by SutherlandClaudia | Mar 31, 2014 | African American History, People
Fannie Barrier Williams was an educator, political activist, and women’s rights advocate who worked for advancement opportunities of African Americans. She called especially for social and educational reforms to improve the plight of black women in the Southern States...
by WangTabitha | Mar 31, 2014 | African American History, People
Don Thompson, president and Corporate Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation, was born near the Cabrini-Green Housing Project on Chicago, Illinois’s Near North Side. Little is known about his childhood except that he was raised by his grandmother. Thompson was a...
by Ena Kawaida | Mar 31, 2014 | African American History, People
Image Ownership: Fair Use” Emlen Lewis Tunnell was the first African American named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He was also the first pro football player to gain recognition as a defensive back, and set a record for career interceptions that would...
by TamakloeSelorm | Mar 31, 2014 | African American History, People
Oakland, California’s first black city councilman Joshua Rose was born in Lexington, Virginia on September 11, 1906 to George and Mary Charles Rose. His family relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Joshua attended Schenley High School. He then enrolled at the...
by TamakloeSelorm | Mar 31, 2014 | African American History, People
Samuel Burris was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century best known for his own narrow escape from possible slavery while helping a fugitive slave. Born in Willow Grove, Kent County, Delaware in 1808, Burris was a free black man. He...
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