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Yeshimabeit "Yeshi" Milner is an American technologist and activist. She is the executive director and co-founder of Data for Black Lives.
1960–
Yewande Olubummo (born February 8, 1960) is a Nigerian-American mathematician whose research interests include functional analysis and dynamical systems. She is an associate professor of mathematics at Spelman College, where she served as chair of the…
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Adeyinka Faleti (born June 20, 1976) is a Nigerian-American politician and United States Army veteran who was the Democratic candidate in the 2020 Missouri Secretary of State election. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military…
1946–
Yolanda Theresa Moses (born 1946) is an anthropologist and college administrator who served as the 10th president of City College of New York (1993–1999) and president of the American Association for Higher Education (2000–2003).
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Gimel Androus Keaton (born February 27, 1974), professionally better known by his pseudonym Young Guru, is an American audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey, and record executive from Wilmington, Delaware. In 2019, Young Guru won a Grammy Award for…
[ca. 1908]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPhotographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Jeunes Féticheuses." Translated original caption reads, "Western Africa - Dahomey - Young medicine-women." Original…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGProcess of making a large red storage pot. A ball of prepared clay mix has been beaten or trodden out into a "batt," or patty. Here, a young potter, using an old, inverted pot as a mold, beats out the batt to make the base for a pot.
1926–2016
Yvette Francis-McBarnette (May 10, 1926 – March 28, 2016) was an American pediatrician and a pioneer in treating children with sickle cell anaemia.
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Yvette Marie Miller is an American physician specializing in transfusion medicine who is known for her advocacy for sickle cell patients and increasing blood donations in the Black community.
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Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American physician, professor, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, and NASA astronaut. Cagle joined NASA as an astronaut in 1996. She is one of six African American woman astronauts.
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Yvonne Y. Clark (born Georgianna Yvonne Young; April 13, 1929 – January 27, 2019) was a pioneer for African-American and women engineers. Also known as Y.Y., she was the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Howard…
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Yvonne Lue is a Jamaican medical microbiologist. She is the President for the New York City Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Lue is one of the few Black women who have led clinical microbiology since the 1950 thru 1970s.
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Yvonne T. Maddox is an American academic who is president and CEO of the T.A. Thornton Foundation. She previously served as vice president for research at the Uniformed Services University. Prior to joining USUHS, she was the acting director of the…
1936–
Yvonnecris Smith Veal (born 1936) is an American physician known for her leadership and advocacy for African-American women physicians. She was the first woman leader of the National Medical Association Board of Trustees and one of the first…
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Zelma Maine-Jackson, also known as Zelma Jackson-Maine, is an American hydrogeologist at the Washington Department of Ecology known for her long-term role in environmental remediation of nuclear waste at Hanford Site, for which she was covered in the…
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Zema Abbey (born 17 April 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has a degree in Sports Science and Leisure Management from the University of Bedfordshire. His younger brother, Nathan, was also a professional footballer.
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Zenobia Gilpin (born about 1898 – June 11, 1948) was an American physician and clubwoman, and "one of the best known citizens of Richmond". An African-American physician during the Jim Crow era, she provided medical services to underserved black communities.
1924–2011
Zipporah Parks Hammond (1924–2011) was the University of Colorado College of Nursing's first African-American graduate and the first Black Director of Medical Records in Colorado. She was a humanitarian, philanthropist, and civil-rights champion in Colorado.
1980–
Zoe Marie Williams (born 3 April 1980) is an English television personality. Trained and practising as a physician, Williams rose to media prominence as Amazon in the UK television series Gladiators. Williams had previously played rugby, appearing with the…
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