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Lynda Blackmon Lowery

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Lynda Blackmon Lowery (1950-2025) Civil rights activist, moirist. Lynda Blackmon Lowery was born in and died in Selma, Alabama. She received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the College of Staten Island.

Barnett Shepherd

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Barnett Shepherd (1938-2025) Local historian, architectural historian, preservationist. Barnett Shepherd was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and died on Staten Island, New York.

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

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Rose Leiman Goldemberg (1928-2025) Playwright, screenwriter, poet, author. Rose Leiman Goldemberg was born on Staten Island, New York, and died in Cape May, New Jersey.

Richard Foreman

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Richard Foreman (1937-2025) Playwright. Richard Foreman was born in Staten Island, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Charles Brandt

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Charles Brandt (1942-2024) Investigator, lawyer, writer. Charles Brandt was born in Staten Island, New York, and died in Wilmington, Delaware.

Eva Kollisch

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(1925-2023) Activist, writer, memoirist. Eva Kollisch was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Pat Robertson

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(1930-2023) Minister, author. Pat Robertson was born in Lexington, Virginia, and died in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Mick Rock

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(1948-2021) Photographer, author. Mick Rock was born in London, England, and died in Staten Island, New York.

Athan Theoharis

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(1936-2021) Historian, author. Athan Theoharis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Syracuse, New York. He had been a professor of history at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1969 to 2006.