by PharrGwendolyn | Apr 16, 2016 | African American History, Places
The largest number of African American townships after the Civil War were located in Oklahoma. The state was promoted as a ‘safe haven’ for Blacks by both local and national leaders. As a result, between 1865 and 1920, dozens of townships and settlements...
by PascoePeggy | Apr 16, 2016 | African American History, People
Dr. Ronald Andrew Crutcher is a distinguished classical musician and a national leader in higher education. He served as the seventh president of Wheaton College from 2004 to 2014 and then became the first African American president of the University of Richmond on...
by PascoePeggy | Apr 16, 2016 | African American History, People
Michael Augustine Healy was an American captain in the United States Revenue Cutter Service, which is commonly known now as the United States Coast Guard. As such, he was the first African American officer in the Coast Guard. Healy was known primarily for enforcing...
by PascoePeggy | Apr 16, 2016 | African American History, People
James Apostle Fields was a former enslaved person who became an influential Black lawyer and teacher serving in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1890 to 1891. Although sources differ on the exact date in 1844 on which Fields was born, his birth is celebrated on...
by PascoePeggy | Apr 16, 2016 | African American History, People
Dr. James Francis Shober was an African American doctor and the first known Black physician to practice in North Carolina. Shober was born on August 23, 1853, in or near the Moravian town of Salem (now Winston-Salem), North Carolina. Shober’s father, believed to be...
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