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Charles Ward Chappelle (July 11, 1872 – February 28, 1941) was an early 1900s African-American aviation pioneer and medal winner, electrical engineer, and businessman who was president of the USA's ...
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Dale Harris Van Sickel (November 29, 1907 – January 25, 1977) was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt ...
American restaurateur, businessman, philanthropist
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Samuel Truett Cathy (March 14, 1921 – September 8, 2014) was an American businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist. He founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in 1946.
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Vera Hamilton (July 17, 1945 – August 31, 2013) was an American soul singer. She was best known as an Ikette in The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, but she also recorded as a solo artist.
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Mark Anthony Cooper (April 20, 1800 – March 17, 1885) was a United States Representative, businessman and lawyer from Georgia. His cousin was U.S. Representative Eugenius Aristides Nisbet.
American painter, scholar, and curator (1931–2020)
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David C. Driskell (June 7, 1931 – April 1, 2020) was an artist and a scholar in the field of African-American art. Driskell was emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Joshua Barnes Howell, known as Peg Leg Howell (March 5, 1888 – August 11, 1966), was an American blues singer and guitarist, who connected early country blues and the later 12-bar style.
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John Esten Park, (1814 - 1872), educated in chemistry and medicine, experimented with using concrete to construct buildings before the American Civil War. His work left the town of Seguin, Texas, with ...
American track and field athlete, college track and field coach, Olympic coach
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James Jerome Carnes (November 29, 1934 – March 5, 2011) was an American track and field athlete, coach and administrator. A successful coach at the high school, college and international levels, Carnes ...
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Henry Grady Weaver (December 24, 1889 – January 3, 1949) was the director of Customer Research Staff for General Motors Corporation, and shown on the cover of the November 14, 1938 issue of Time Magazine ...
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James Archibald Meriwether (September 20, 1806 – April 18, 1852) was a United States Representative, jurist and lawyer from Georgia. His uncle was U.S. Representative James Meriwether.
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John Alfred Cuthbert (June 3, 1788 – September 22, 1881) was an American politician, soldier and lawyer. He was the brother of Alfred Cuthbert.
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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where ...
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Glenn Newton Wilkes (November 28, 1928 – November 21, 2020) was a American college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stetson University in DeLand ...