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1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Akpele Masquerader, Otsa Festival, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
Biography
Aku Kadogo, born Karen Vest, is a choreographer, director, actress, and educator. She was one of the original cast members of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976), and acted in the 1990s…
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Akua Naru (also known as Akua Olatunji), is a rapper from Connecticut, United States. Her hip-hop music incorporates styles including soul and jazz. In 2018 she began archiving the achievements of women in hip-hop at Harvard University as a Nasir Jones…
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Akua Njeri (formerly known as Deborah Johnson; born 1949/50) is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Njeri was present at the December 4, 1969, police raid in which her fiancé, Fred Hampton, and…
1973-10-20
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Akunwumi Awoyomi- Carpenter and coffin maker. With his wife Ayoola Awoyomi. With Adetunji- 12 months. Esther- 9 years. Twins Taiwo and Kehinde - 5 years. Market Day".
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Akwete Mask, Olimi Festival, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
ca. 1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads "View up Country. Opobo." Appears in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, page 231.
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Al Azhar-Masjid Mosque, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Albert Joseph Brown III (born June 4, 1968), known professionally as Al B. Sure!, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He was born in Boston and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s…
1940–
Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell; March 15, 1940) is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He is best known as having been an executive and co-owner of Stax Records with Jim Stewart based in Memphis, Tennessee, during the latter half…
1908–1978
Arthur Bernard Leaner (June 30, 1908 – September 6, 1978), who was known professionally as Al Benson, was an American radio DJ, music promoter and record label owner in Chicago between the 1940s and 1960s. He was particularly significant for his promotion…
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Albert Aloysius Casey (September 15, 1915 – September 11, 2005) was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of Fats Waller's band during the 1930s and early 1940s.
1930–1996
Al Cleveland (born Alfred W. Cleveland; March 11, 1930 – August 14, 1996) was an American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most popular co-compositions are 1967's "I Second That Emotion" and 1969's "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" performed by Smokey…
Biography
Almando Cresso, better known by his stage names Al Cres and Don Wolfe, is an American songwriter and record producer who contributed to Beyoncé album Renaissance, co-writing "Energy", as well as various Beam projects, albums from gospel artist Trip Lee,…
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Alan Cromwell (1938 – 28 September 1995) was a Canadian blues and folk musician who was active on the folk scene in Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, where he performed at Steele's Tavern, the Horseshoe Tavern, The Purple Onion and various venues in…
1972; printed February 2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Al Fennar, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Fennar from the neck up. He is facing the viewer, his eyes are closed, and he is smiling widely. He is wearing a dark tone dress…
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Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), known professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer. He is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Tired of Being Alone"…
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Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called Plunger Techniques.
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Al Grey playing trombone at a performance in Hialeah, FL. Grey is photographed outdoors and from a low angle. He is facing left and rests his trombone on his left shoulder. he wears a striped white shirt and…
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Al Hall Quintet - Am I Blue/Emaline (Copy 1)”.
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Al Hall Quintet - Am I Blue/Emaline (Copy 2)”.
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Al Hall Quintet - Blues in My Heart/Rose of the Rio Grande”.
1923–2014
Al Harewood (June 3, 1923 – March 13, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and teacher. He played the drums left-handed.
1955–
Al Haymon (born April 21, 1955) is an American businessman and boxing manager. He was the manager of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times.
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