by KnattLaKesha | Jul 30, 2013 | African American History, People
Image Ownership: Public Domain Ruth Alice Lucas, who overcame race and sex barriers back in 1968 by becoming the first African American woman to be promoted to the rank of full colonel in the United States Air Force, was born in Stamford, Connecticut on November 28,...
by BluefordDoloresIrene | Jul 26, 2013 | African American History, People
Tuskegee Airman Howard Adolphus Wooten was born on April 20, 1920 in Lovelady, Texas to parents Johnnie C. Morris Wooten and Howard L. Wooten. His father was the principal of the “colored school” in Lovelady, a town 100 miles north of Houston, and his mother also was...
by PerryLauren | Jul 26, 2013 | African American History, People
Jacob Francis, Revolutionary War veteran, was born on January 15, 1754 in Amwell, New Jersey. His mother was African American and his father’s race was unknown. What is known of Francis’ childhood is found in the personal testimony included on his military pension...
by WardRobertVJr | Jul 23, 2013 | African American History, People
Abner Leonard Howell was a star athlete in Utah whose accomplishments were largely ignored during the peak of his football career because of his race. Howell, born on August 9, 1877, moved with his family from Louisiana to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890. His father,...
by Drew Boyle | Jul 5, 2013 | African American History, Perspectives
Few Americans realize that the institution of slavery reached the Pacific Northwest in the two decades before the Civil War. A small number of the white settlers who followed the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City brought bondservants. Oregon...
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