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1927–1999
Alton Abraham (5 May 1927 – 6 June 1999) was an African American social entrepreneur who acted as business manager for jazz musician Sun Ra.
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Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (November 4, 1889 – November 23, 1987) was an American from the US Virgin Islands who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy (beginning 1917). His music was performed by the bands of John…
1945–2023
Alton Henry Maddox Jr. (July 21, 1945 – April 23, 2023) was an American lawyer who was involved in several high-profile civil rights cases in New York City in the 1980s. He was disbarred in 1990 for refusing to appear before a disciplinary committee…
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Alton Devon Mason ( AL-tən; born November 21, 1997) is an American model, actor and dancer. He is one of the world's few male supermodels and the highest-paid one as of September 2023. GQ Australia named him male model of the year in 2019, Models.com gave…
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Altovise Joanne Davis (August 30, 1943 – March 14, 2009) was an American entertainer, best known for being Sammy Davis Jr.'s third wife.
1967-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Aluko Printing Works off of a main road, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alukpekpe Masquerader, Olimi Festival, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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Alva Rogers (born 1959) is an American playwright, composer, actor, vocalist, and arts educator. She is known for the use of dolls and puppetry in interdisciplinary work. Rogers performed in the role of Eula Peazant in Julie Dash's 1991 film Daughters of…
1947–
Alvia J. Wardlaw (born November 5, 1947) is an American art scholar, and one of the country's top experts on African-American art. She is curator and director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University, an institution central to the development…
1931–1989
Ailey blended ballet, jazz and African American cultural traditions into works, most famously Revelations, still performed worldwide.
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Jack Mitchell Photographs” (Books).
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison” (Prints).
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA print of Alvin Ailey and Romare Bearden with their arms around each other. Ailey, at left, wears a jacket and stands with his right shoulder towards the camera. Bearden, right, wears a jacket and tie with a pin on the lapel. At bottom center, under the…
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey Choreographing with Marilyn Banks, Dudley Williams, & Gary DeLoatch” (Prints).
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey Company” (Prints).
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey & Lula Cooper” (Prints).
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA film with the title Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film. The film features dance recitals choreographed by Alvin Ailey complimented by voiceover narration by Ailey himself. The performances…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey” (Prints).
1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey rehearses Joan Peters in "Blues Suite"” (Prints).
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey surrounded by the Company” (Prints).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey with Eric Bruhn & Natalia Makarova, "The River"” (Prints).
1948–2004
Alvin Baltrop (December 11, 1948 – February 1, 2004) was an American photographer. Baltrop's work focused on the dilapidated Hudson River piers and gay men during the 1970s and 1980s prior to the AIDS crisis.
1932–2007
Alvin Batiste Sr. (November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007) was an American avant-garde jazz clarinetist, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Alvin Childress (September 15, 1907 – April 19, 1986) was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy.
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