by BenedictoEricka | May 27, 2019 | African American History, Events
Joe Coe, whose official name was George Smith, was an African-American man who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. Coe was a married father of two children and worked as a porter at a railroad company. Coe resided on North 12th Street, which was north of downtown Omaha. Joe...
by NielsenEuellA. | May 26, 2019 | African American History, People
Algernon Brashear Jackson was a columnist, author, physician, surgeon and one of the six foundering members of Sigma Pi Phi, the oldest African-American Greek letter organization. The other founders were Henry Minton, Edwin Howard, Richard Warrick, Robert James Abele,...
by Ena Kawaida | May 26, 2019 | African American History, People
Maxine Buie Mimms, a long-time educator and activist, founded The Evergreen State College’s Tacoma campus and Maxine Mimms Academy in Washington State. Born on March 4, 1928 to Benson and Isabella Buie, Mimms grew up in Newport News, Virginia. Her father was...
by August Corppetts | May 26, 2019 | African American History, People
Lizzie Koontz Weeks was an early suffragist, activist, and the first black social worker in Portland, Oregon. Weeks was possibly born in 1886 in Washington, D.C. to mixed-race parentage. Although not much is known of her early life, she moved to Portland, Oregon where...
by HenigAdam | May 26, 2019 | African American History, People
On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, an African American night watchman, detected an early morning break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The five men arrested had ties to President Richard Nixon’s reelection...
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