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Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson (born May 31, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. Robinson played college basketball for the Washington Huskies and was the 21st overall pick of the 2005 NBA draft. The 5-foot-9-inch (1.75 m) point guard…
1935–2019
Nathaniel Beverly Smith (April 26, 1935 – August 18, 2019) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher whose career was confined to minor league baseball except for a five-game Major League stint with the Baltimore Orioles at the end of the…
1989–
Natey Adjei ( nə-TAY ə-JAY;; born September 15, 1989) is a former Canadian football wide receiver in the Canadian Football League (CFL) who played in six seasons and was a member of three CFL teams. He played college football at City College of San…
Biography
Nathan Alexander is the James King, Jr. Visiting Professor of Mathematics Teaching at Morehouse College. Alexander is also Associate Director of the James King, Jr.
1971–
Nathan W. Biah Sr. (born December 14, 1971) is an American politician and educator who serves in the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 3rd district.
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Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in…
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Nathan Francis Mossell (July 27, 1856 – October 27, 1946) was an American physician who was the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1882. He did post-graduate training at hospitals in Philadelphia and…
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Nathaniel Hare (April 9, 1933 – June 10, 2024) was an American sociologist, activist, academic, and psychologist. In 1968 he was the first person hired to coordinate a Black studies program in the United States. He established the program at San Francisco…
1927–1989
Nathan Irvin Huggins (January 14, 1927 – December 5, 1989) was a distinguished American historian, author and educator. As a leading scholar in the field of African American studies, he was W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies…
1926–2021
Nathan Johnson (1926–2021), was an American modernist architect in Detroit, Michigan. He designed some of the most iconic 1960s churches in Detroit, and it is estimated at forty churches. He also designed public housing, campuses and dorms for churches and…
1986–
Nathaniel Stephenson (born July 27, 1986), credited as Nathan Stephenson, is a Canadian actor. He is best known for starring as Robbie "Question Mark" McGrath in the teen comedy-drama Radio Free Roscoe (2003–2005) and as James Alexander in the sketch…
1872–1941
Nathan W. Collier (1872–1941) was an American academic administrator who served as president of Florida Baptist Institute and then Florida Normal and Technical Institute from 1896 onward. Florida Baptist Institute was established by Collier and Sarah Ann…
Biography
Nathanael Jones is a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec. His debut poetry collection, Aqueous, was a shortlisted finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2025. An alumnus of NSCAD University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he previously…
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Nathaniel R. Brazill (born September 22, 1986) is an American man who, at age 13, fatally shot one of his schoolteachers, Barry Grunow, at Lake Worth Middle School in Lake Worth, Florida. Brazill was subsequently convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison.
1888–1972
Nathaniel Cleophas "N.C." Davis (1888-1972) was an African American musician, composer, educator, bandleader, and owner/publisher of N.C. Davis Music Company of Nashville, Tennessee.
Born 1956
Nathaniel Dean (January 9, 1956 – January 2021) was an African-American mathematician and educator who made contributions to abstract and algorithmic graph theory, as well as data visualization and parallel computing.
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Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic and editor. He is the Reynolds Price Professor of Creative Writing at Duke University and a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. Mackey is currently teaching a poetry…
1907–1979
Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway (October 10, 1907 – December 3, 1979) was an American chemist and physician. Calloway was the first African American to receive an academic doctorate from an institute west of the Mississippi River and the first African American…
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Nathaniel Raphael Jones (May 12, 1926 – January 26, 2020) was an American attorney, judge, and law professor. As general counsel of the NAACP, Jones fought to end school segregation, including in the northern United States. From 1979 until 1995, he served…
1844–
Nathaniel T. Spencer (1844 - ?) was a tailor, minister, and politician in South Carolina. He was born in South Carolina and was enslaved. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874. He enrolled in the University of South…
1779–1852
Nathaniel Wells (10 September 1779 – 13 May 1852) was a British planter and politician of Afro-Caribbean descent. Born on a slave plantation in Saint Kitts, he was sent to Britain to complete his education, eventually serving as a magistrate after being…
1959-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cream-colored, 3-piece original style button down MGT (Moslem Girls' Training) uniform, comprised of a tunic (.1), a skirt (.2), and a headscarf (.3), worn by Jamilah Sahib. The cream-colored princess-cut tunic (.1) is made from synthetic fabric and has…
1978-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dark brown beret, part of a Sister Clara Muhammad School uniform, worn by Medina Rowell. The polyester beret is round with an oblong opening on the underside for the wearer's head.
1978-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown girl’s Sister Clara Muhammad School uniform, worn by Medina Rowell. The A-line cut jumper is made from a dark brown synthetic knit material. The bodice and thick shoulder straps form a square neckline, with a slit at the center front bodice. Ties…
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