Trevor Goodloe
Trevor Goodloe is a 2008 graduate of the University of Washington where he majored in history with a minor in dance. His main areas of interest while at the university were labor studies and civil rights history, although he was also interested in Scottish, English, and U.S. history.
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Roslyn, Washington (1886- )
Roslyn, Washington was a coal mining town located at the eastern base of the Cascade Mountains. The first commercial operations...
Gwendolynne S. “Gwen” Moore (1951- )
Gwendolynne Moore is the first African American member of Congress from Wisconsin where she represents the state’s Fourth Congressional District....
Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991)
Floyd Bixler McKissick replaced James Farmer as National Director of the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) on January 3, 1966,...
Richard G. Hatcher (1933-2019)
Richard Gordon Hatcher, the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana and one of the first African Americans to serve...
Roy Innis (1934- )
Roy Emile Alfredo Innis is the current National Director of the Congress for Racial Equality. He is a controversial civil...
Rosewood Massacre (1923)
On January 1, 1923, a massacre was carried out in the small, predominantly black town of Rosewood in central Florida....
Jesse Binga (1865-1950)
Jesse Binga’s rise from relative poverty to become the wealthiest African American entrepreneur and banker in Chicago in the late...
Leon Howard Sullivan, Jr. (1922-2001)
Reverend Leon Howard Sullivan Jr. was a successful minister, civil rights advocate, humanitarian and corporate leader known for his creation...
William L. Patterson (1891-1980)
William L. Patterson, born in San Francisco on August 27th, 1891, was a Marxist lawyer, author, and civil rights activist....
George Prioleau (1856-1927)
George Prioleau was chaplain of the 9th Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers in the late 19th century. After witnessing inequality and...
Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997)
Cecil Francis Poole, the first African American U.S. Attorney in the continental United States and the first African American federal...
