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Amos Andre Dodson (April 10, 1856 — December 26, 1888) was an American farmer, teacher, carpenter, newspaperman, public official, and state legislator in Virginia. He represented Mecklenburg County in the Virginia House of Delegates during the 1883-1884…
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Amos Gerry Beman (1812–1872) was a 19th-century African American pastor and social activist from Connecticut. He was a prominent African American abolitionist.
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Amos Cleophilus Brown (born February 20, 1941) is an African American pastor and civil rights activist. He is the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, and was head pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco from 1976 through 2025.…
March 2, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h. Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi…
Dates not recorded
Amos Drane (born 1811 or 1812 - ?) was a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 Constitutional Convention representing Madison County, Alabama. He was one of 16 African American delegates at the constitutional convemtion. According to a newspaper brief, he had…
1833–1905
Amos Hargrett (September 14, 1833 – November 1905) was a farmer, county commissioner, justice of the peace, and delegate to Florida's 1885 Constitutional Convention. He was one of seven delegates who were African American. Former Florida state senator…
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Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (born 1948) is an American printer, book artist, and papermaker best known for social and political commentary, particularly in printed posters.
1906–1988
Amy Barbour-James (25 January 1906 – 4 May 1988) was a British-born Guyanese Black civil rights activist and civil servant.
1973–
Amy Mulenga Holmes (born July 25, 1973) is a Zambian-born American journalist and political commentator. Holmes co-hosted, with fellow commentator Michael Gerson, a politically conservative-oriented talk show on PBS titled In Principle. She is a former…
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Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (31 December 1895 – 25 July 1973) was a Jamaican-born journalist and activist. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey. She was one of the pioneering female Black journalists and publishers of the 20th century.
1809–1856
Amy Matilda Williams Cassey (August 14, 1808 – August 15, 1856) was an African American abolitionist, and was active with the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Cassey was a member of the group of elite African Americans who founded the Gilbert…
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Amy Surginer Northrop (1905–2010) was an American cosmetologist, businessperson, entrepreneur, and activist.
1911–1982
Amzie Moore (September 23, 1911 – February 1, 1982) was an American civil rights leader and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta. He helped lead voter registration efforts. His former home in Cleveland, Mississippi, is a Mississippi Landmark. A historical…
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 26 page pamphlet about the Black Panther Party. The pamphlet was originally written by the John Brown Society in May 1968 and later edited with new material by The Radical Education Project in May 1969. The front features a black and white image of two…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows an unidentified woman in the center of the photograph standing at a lectern. The woman is speaking at Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969 inside of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Flowers are visible…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA manuscript of a work, "An Outline of Resurrection City as Used," heavily notated with fiber-tip pen, blue colored pencil, and graphite pencil. The pages are single-sided with typed black ink. The work begins with three unnumbered pages followed by pages…
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Ana Elisa Santos Silva (born 31 August 2005), known mononymously as Ana Elisa, is a Brazilian politician who was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2026. She is the youngest-ever member to be elected from Minas Gerais.
Loading image…1960–2011
Ana Fabricia Córdoba Cabrera (c.1959 – June 7, 2011), also known as "La Negra", was an Afro-Colombian human rights activist, who was assassinated in 2011.
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Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (born March 13, 1955) is an Afro-Puerto Rican attorney who is a former Member of the Puerto Rican Senate, she also served as the head of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico from 2012 to 2014. She was the first black woman, and third…
1966–
Ana Lúcia Martins Rosskamp (born 20 August 1966) is a Brazilian literacy activist, physical education teacher, Black movement activist, professor, and politician. She was elected as councilwoman to the city of Joinville, in Santa Catarina state, during the…
1976–
Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira (born 9 October 1976) is a Brazilian human rights activist. Following the death of her son in 2014 as a result of police brutality, she co-founded Mães de Manguinhos, an organisation supporting the families of victims of state…
Biography
Ana Rita Santiago is a Brazilian retired associate professor at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) and professor for the cultural criticism postgraduate programme, at Bahia State University (UNEB). Concentrating her research on literature…
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Ancelma Perlacios Peralta (born 26 July 1964) is a Bolivian cocalera activist, politician, and trade unionist who served as senator for La Paz from 2015 to 2020. Born in the rural community of Chicaloma, Perlacios ascended the ranks of women's union…
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Anderson Boyd (February 1835 - ?) was an American politician. Boyd was born in South Carolina. In November 1863, he enlisted in the 3rd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment.
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