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Hannah Diggs Atkins (1923-2010)
Hannah Diggs was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on November 1, 1923. Several of her relatives were teachers, and her...
John Ware (1845?-1905)
John Ware was born a slave in South Carolina circa 1845. When the Civil War ended, he decided to exercise...
J.C. Watts Jr. (1957- )
Former Congressman Julius Caesar (J.C.) Watts, Jr., was the first black Republican to be elected to a political office in...
Leonard Reed (1907-2004)
Leonard Reed, a noted dancer and entertainment businessman, co-created the famous Shim Sham Shimmy tap routine that has been replicated...
Marion William Dial (1903-1972)
Marion William Dial was the first African American elected to a city-wide office in Missouri. Dial was born in Chetopa,...