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1946–
Ellis (Eli) Reed (born 1946) is an American photographer and photojournalist. Reed was the first full-time black photographer to join Magnum Agency and is the author of several books, including Beirut: City of Regrets and Black In America.
1966–
Eliana Alves dos Santos Cruz (born 1966) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. Her works primarily focus on fiction and short stories, with an emphasis on Afro-Brazilian perspectives. She most recently published Meridiana on October 14, 2025.
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Elie Ying Mystal (born May 10, 1978) is an American political commentator, writer and former litigator. He is the justice correspondent at The Nation, where he writes about the courts and the criminal justice system.
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Elijah Alexander Baker (born 30 May 1991) is an English actor, writer, and director. He founded his own independent production company, Enuff Talk Productions, in 2016. In 2017, he won a BUFF Award for Best Emerging Male Actor in his role in Signs of Silence.
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Elijah Samuel Burke (born May 24, 1981), also known by the alias "Da Pope", is an American professional wrestler who works for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Burke started his pro-wrestling career in 2003, working for World Wrestling Entertainment,…
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Elijah Connor is an American pop singer and songwriter. He is known for starring in season two of The Four: Battle for Stardom on Fox with Sean Combs.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Elijah, Imiede mi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts a man holding a painting of Elijah Muhammed and another individual, possibly a key figure in the Nation of Islam. In the painting, Elijah Muhammed is wearing a dark suit and dark taqiyah decorated with crescent moon…
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Elijah Pierce (1892–1984) was a 20th-century wood carver. He began carving at a young age using a pocket knife. He first started carving animals because of his prior life of growing up on a farm.
2004 November 5
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGElina Mina Castle view of exterior courtyard. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 60.
ca. 1923
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted caption on recto reads: "Elisabethville - Hôtel de Bruxelles, Mme V. Fransos." Translated caption reads: "Elisabethbille - Brussels Hotel, Ms. V. Fransos." Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "26/7/23." Postmarked postage stamp on…
1891–1970
Elise Forrest Harleston (February 8, 1891 – 1970) was South Carolina's first black female photographer. She was also one of the first Black female photographers in the United States. Elise Beatrice Forrest was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on…
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Elise Johnson McDougald (October 13, 1885 – June 10, 1971), a.k.a. Gertrude Elise McDougald Ayer, was an American educator, writer, activist and first African-American woman principal in New York City public schools following the consolidation of the city…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Elisha Jaiyeola, Afokha, Okhu, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1917–2020
Eliza Jane Burnett Dodson Ashley, or best known as Liza Ashley, (October 11, 1917 – November 13, 2020) was an American cook and author. She was the executive chef at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion from 1956 to 1990. She authored the cookbook Thirty Years…
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Eliza Myrie (stylized in all lowercase; born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Myrie works in a variety of media, including sculpture, participatory installation art, public art, and printmaking.
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Elizabeth Gertrude Suggs (December 11, 1876 – January 29, 1908) was a 19th-century American author, born to former slaves. Physically impaired with osteogenesis imperfecta, she was able to gain an education and became known as a temperance lecturer. The…
1949–
Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is an English child psychologist and former actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as Elizabeth in the 1970s science fiction…
1962
Elizabeth Alexander (born May 30, 1962) is an American poet, writer, and literary scholar who has served as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018. Previously, Alexander was a professor for 15 years at Yale University, where she taught…
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Elizabeth Brown-Guillory is an academic, playwright, and performing artist. She is a former professor of English at the University of Houston and is now the Dean of Texas Southern University's Thomas F. Freeman Honors College.
1915–2012
Catlett's sculptures and prints portrayed the dignity and resilience of Black women, blending American and Mexican artistic traditions across a seven-decade career.
1893–1987
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (née Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This…
1831–1908
Elizabeth Harriet Stevens Gray Bowser (June 13, 1831 – November 29, 1908) was an American artisan, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was active in the mid-19th century flourishing of Voluntary associations in Philadelphia, as a supplier of decorative…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Elizabeth, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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