Shaun Michael Mars
Shaun Mars is currently pursuing a Master in Teaching degree at Western Washington University with an endorsement to teach high school history and social studies. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Western Washington University in 2000.
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Bernard Squires (1904-1947)
Bernard Squires was the president of the Omaha, Nebraska chapter of the Urban League from 1935 to 1939 and the...
Earl Mann (1886-1969)
Political activist Earl Mann was born on June 8, 1886 in Lyons, Iowa. He joined the army and fought in...
Franklin Raines (1949- )
Franklin Raines was born in Seattle on January 14, 1949, and graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle. From here,...
Homer E. Harris, Jr. (1916- 2007 )
Homer Harris was born on March 4, 1916 in Seattle, Washington. In 1933, Harris became the first black captain of...
Isaiah Edwards (1913-1994)
Isaiah Edwards was a community activist and advocate in Seattle’s Central Area. Isaiah Edwards and his wife, Marie, moved from...
Jacob Dodson (1825-?)
Jacob Dodson accompanied John C. Fremont on three expeditions to explore the Western frontier. Dodson was a free born African...
Marquette Frye (1944-1986)
Marquette Frye, whose arrest sparked the Watts Riots in 1965, was born in Oklahoma but grew up in rural Hanna,...
Thomas E. Griffith Jr. (?-?)
Thomas E. Griffith, Jr. was the controversial president of the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP from 1935 to 1950. ...
United Black Front (UBF) or Black United Front (BUF)
The United Black Front (also known as the Black United Front) was created in the late 1960s as a coalition...
Vivian Osborne Marsh (1897-1986)
Vivian Osborne Marsh was a community activist and government official, becoming one of the most influential African Americans in the...
