What’s New: September 2023
September 21, 2023
The September update to the Oxford African American Studies Center has published 14 new entries, Underground Railroad operatives Charles and Keziah Grier, federal judge Deborah Batts and U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
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Deborah Batts (1947 – 2020), Federal Judge |
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Cesar Chelor (1720 – 1784), Woodworker and toolmaker |
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Joseph Samuel Dunning (1915 – 1991), the first Black aeronautical engineer in the United States, and first black vice president of a major U.S. aerospace company |
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Thelma Thurston Gorham (1913 – 1992), Teacher, journalist and college professor |
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Charles (1782 – 1872) and Keizah Grier (1800 – 1876), a free African American pioneering couple in antebellum Indiana |
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Sheila Guyse (1925 – 2013), Singer and stage and screen actress |
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Jessie P. Guzman (1898 – 1996), Historian, archivist, editor, and civil rights activist |
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Neale Gertrude Hawkins (c.1871 –?), Concert soprano |
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Fay July (1872 – 1940), U.S. Army scout |
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Regina King (1971 – Present), Actor, director and producer |
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Dora McDonald (1925 – 2007), Personal secretary to Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Ilhan Omar (1982 – Present), U.S. Congresswoman |
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Doris Payne (1930 – Present), International jewel thief |
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Betty Wright (1953 – 2020), Rhythms and blues, and Gospel singer |
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