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Nimrod Snoddy (July 4, 1821 - May 16, 1886) was an A. M. E. preacher who served in the Alabama Legislature during the Reconstruction era. He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1876 representing Greene County, Alabama. He held…
Biography
Nina Banks is an American economist who is an associate professor of economics at Bucknell University and former president of the National Economic Association. She previously served on the board of the International Association for Feminist Economics…
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Nina Chanel Abney is an American artist, based in New York. She was born in Harvey, Illinois. She is an African American contemporary artist and painter who explores race, gender, pop culture, homophobia, and politics in her work.
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Nina Gomer Du Bois (July 4, 1870 – July 26, 1950) was an American civil rights activist, Baháʼí Faith practitioner, and homemaker. In 1927, she served on the executive committee of the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations, which was…
1879–1963
Nina Littlejohn (February 28, 1879 - February 28, 1963) was an African American entrepreneur and healthcare advocate from South Carolina. She co-founded the John-Nina Hospital in Spartanburg, which was a black owned medical facility that provided care to…
1933–2003
Simone blended classical training with jazz, soul and blues and gave the movement enduring protest songs.
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis image depicts musician Nina Simone during a concert. Sideways to the viewer, she turns her head to her right, her mouth open, while gesturing with her right hand. There is a microphone positioned directly in front of her.
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Nina Turner (née Hudson; born December 7, 1967) is an American politician and television personality. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and served in the Ohio Senate from 2008 to 2014. Turner is a…
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Ermias Joseph Asghedom (born Airmiess Joseph Asghedom; August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was an American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur. Emerging from the West Coast hip-hop scene in the mid-2000s, Hussle…
1904–1996
Known as Zik of Africa, Azikiwe was a pioneering journalist and nationalist leader who became Nigeria’s first indigenous governor-general and later its first president.
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Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha (born November 16, 1970) is an American politician and poet. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 1. He is also the current Poet Laureate of Delaware, along with his twin brother, Al…
1895-1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card with a black-and-white print of an unidentified man drinking from a jug while sitting in a wagon. The Conestoga wagon is missing its canvas cover so that the man is fully visible seated in the bed between the exposed ribs. His feet are…
2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA signed hardcover first edition of No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, written by Condoleezza Rice. The book features a glossy color paper jacket over its black hardcover. The black spine displays the book title, author, and publisher…
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “No Justice, No Peace; Miscellaneous Lyrics” (Text).
1815–1885
Noah Graham (1815 - May 1885) was an A.M.E. minister and state legislator in Florida. The Florida Archives have a copy of his 1867 voter registration. He is identified as "Colored".
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Noah P. Hood (born 1986) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2025. He previously served as a judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals after being appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on February…
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Noah McCourt (born 1994) is an American autistic disability rights activist, politician and social critic who was honored by the United Nations in 2016. McCourt is a former member of the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities and the…
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Noah Walter Parden (c. 1868 – February 23, 1944) was an African-American attorney and politician who was active in Chattanooga, Tennessee, East St. Louis, Illinois, and St.
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Noble Drew Ali (January 8, 1886 – July 20, 1929; possibly born Timothy or Thomas Drew) was an American civil and religious leader who, in the early 20th century, founded a series of organizations that he ultimately placed under the umbrella title, the…
1990–
Nomzamo Nxumalo Mbatha (born 13 July 1990) is a South African actress, accountant, television personality, businesswoman and human rights activist. She is best known for portraying Thandeka Zungu on Mzansi Magic telenovela Isibaya (2013–2020) and Mirembe…
1983–2021
Nona Moselle Conner (December 12, 1983 – May 13, 2021) was a Washington, D.C.-based activist for the rights of sex workers, women of color and transgender women.
September 29, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Examiner highlights the role of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women in registering voters and getting out the vote. The article is taped to the top of page nine (9) in Frances…
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Norman Blann Rice (born May 4, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving two terms from 1990 to 1997. Rice was Seattle's first elected African-American mayor.
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Norma Elizabeth Boyd (August 9, 1888 – March 14, 1985) was one of sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority founded by African-American women students, at Howard University. She was also one of the incorporators of the organization in 1913.…
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