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Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes (Rio de Janeiro, March 28, 1969), also known as Hélio Negão (literally: big black Hélio) and Hélio Bolsonaro, is a Brazilian politician and former military officer. A member of PSL (Social Liberal Party), he ran in the 2018…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gouache on paper painting features a representation of the White House set against a solidly black background. The painting’s orange, white, and red imagery includes animals, trees, and an American flag. The scene has been drawn in pencil on white…
ca. 1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet, published by the Virginia State Department of Health, called "Help for Midwives," owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper and center bound with two large staples. The book is 32 pages long,…
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Heman Marion Sweatt (December 11, 1912 – October 3, 1982) was an African-American civil rights activist who confronted Jim Crow laws. He is best known for the Sweatt v. Painter lawsuit, which challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine and was one of the…
?–1874
Henderson Williams was a state legislator in Louisiana who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Madison Parish. He was first elected in 1868, and again to serve in the 1870-1872 session. Henderson was one of the African-American legislators…
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Hendrell Remus is an American political figure who was the first Black person to chair the Tennessee Democratic Party since 2021. He was unanimously re-elected in 2023. Remus' political participation was driven by volunteerism that led him into the 2008…
1808–1836
Henrietta Green Regulus Ray (c. 1808–1836) was an African-American female activist living in New York City who advocated for women's education and independence. She helped found the African Dorcas Association, an organization that worked to provide…
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Henry Allen Rucker (November 14, 1852—May 11, 1924) was an African American entrepreneur and politician. Born into slavery, he was able to achieve significant wealth and political power within the Republican Party. From 1897 to 1911 — the administrations…
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Colonel Henry Arthur Herbert PC (1815 – 26 February 1866), was an Anglo-Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Major Henry Arthur Herbert (1840 – 14 August 1901) was an Irish landowner and a politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
1944–2013
Henry English "Hank" Braden IV (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 2013) was a lawyer and politician. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Braden received his bachelor's degree from Le Moyne College and his law degree from the Loyola University New Orleans College of…
Dates not recorded
Henry Z. Burckmeyer was an American politician. He was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County as an Independent in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876. He was documented as a merchant who was free…
1836–1885
Henry C. Cherry (circa 1836 – July 11, 1885) was an American politician. Born enslaved in North Carolina, he eventually was freed and moved to Edgecombe County where he worked as a carpenter and merchant. He served as a delegate in North Carolina's 1868…
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Henry Weston Cardozo (September 1, 1830 – February 21, 1886) was an American carpenter, cobbler, county auditor, shipwright, tailor, Methodist Episcopal minister, and Reconstruction era South Carolina state senator.
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Henry Cox (December 1832 - ?) was an American shoemaker and politician, who served as a state legislator in Virginia. He served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. He represented Dinwiddie County.
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Henry Demas (April 16, 1848 – April 19, 1900) was an enslaved African American who became a constable, state legislator, civil rights activist, and organizer of Southern University in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era.
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Henry E. Hayne (December 30, 1840 – d.n.d.) was a politician in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. Born free in Charleson, South Carolina, he served in the South Carolina Senate and as Secretary of State of South Carolina in the 1870s. In 1873,…
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Henry Ellsworth Parker (February 14, 1928 – September 29, 2018) was an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1975 to 1986. These 11 years represented the office's second-longest modern tenure, surpassed only by Denise Nappier's…
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Henry Eppes (September 16, 1830 or 1831 – January 26, 1903) was an American politician and minister. Despite being born into slavery, he served seven terms in the North Carolina Senate and also served as a delegate for Halifax County to North Carolina's…
Biography
Henry Francis Downing (c. 1846 – 19 February 1928) was an African-American sailor, politician, dramatist and novelist. His cousin was Hilary R. W. Johnson, the first African-born president of Liberia (1884–92).
1932–
Henry E. Frye (born August 1, 1932) is an American judge and politician who served as the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
1916–1989
Henry G. Parks Jr. (September 29, 1916 – April 24, 1989) was an American businessman and politician based in Baltimore. He was the founder of Parks Sausages Company, one of the first publicly traded Black-owned businesses and the first ever to be listed on…
Biography
Henry Green Madison (1843 – May 31, 1912) was a civic leader in Austin, Texas, and the city's first African American city councilman.
1920–2007
Henry Gunter (1920 – 23 July 2007) was a leading British communist and civil rights leader, most famous for his campaigns for racial equality in the English city of Birmingham. After joining the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), he authored a report…
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