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Octavia Butler grew up in California and started writing science fiction stories when she was a young girl. She began getting published in the 1970s, then won a Hugo award for her short story, Speech Sounds in 1983. A year later Butler won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for her novella

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Pierce, Roger Dwayne (1951--)

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Mensah, Raphael Abraham Frank (1924-1990s)

Raphael Abraham Frank Mensah (1924-1990s), a schoolmaster and theologian, played a foundational role in bringing Mormonism to Ghana. Born in 1924 in Winneba, Gold Coast, as the British colony of Ghana was then called, he was the eldest of five children, three sons and two daughters. Mensah

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LeMelle, Wilbert J., Sr. (1931-2003)

Wilbert J. LeMelle, Sr., was a scholar, development specialist, and ambassador to Kenya and the Republic of Seychelles between 1977 and 1980. In both his academic and diplomatic work, LeMelle urged the United States to become more engaged in Africa, focusing on economic development and human

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Rutling, Thomas (1854—1915)

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Saint James AME Church, Helena, Montana (1888- )

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Knight, Gladys (1944– )

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Rollins, Ida Gray Nelson (1867-1953)

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Simmons, Ruth (1945- )

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Baquet, Charles R., III (1941- )

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Bumbry, Grace (1937- )

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Walker, Darren (1959– )

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Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)

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Perkins, Marvin (1963– )

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Wheat, Alan Dupree (1951 - )

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