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1855–1929
Annie E. Anderson Walker (née Annie E. Anderson) (October 5, 1855 – June 9, 1929) was an African-American artist, known for her portraits and her work in pastels, and for being one of the first African-American women to complete an institutional art…
1891–1995
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany (September 3, 1891 – September 25, 1995) was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her elder sister, Sadie, of the oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years…
1940–
Annie Marie Garraway (née Watkins; born 1940) is an American mathematician who worked in telecommunications and electronic data transmission. She is also a philanthropist.
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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone (August 9, 1877 – May 10, 1957) was an American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist. In the first three decades of the 20th century, she founded and developed a large and prominent commercial and educational enterprise…
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Annie Walker Blackwell (August 21, 1862 – December 7, 1922) was an American church worker, suffragist, and writer. The Annie Walker Blackwell School for Women and Girls in Liberia was named in her memory.
1973–
Annmarie Morais (born 1973 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican-Canadian screenwriter best known for writing the film How She Move. She earned a BFA from York University in Film and Video in 1995. Morais won funding for two Vision TV Cultural Diversity Drama…
1932
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnnual Princeton University Interscholastics silver medal for the 100 Yard Run event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1932. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding as orange and black striped ribbon attached to a medal. The pin has a “C” clasp…
1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnnual Princeton University Interscholastics gold medal for the 220 Yard event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding an orange and black striped ribbon attached to a medal. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on…
1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnnual Princeton University Interscholastics silver medal for the Running High Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding an orange and black striped ribbon attached to a medal. The pin has a “C” clasp…
1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAnnual Princeton University Interscholastics gold toned medal for the Javelin event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding an orange and black striped ribbon attached to a medal. The pin has a “C” clasp…
1945–
Ansel Keith David Wong (born 4 October 1945) is a Trinidadian-British cultural and political activist, who has been influential in many organisations particularly in the black community in the United Kingdom, where he has been based since the 1960s. He is…
1954
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet about Schools in the South and the impact of Brown vs. the Board of Education on segregated school districts. The front cover has brown ink on discolored paper. At top, there is a band of teal with white text. The interior consists of thirty-two…
1960–
Anthea Deidre Butler (born 1960) is an African-American professor of religion and chair of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies, where she is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought.
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Anthea Hamilton (born 1978) is a British artist who graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Beckett University) and the Royal College of Art and was one of four shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton was responsible for the show's most…
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Anthony Adams is an American lawyer and politician who served as former deputy-mayor of Detroit under Kwame Kilpatrick. Adams was a candidate in the 2021 Detroit mayoral election, running against current Detroit mayor, Mike Duggan, after advancing from the…
Biography
Anthony B. Bradley is an American theologian, author and cultural analyst. The author of twelve books, including Aliens in the Promised Land, which launched a minority-led conversation about racism in the U.S. evangelical church, he has also published…
1944–
Anthony Barboza (born 1944, New Bedford, Massachusetts) is a photographer, historian, artist and writer. With roots originating from Cape Verde, and work that began in commercial art more than forty years ago, Barboza's artistic talents and successful…
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Anthony Harris Bennett (born March 14, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Al-Najma of the Bahraini Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for one year. He was the first overall pick…
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Anthony Binga Jr. (June 1, 1843 – January 21, 1919) was an American minister, educator, businessman, and board chairman of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. He was one of the first African Americans to serve as a public school teacher in Virginia.
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Anthony Bonner (born June 8, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Saint Louis.
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Rev. Anthony Bowen (1809—1871), was a civic leader among the African-American community in Washington, D.C., and the first African-American employee of the United States Patent Office. Both the Anthony Bowen YMCA and Anthony Bowen Elementary School in…
1963–
Anthony Lee Bowie (born November 9, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a former NBA shooting guard, most renowned for his stint with the Orlando Magic. With the Magic, Bowie became one of the top bench players, often stepping…
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Anthony Branker (born August 28, 1958) is an American musician and educator of Caribbean descent. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Piscataway and Plainfield, New Jersey. He attended public schools in Piscataway and graduated from…
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Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and was a…
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