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Howard Nathaniel Lee (born July 28, 1934) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from 1969 to 1975. He was the first African-American mayor elected in Chapel Hill, and the first African American to be elected mayor of…
1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover edition of Howard Thurman, Portrait of a Practical Dreamer by Elizabeth Yates. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and deckle page edges. The book’s dust jacket features a black-and-white photograph of Howard Thurman. Thurman…
1916–1991
Hubert Arthur Eaton (1916–1991) was an American physician, civil rights activist, and tennis player in North Carolina. The son of a Winston-Salem physician, Eaton attended Johnson C. Smith University on a tennis scholarship after winning the 1933 national…
1883–1927
Born in St. Croix, Harrison became a leading street-corner speaker, critic and organizer in Harlem, influencing later Black nationalist and labor movements.
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Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham, (18 October 1842 – 3 April 1914) was a British Liberal Party politician and Governor of Mauritius 1892–1897, then Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1897 and 1900.
1901–1990
Hubert Thomas Delany (; May 11, 1901 – December 28, 1990) was an American lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and politician. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, the first African American appointed as Tax Commissioner of New York and one of the first…
1964; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a young boy smiling and holding up fliers with his proper left hand in New York City. He is standing in front of a brick building with a metal gate on the left. The young boy is wearing a dark color…
1971, printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Newton's apartment in Oakland, California. Newton is standing at the proper left of the photograph, wearing a dark-colored button-down shirt with a pin attached to the right collar, dark…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA poster of Huey Newton sitting in a rattan throne chair wearing a beret and a black leather jacket while holding a shotgun in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Leaning against the wall on either side of the chair is a leaf-shaped, Zulu style…
1942–1989
Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966, combining community survival programs with a militant stance against police brutality.
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Hugh A. Carson (died May 9, 1913) was a delegate to Alabama's 1875 Constitutional Convention and served as a state representative for two terms in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. He was a former slave. Carson was a delegate to the 1875 Alabama…
1923–1990
Burnett founded the National Unity Association, whose 1950s campaign helped lead Ontario to pass laws against discrimination in public accommodations.
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Hugh Mason Browne (1851–1923) was an American educator and civil rights activist who served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth (now the Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) from 1902 to 1913. Browne was born and raised in Washington, D. C., and…
1847–1896
Hugh M. Foley (January 25, 1847 – 1896) was an American teacher, storekeeper, minister, farmer, newspaper publisher, and politician in Mississippi. He served as a Wilkinson County Board of Supervisor, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from…
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Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac (March 26, 1886 – January 30, 1971) was an African-Caribbean member of the United States Merchant Marine. He earned a Master rating in 1918, which should have qualified him to command a ship, but racial discrimination prevented this…
1931–2015
Humza al-Hafeez (born Leonard Ernest Weir; February 28, 1931 – November 27, 2015, and formerly known as Leonard 12X Weir) was an American Islamic minister, author, and social activist. He was the first Black Muslim police officer in the New York Police…
1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white vintage silver gelatin photograph titled “Husband and Wife, Sunday Morning, Detroit, Michigan” by Gordon Parks. The photograph captures wife and husband Pauline Collins (née Terry) and Bert Collins. The couple is photographed side-by-side…
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Hussein Samatar (Somali: Xuseen Samatar, Arabic: حسين ساماتار) (1964 – 25 August 2013) was a Somali American politician, banker and community organizer. He established the African Development Center in 2004, which provided microloans and technical…
Biography
Huston J. Lomax (c. 1832 – November 11, 1870) was a legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He was a delegate to the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention, where he represented Abbeville County.
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The Reverend Dr. Hutchens Chew (H.C.) Bishop (1859 – May 17, 1937) was an Episcopal priest who spent most of his career in New York City. He was rector of St.
1900–2002
Hutchins Franklin Inge (April 16, 1900 – March 28, 2002) was an American physician and Democratic Party politician. He was the first African American to serve in the New Jersey Senate.
December 28, 2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.7.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews. In this interview, Hy Thurman, one of the founding members of the Young Patriots, discusses his upbringing in…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPoster has thick black border overall. Poster has a photograph of Angela Davis from the chest up speaking and holding up a clenched fist. The background of the photograph is yellow. At the top left corner of the photograph is the text: "Angela, Yes You Are…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts a man, Derek Charles Livingston, in the crowd holding a sign that reads "I AM A BLACK, / GAY MAN / I AM A BLACK / MAN / I AM A MAN." The sign has a small rainbow image of the African continent at the top right.…
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