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Irma Hunter Brown is an American educator, college president, and former politician in Arkansas. She was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1998 and a member of the Arkansas Senate from 2003 to 2008. She was the first African…
1952–
Irma Muse Dixon (born July 18, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American social worker, manager, and African-American politician, the first to be elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC). Dixon represented the Third District on the PSC…
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet produced by members of the Harlem Communist Party. The pamphlet is black print on yellowed paper. The front cover features the title: [Is / Japan / the / Champion / of the / Colored / Races?] and a drawing of a military aircraft dropping bombs.…
1953–
Isa Soares (born 1953) is a Brazilian-born Argentine dancer and activist involved in creating awareness of the African traditions of Argentina and fighting racism against Afro-Argentine peoples. She was one of the pioneers in developing African dance…
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Isaac Gregory Bryan (born January 16, 1992) is an American politician serving as a Member of the California State Assembly where he represents the 55th district, which includes much of South Central Los Angeles. Bryan was previously the executive director…
1840–1910
Isaac Dabbs was an American politician who served on the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1877.
1834–1906
Isaac Harold Anderson (1834 – 1906) was a slave owned by his father who became a wealthy businessman, grocer, politician, publisher, and religious leader in the African American community in the U.S. state of Georgia. He was born in Fort Valley, Georgia.…
1846–1911
Isaac Jenkins (1846–1911) was an American politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives in the 1880s. Jenkins was born on August 10, 1846, in Leon County, Florida. An African American born into slavery, Leon lived on the farm of his owner,…
1920–1973
Isaac Newton Coggs (June 5, 1920 – April 8, 1973) was an American accountant, Democratic politician, and civil rights leader from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for six terms, from 1953 to 1965. In the Assembly, he…
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Isaac D. Shadd (1829 – March 15, 1896) was a newspaper publisher, printer, politician, and bookkeeper. Before the American Civil War, he and his sister Mary Ann Shadd moved to Chatham, Ontario, and published the anti-slavery newspaper, The Provincial…
1962–
Isaac Wright Jr. (born January 23, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for being falsely accused and convicted as a drug lord and sentenced to life in prison in 1991 facing 10 charges involving the sale of cocaine.
1893–1985
Isabel Grenfell Quallo (4 April 1893 – 21 September 1985) was a Congolese-born British-American domestic worker and community activist known for her involvement in the development of Druid Heights, in Marin County, California. Born in the Congo Free State,…
1913–2011
Isabell Masters (January 9, 1913 – September 11, 2011) of Topeka, Kansas, was a five-time perennial third-party candidate (Looking Back Party) for President of the United States. Masters' five presidential campaigns are the most for any woman in U.S.…
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Isaiah George DeGrasse (July 19, 1813 – January 11, 1841) was an American minister in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1836, he was the first African American to graduate from the University of Delaware.
1843–1871
Isaiah L. Lyons (August 1843 – February 21, 1871) was an American politician. Isaiah L. Lyons was born in Monmouth, New Jersey, to parents George and Mary E. Lyons in August 1843. He was raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.
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Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (May 21, 1847 – March 5, 1924) was an American community leader, politician, and the founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-black community. He was a Republican delegate to the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention, and…
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Isham Franklin "I. F." Norris Sr. (October 15, 1851 – September 23, 1928), also known as Isaac Norris, was an American businessman and politician came to prominence in Memphis, Tennessee, before moving to Oklahoma Territory and then Seattle, Washington. He…
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Isham Stewart (April 10, 1810 – January 15, 1893), sometimes written as Isom Stewart, was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era and also served in the Mississippi Senate. He…
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Isham Sweat was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing Cumberland County. He was born in North Carolina. He was described as "mulatto". He lived in Fayetteville. He was part of the…
1907–2004
Ishmael Flory (July 4, 1907 – February 4, 2004) was an American civil rights activist, trade union organizer, and communist party (CPUSA) leader in Illinois.
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Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is Mumbo Jumbo…
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Isiah C. Smith (1922–2012) was a judge and civil rights attorney. He was Palm Beach County, Florida's third black lawyer. He and William Holland, Palm Beach County's first black attorney, fought successfully to integrate the county's schools, golf courses,…
1958–
Isis S. Brantley (born 1958) is an American natural-hair stylist, entrepreneur, educator, and activist based in Dallas, Texas. She is best known for leading a decades-long campaign that resulted in the deregulation of natural hair-braiding in Texas in 2015.
1973–
Lea South, better known as Ismael Lea South, is an English rapper, community activist and youth worker of Jamaican descent.
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