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Loading image…1888–1946
Essaias James Perry (February 11, 1880 – February 2, 1946), or more commonly E. J. Perry, was an early-twentieth-century silhouette artist based in New York City. His decades-long activity was mostly associated with the city's Luna Park and Dreamland…
1990–
E. Jane, also known by their performance name MHYSA, is an American interdisciplinary new media artist and musician.
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "E.K. Agorsah, students and guide on Krobo trip. Krobo Mountains, BA I Fieldtrip, Feb. 8, 1986. The date on the slide is MAY 86.".
1955–2009
E. Lynn Harris (born Everette Lynn Jeter; June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books that made The…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “E – M”.
1962–
Earl Marshawn Washington (born 1962) is an American entrepreneur, printmaker, woodcut artist and art forger.
1967–
Elondust Patrick Johnson (born March 1, 1967) is an American academic scholar and artist best known as the creator of Quare theory. He is dean of the School of Communication and Annenberg University Professor of Performance Studies and African-American…
Loading image…1912–2016
Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination…
1955–
Etheleen Renee Shipp (born June 6, 1955) is an American journalist and columnist. As a columnist for the New York Daily News, she was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues." She…
1906–1971
Elmer Simms Campbell (January 2, 1906 – January 27, 1971) was an American commercial artist best known as the cartoonist who signed his work, E. Simms Campbell. The first African-American cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he…
1871
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “E – W”.
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “E. W. N. (Edward Wilfrid Naussau) Mallows, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “E. W. N. (Edward Wilfrid Naussau) Mallows on campus, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “E – Z”.
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Eadly Business Article” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Ealey to return to Barnett"” (Text).
Loading image…1959–
Ealy Mays (born January 15, 1959) is a Paris-based African-American contemporary artist. His work has been exhibited in Mexico's Galeria Clave, Paris’ Carrousel du Louvre, Mexico's annual José Clemente Orozco Art competition, and New York's Guggenheim…
1962–
Eamonn Roderique Walker (born 12 June 1962) is a British actor. On television, he began in the BBC sitcom In Sickness and in Health (1985–1987), the ITV crime dramas The Bill (1988–1989), Supply & Demand (1998), and the HBO series Oz (1997–2003), for which…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ear to the street Magazine Article” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).
Loading image…1913–1965
Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he pioneered. He…
1904–1992
Earl Clifford Broady (1904–1992) was an American judge, attorney, police officer and pianist in Los Angeles. He joined the police department in 1927, later becoming Deputy D.A., and then a judge. Broady lead a jazz ensemble known as Broady's Hot Footers.
Loading image…1917–2020
Earlston Jewett Cameron CBE (8 August 1917 – 3 July 2020), known as Earl Cameron, was a Bermudian actor who lived and worked in the United Kingdom. After appearing on London's West End stage, he became one of the first black stars in the British film…
Loading image…1959–
Earl Acton Falconer (born 26 January 1958) is a British bass player, best known for being a member of UB40, a group he has been active in since its inception in 1978.
1926–2003
Earl Forest (December 1, 1926 – February 26, 2003) was an American musician and a member of the Memphis-based R&B coalition called the Beale Streeters, which included Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B. King, and Roscoe Gordon. Forest had a hit…
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