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1953–1992
Nadine M. DeLawrence (July 8, 1953 – November 22, 1992) was an American visual artist and educator. She worked as a sculptor, installation artist, painter, and printmaker. Her artwork was influenced by her interest in African religions and she created…
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Nah Dove (born 1940s) is an author, lecturer and scholar in African-American studies. She has lived in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Canada, the UK, and in the US, where she is an assistant professor instruction in the department of Africology and African…
1958–
Najjar Abdul-Musawwir (born October 25, 1958) is an African-American artist and professor of studio art and art history. His work has been exhibited around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He teaches in Southern Illinois…
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Nakia D. Johnson is an American writer who specializes in African-American literature. She is the author of the novel Uptempo (2009). An alum of Cardinal Spellman High School and Manhattan College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in management,…
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Namandjé N. Bumpus is an American pharmacologist who served as the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously director of the department of pharmacology and molecular sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of…
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1945–
Namron Yarrum (born Norman Murray, 1945) is a Black British dancer and was one of the first black dancers to be employed by a British professional dance company. He was born in 1945 in Jamaica and came to the United Kingdom in 1959 aged 13. He joined the…
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Nana aba Duncan is a Ghanaian Canadian writer, broadcaster, and academic. In 2021, she was appointed Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University's School of Journalism. From 2016 until 2020 she was host of the Canadian…
1793–1864
Daughter of the Sokoto Caliphate's founder, Asma'u wrote extensively in multiple languages and organized a corps of women teachers who carried education to rural communities.
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Nancy Clarke (died 1812) was a Barbadian hotelier and free woman of colour who was known for the continued success of the Royal Naval Hotel. According to Professor Pedro Welch of the University of the West Indies, Clarke's history is indicative of the…
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Nancy E. Hill is an American developmental psychologist. She is the Charles Bigelow Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Hill is an expert on the impact of parental involvement in adolescent development, cultural influences…
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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (born Nancy Elizabeth Profitt; March 19, 1890 – December 13, 1960) was an American artist of African-American and Native American ancestry, known for her sculpture. She was the first African-American graduate from the Rhode Island…
1947–2008
Nancy Alene Hicks Maynard (November 1, 1946 – September 21, 2008) was an American publisher, journalist, former owner of The Oakland Tribune, and co-founder of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. She was the first African-American female…
1860–1939
Nancy "Nannie" Jones (January 8, 1860 - July 1939) was an African-American schoolteacher and missionary to Mozambique and Southern Rhodesia. A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Jones moved with her family in childhood to Memphis, Tennessee, where she…
1958–
Nancy Rawles is an American playwright, novelist, and teacher. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.
1954–
Nanette Carolyn Carter, born January 30, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio, is an African-American artist and college educator living and working in New York City, best known for her collages with paper, canvas and Mylar (archival plastic sheets). Daughter of…
1853–1933
Nannette Stafford (June 20, 1853 – May 2, 1933) was a doctor of medicine who was born into slavery and was one of the first women to graduate from Howard University with a degree in medicine. She continued her medical work in Europe, and in 1907, she…
1865–1953
Nannie Cox Jackson (February 26, 1865 – September 19, 1953) was a prominent African-American educator, wealthy property owner and businesswoman in Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition to her career as an educator, Jackson is notable for being one of the…
1879–1961
Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist…
1934–2020
Naomi Lewis Brooks (April 14, 1934 – May 21, 2020) was an American educator and non-profit leader, and the namesake of Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School.
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Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team. Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, which she…
1922–2006
Naomi Jean Thomas Gray (18 May 1922 - 29 December 2006) was the first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood and the first female social work instructor at San Francisco State University. She created several organizations in the field of public…
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