Brian Gann
Brian Gann is a 2011 graduate of the University of Washington where he majored in history. In 2010, he received the Dr. Frances K. Millican Fund in order to pursue his research of Washington State Public Ports and the environment. In addition to BlackPast, Gann wrote for HistoryLink.org. After his undergraduate career, he entered the technology space.
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The Nigerian Youth Movement (1934-1951)
J.C. Vaughn, Ernest Ikoli, H.O. Davies, and Samuel Akinsanya founded the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) in 1934. Although based in...
The Crips (ca. 1971- )
The Crips are a predominantly African American gang that originated sometime between the mid-1960s and 1971 in South Central Los...
John Wesley Edward Bowen (1855-1933)
Image Ownership: Public Domain Educator, philosopher and theologian John Wesley Edward Bowen preached for social equality fifty years before the...
Harold M. Kingsley (1887-1970)
Harold M. Kingsley, Congregational minister and political activist, was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1887. The son of a wealthy...
The Bloods (1972 – )
The Bloods are a predominantly African American street gang that originated in South Central Los Angeles, California in 1972. The...
Rufus B. Atwood (1897-1963)
Academic, leading educator, World War I veteran, and president of Kentucky State College for Colored Persons (later Kentucky State College...
Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005)
Born on February 17, 1906 in Cordele, Georgia, Sidney Barthwell was the founder of Barthwell Drugs, once the largest chain...
Spottswood William Robinson (1916-1998)
Spottswood William Robinson III, a prominent federal judge during the Civil Rights era, was born on July 26, 1916 in...
T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976)
Born March 4, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was a wealthy doctor, successful entrepreneur, and civil rights activist. Born and...
Harris-Stowe University (1857- )
Harris-Stowe University is a historically black college in St. Louis, Missouri. It was also the first public teacher education institution...
