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1932–
Allister Bain (born 13 January 1932) is a Grenadian retired actor, playwright, and screenwriter, who moved to the UK in 1958. A veteran of British performing arts, his TV appearances include roles in Us Girls, Vanity Fair, Bugs, Doctor Who and Waking the…
2003-09-04
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 18, slide 78.
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Ally Love is an American fitness instructor for Peloton and the in-arena host of the Brooklyn Nets. She began her career as a dancer for the New York Knicks and a model for brands like Adidas. She began working for the Nets as a host in 2012, which led to…
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled Allyship is Sacrifice, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center and has been…
1947–
Allyson Ingrid Williams née Layne MBE (born 1947) is a retired midwife, lecturer, carnival masquerade band administrator and chair of the board of the Notting Hill Carnival. She is noted for standing up to racism in her professional life, and is notable…
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Alma Shealey Adams (born May 27, 1946) is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat, Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford County in…
1912–2001
Alma Bazel Androzzo (17 October 1912 - 11 October 2001) was an American composer, pianist and songwriter.
Biography
Alma Faye Brooks is an American-born Canadian disco singer. She is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Best New Female Vocalist, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 1978 and the Juno Awards of 1980. Born in Tyler, Texas, she moved to Montreal,…
1946–
Alma Jean Billingslea (born 1946) is an American scholar and teacher, and a veteran of the civil rights movement. Billingslea was born in Albany, Georgia, but grew up in Orange, New Jersey, where she was one of the first African American students to…
1888–1970
Alma Julia Hightower (November 27, 1888 – August 1, 1970) was an American vocalist, musician and music teacher. From the early 1920s to the mid-1960s she taught thousands of children and adults, many of whom became outstanding performers, such as Clarence…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alma's European-African Ventureby Mrs. Alma G. Dotson”.
1891–1978
Thomas developed a vivid, mosaic-like abstract style late in her career and became one of the most celebrated American painters of her generation.
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Alma Vessells John (September 27, 1906 – April 8, 1986) was an American nurse, newsletter writer, radio and television personality, and civil rights activist. Born in Philadelphia in 1906, she moved to New York to take nursing classes after graduating from…
1915–2011
Hallie Almena Lomax (née Davis) (July 23, 1915 – March 25, 2011) was an African American journalist and civil rights activist.
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Almerinda Farias Gama (May 16, 1899 – March 31, 1999) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, pianist, poet, trade unionist, composer and politician. Gama was one of the first Black women to participate in Brazilian politics and played an important role in the…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alo Ofomi Mask, Osomegbe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally as Aloe Blacc ( ), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He is known for his guest performance on Avicii's 2013 single "Wake Me Up", which topped the charts…
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Alondra Nelson (born April 22, 1968) is an American academic, policy advisor, non-profit administrator, and writer. She is the Harold F. Linder chair and professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent research…
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Fern St. in Camden, New Jersey, 1988. The photograph shows the block where there are buildings along the street. There are empty lots where buildings once stood. Parled cars line the left side of the street which is unpaved. An…
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Fern St. in Camden, New Jersey, 2004. The photograph shows the block where there are buildings along the street. There are empty lots where buildings once stood. Some of the empty lots have cars parked in them, while others have grass…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood engraving of a landscape looking down a road. There are multiple house and trees along each side of the road which curves along the left side of the print to run parallel to a body of water in the background. Five birds flying in the sky above the…
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alonzo Aden standing pointing at painting. "Photo by Adolphus Ealey"” (Photographs).
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Alonzo Bodden (; born June 13, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and former political commentator. In 2004, he won NBC's reality competition TV show Last Comic Standing in its third season after being the runner-up in its second season…
1958–
Alonzo Clemons (American English: ; born 1958) is an American savant and sculptor from Boulder, Colorado. He sustained a severe brain injury as a child that left him with a developmental disability. He achieved fame for his ability to sculpt almost any…
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