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Hannah Drake is an American poet, blogger, activist, public speaker, and author of 11 books. On Super Bowl Sunday of 2019 (February 3, 2019), Drake garnered a lot of attention when film director and producer Ava DuVernay tweeted out a video of Drake's poem…
1959–
Hannibal B. Johnson (born January 27, 1959) is a writer, educator, and activist who specializes in teaching African-American history.
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Hannibal Caesar Carter (February 1835–June 1, 1904) was the Secretary of State of Mississippi from September 1 to October 20, 1873, and from November 13, 1873, to January 4, 1874, serving the first term after being appointed when Hiram R. Revels resigned.…
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Hansen Hashim Clarke (born Molik Hashim, March 2, 1957) is an American politician. A Democrat, he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the…
Biography
Hanson Truman Hughes (died July 16, 1910) was an American politician and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Granville County, North Carolina in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1876. He was one of five African Americans…
April 15, 1967; printed 2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of men, women, and children marching down a street in Harlem, New York, in the Harlem Peace March on April 15, 1967. The marchers are carrying signs that read: [Black Men Should Fight White Racism, Not Vietnamese Freedom…
1907–1990
Harold Arnoldus Stevens (October 19, 1907 – November 9, 1990) was an American lawyer and judge who served on the New York Court of General Sessions and New York Court of Appeals.
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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from…
1942–2022
Harold James (August 7, 1942 – April 28, 2022) was a Democratic politician, and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Before his election to the House of Representatives, James served as a police officer.
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Harold "Slim" Jenkins (1890–1967) was the prominent African-American founder of the Slim Jenkins Cafe, a premier night club in West Oakland in the 1930s through the 1960s that featured such stars as B.B. King, The Ink Spots, Dinah Washington, and other…
1934–2026
Harold Kenneth Brown (May 6, 1934 – May 6, 2026) was an American civil rights leader in San Diego, California. He graduated from San Diego State University (SDSU) in 1959 and became the first African American to hold administrative rank at the university.…
1927–2012
Harold K. Hoskins, Sr. (15 February 1927 Big Sandy, Texas – 1 May 2012) was an American pilot and Tuskegee Airman who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. He trained during World War II and served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
1940–2020
Harold McDonald Brathwaite (June 1, 1940 - May 31, 2020) was a Barbadian-Canadian educator and school administrator.
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Harold David Melton (born September 25, 1966) is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
1882–1947
A physician who faced discrimination in British medicine, Moody founded an organization in 1931 that campaigned against racial discrimination across the empire.
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Harold Gene Moss (October 1, 1929 – September 21, 2020) was an American politician and businessman who was the 34th mayor of Tacoma, Washington. He was the first African American member of the city's council, its first African American mayor and the first…
1916–1991
Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. (October 9, 1916 – July 17, 1991) was an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1966 to 1991. He was the first openly African-American Catholic bishop, the second…
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Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 51st mayor of Chicago from 1983 until his death in 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Black person to hold the office.…
Biography
Harriel "Hal" G. Geiger (c. 1840 – June 11, 1886) was an American politician, blacksmith, and lawyer. Born into slavery in South Carolina, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a candidate for the Greenback Party.
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Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (April 20, 1926 – January 27, 2015) was an American politician and educator from Wyoming who was the first African-American elected to the Wyoming Legislature.
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Harriet Forten Purvis (c. 1810 – June 11, 1875) was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist. With her mother and sisters, she formed the first biracial women's abolitionist group, the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. She…
1839–1904
Harriet Purvis Jr. also known as Hattie Purvis (c. 1839 – 1904) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist and a member of the temperance movement. She was part of the second generation of American suffragists. Purvis worked closely with Susan B.…
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Harriet Redmond (born circa 1862 – June 27, 1952), also known as Hattie Redmond, was an African-American suffragist who lived and worked in Portland, Oregon. She moved to Oregon at a young age where she then became an active member of the suffragist…
1922–1981
Harriette Bailey Conn (September 22, 1922 – August 21, 1981) was an American lawyer and politician. A civil rights activist who became known for her efforts to assist minorities, women, and defendants in Indiana's criminal justice system, Conn became the…
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