1840 – d.n.d.) was a politician in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. Born free in Charleson, South Carolina, he served in the South Carolina Senate and as Secretary of State of South Carolina in the 1870s. In 1873,…
1961–
Henry Austin Ellard (born July 21, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams (1983–1993), Washington Redskins (1994–1998), and New England Patriots (1998) of the National Football League…
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Henry F. Williams (August 13, 1813 – c. 1903) was a musician and composer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th century. He was one of two black musicians to play in the orchestra at the 1872 National Peace Jubilee. His arrangements received…
1933–2022
Henry Foster Jr. (September 8, 1933 – September 25, 2022) was an American obstetrician who was a professor emeritus and dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in the United States. He was also clinical professor of obstetrics and…
1968–
Henry Frazier III (born March 20, 1968) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Virginia State University, a position he has held since 2022. Frazier served as the head football coach at Bowie State…
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Henry H. Harrison was a minister, shoemaker, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Chickasaw County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875. He was born in Alabama. He married and had seven…
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Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 – February 13, 1882) was an American abolitionist, minister, educator, orator, and diplomat. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the…
1927–1995
Henry Holbert Jr. (May 7, 1927 – December 1, 1995) was an American football tight end and coach. He served as the head coach for the Alabama State Hornets from 1969 to 1972, in addition to many years as an assistant. Holbert attended college at Tennessee…
1902–1983
Henry Johnson Richardson Jr. (June 21, 1902 – December 5, 1983) was a civil rights lawyer and activist, a member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1932–36), and a judge in Marion County, Indiana. He helped secure passage of Indiana's school…
1894–1955
Henry Arthur Kean Sr. (April 20, 1894 – December 12, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as head football coach at Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) from 1931 to 1942 and Tennessee…
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Henry L. Shrewsbury (born c. 1847) was an American teacher and Reconstruction era state legislator in South Carolina. He was described as a free mullato, and represented Chesterfield County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 until…
1938–2005
Henry Latimer (January 22, 1938 – January 24, 2005) was the first African-American circuit court judge in Broward County, and was in line to become the first African-American president of the Florida Bar when he was killed in a car accident in South…
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