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1941–2008
Gwendolyn T. Britt (November 29, 1941 – January 12, 2008) was a member of the Maryland State Senate, first elected in 2003, to represent District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA, winning with 99.4% of the vote. Britt died suddenly in January…
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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons (born August 9, 1944, as Gwendolyn Robinson) is an American activist and retired academic. She is senior lecturer emerita at the University of Florida since her retirement in 2019. Her research has explored Islamic feminism and…
September 14, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.49.1a, 2011.174.49.1b, 2011.174.49.1c, 2011.174.49.1d, and 2011.174.49.1e. Gwendolyn Simmons, Ph.D. recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman…
?–1900
H. F. McKay (also documented as H. A. McKay) (fl. 1900) was an American politician. He and Lectured Crawford were elected to serve in the Georgia Legislature. He lived in Johnston Station, Georgia in Liberty County, Georgia. He was nominated to be the…
Loading image…1948–2026
Harold Kenneth Edgerton (February 18, 1948 – January 18, 2026) was an American civil rights activist known for his defense of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and the Confederate battle flag. An African-American member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,…
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Hazle Reid Crawford (January 18, 1939 – February 10, 2017) was an American real estate developer and Democratic politician in Washington, D.C..
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an oil painting by Pétion Savain belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a portrait of a man depicting him from the waist up, positioned a quarter-turn away from the viewer. He wears a red shirt with white on the one visible left hand cuff and a…
1957–
Hakim Adi is a British historian and scholar who specialises in African affairs. He was the first African-British historian to become a professor of history in the UK when in 2015 he was appointed Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora…
1931–1973
Hakim Abdullah Jamal (born Allen Donaldson; March 28, 1931 – May 1, 1973) was an American activist and writer. He was an associate of Michael X and wrote From the Dead Level, a memoir of his life and memories of Malcolm X. During his life, Jamal was…
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Halifu Osumare (born November 27, 1946) is an African American author, educator, dancer, choreographer, cultural activist, and scholar involved in dance and black popular culture internationally for over fifty years. She is a UC Davis professor emerita of…
mid 20th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSmall antique hall table painted white with an oval-shaped top attached to carved legs. This table was originally used at Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs, MA.
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Hallie Quinn Brown (March 15, 1845/1850 - September 16, 1949) was an African-American educator and activist. She moved with her parents (who were formerly enslaved) while relatively young to a farm near Chatham, Ontario, Canada, in 1864 and then to Ohio in…
1966-2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a Halston wool jacket worn by Etta Moten Barnett. It is a light blue jacket cut in a swing style with a wide and flaring hem and no fastenings. There are two slash front pockets. The lining is done in a cream-colored wool that also hems the rest of…
1921–2003
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis (1921 – November 13, 2003), born Ernest Timothy McGhee, was leader of the Hanafi Movement, a Black Muslim group based in Washington, D.C. Khaalis founded the group following a split with the Nation of Islam in 1957. In 1971 he won the…
1989–
Hamida Dakane (born c. 1989) is a Kenyan-American politician who is the first Black and first Muslim person to serve in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. She was elected in 2022 as a Democrat to represent District 10 of the North Dakota House of…
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Hamilton Moreira de Assis (born January 19, 1963), known as Hamilton Assis, is a Brazilian labor leader, left-wing activist, teacher, and politician from Salvador, Bahia. A former director of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) in Bahia, he has run…
ca. 1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a hand mirror belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of round glass set into an ornate round metal frame with a decorated metal handle. The metal is colored gold but is tarnishing along the handle and up the center back of the frame. The…
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDark blue cotton fabric with white acrylic painted lettering; banner was modified after 2008 Election results to include white cotton patch with blue ink; white cords present to hang from top corners.
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 16, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held…
February 15, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D., President Regional Council of Negro Leadership and President of the Negro Medical Association on February 15, 1956 at the Museum of Science, Boston. The reception was sponsored…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
March 23, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the…
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