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Anthony Norris (born June 6, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler and football player. He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation ...
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Azie Taylor Morton (February 1, 1936 – December 7, 2003) served as Treasurer of the United States during the Carter administration from September 12, 1977 to January 20, 1981. She remains the only African ...
American activist and civil rights worker (1893–1989)
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Christia V. Daniels Adair (October 22, 1893 – December 31, 1989) was an African-American suffragist and civil rights worker based in Texas. There is a mural in Texas about her life, displayed in a county ...
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Prince Albert Taylor Jr. (January 27, 1907 – August 15, 2001) was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1956. When he died he held the distinction of the ...
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Robert Eric Hayes, Jr. is an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church (U.M.C.), currently serving in the the Oklahoma Annual Conference. Before being elected to the episcopacy in 2004, Hayes served ...
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Bobby Lee Bradford (born July 19, 1934) is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. He is noted for his work with Ornette Coleman. In October 2009, Bradford became the second r ...
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Maud Anna Berry Fuller (October 7, 1868 - January 26, 1972), also known as M. A. B. Smith and M. A. B. Fuller, was an American educator and a leader in the Baptist church. She was the founder and the editor ...
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Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith (1892–1985) was an African American entrepreneur, chef, and inventor. She invented the first hot biscuit mix, and has been called "the first African American businesswoman ...
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James Andrew Harris (March 26, 1932 – December 12, 2000) was an American nuclear chemist who was involved in the discovery of elements 104 and 105 (rutherfordium and dubnium, respectively). Harris is known ...
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Ronald Dean Givens, known as Ron Givens (born March 17, 1952), is a real estate agent from Lubbock, Texas, who is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83. Elected ...
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Dr. John Jarvis Seabrook (April 12, 1899 – May 1, 1975) was an African-American pastor and president-emeritus of Huston-Tillotson University. He died May 1, 1975, while arguing before the Austin City ...
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Ernest T. Dixon Jr. (died 29 June 1996) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was born in San Antonio, Texas.
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Willie James Wells (August 10, 1906 – January 22, 1989), nicknamed "The Devil," was an American baseball player. He was a shortstop who played from 1924-1948 for various teams in the Negro leagues ...
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Albert Cecil Williams (September 22, 1929 – April 2024) was an American pastor, civil and LGBT rights activist, community leader, and author who was the pastor of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church ...
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Rev. Joseph Everhart Boone (born September 19, 1922 in Cedartown, Georgia – July 15, 2006) was a civil rights activist and organizer who marched together with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jeff Wilson is an American academic and entrepreneur. The pseudonym Professor Dumpster is based upon his role as part of 'The Dumpster Project', an educational experiment that transformed a trash dumpster ...
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Dr. Herman Aladdin Barnett, lll (January 22, 1926 – May 27, 1973) was an African-American fighter pilot, surgeon and anesthesiologist. He became the first African-American graduate from the University ...
Director of the United States National Park Service
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Robert G. "Bob" Stanton (born September 22, 1940) is a retired career civil service administrator who served for almost four decades in the United States National Park Service. He was the first African ...