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1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of vocalist Al Hibbler singing at a performance in Miami, FL. The photo shows Hibbler in profile from the left. He wears a light colored collared shirt and has his eyes closed.
1918–1981
Al Hoosman a.k.a. Al Hoosmann was former serviceman, boxer and actor. During the 1950s and 1960s he acted in a number of films, including The Phantom of the Big Tent , The Avenger, Oriental Nights, and Beyond the Law.
1973–
Alphonzo Jerome Bailey (born November 5, 1975), better known by his stage name Al Kapone, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. Al Kapone is known principally for his underground success in the Memphis hip hop scene in the 1990s, and his later…
1916–1950
Albert Killian (October 15, 1916 – September 5, 1950) was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era.
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Al Letson (born August 8, 1972) is an American writer, journalist, radio/ podcast host and screenwriter.
1942–2018
Alexander Basil Matthews (November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018), commonly known as Al Matthews, was an American actor, singer, and radio personality. He was best known for his appearance as Gunnery sergeant Apone in the 1986 film Aliens.
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Albert Phillip McKay (born February 2, 1948) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is a former member of The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band and Earth, Wind & Fire. As a member of EW&F, during 2000, he was inducted into the Rock and…
1925–1990
Alfred Lloyd Reed, Jr. (November 10, 1925 – March 12, 1990), known as Al Reed, was an American musician in the 1950s and 1960s, best known for the song he wrote, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye", notably performed by Danny White for Frisco Records. This song has…
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Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC's Today, and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today.
1941–1995
Al Sanders (March 13, 1941 - May 5, 1995) was an American television news anchorman at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. He helped take a third place television newscast to first place, where it stayed throughout his career.
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Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization. In…
2004-2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white digital image of Al Smith opening a freshly steamed clam on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. The image is of his hands holding an opened clam. Hi hands and the clam are resting on a black colored plate. 24.
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of jazz bebop drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath performing in Miami, FL. Heath is only partly visible behind his drumkit, with a cymbal largely obscuring his face. He wears a white shirt and tall dhaka topi style cap.
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Albert James Young (May 31, 1939 – April 17, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. He was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2008. Young's many books included novels,…
May 1963; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two African American men and an African American woman being sprayed with high-pressure fire hoses. They are leaning against the glass windows of a brick building. The man on the far right is being hit directly in the lower…
1965; printed 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a man wearing a denim jacket with [Alabama / God-Damn] written across the back. A Confederate flag has been stitched onto the jacket in the center between the words. The man has his back to the camera, with his face turned…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG225 KING TUTANKHAMUN'S TREASURES[,] (1353-1344 B.C.); Museum number 984. Alabaster canopic box which[,] held the four vessels. In each vessel was a miniature[,] gold coffin containing the king's viscera.; Copyright: Eastern Publishing Company P.O.B. 261.…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alade, Imigbai, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Aladura children dressed for church” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1969-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alafin of Oyo's Court Houses, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alafin's Palace, Awuyemi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1969-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alafin's Palace Building, Oyo, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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Alaíde Costa Silveira Mondin Gomide (born 8 December 1935), known as Alaíde Costa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
1885–1954
Locke’s 1925 anthology The New Negro helped define and champion the literary and artistic movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance.
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