Alexis Newman
Alexis Newman is a freshman attending the University of Washington, Seattle. Alexis is planning to major in Business Administration/Management. Originally from Mt. Vernon, Washington, in 1998 she moved from there and eventually settled in the Tri-Cities (Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco) Washington. Alexis is interested in learning about the history of the places where she has lived and of where she is originally from.
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New York City NAACP Silent Protest Parade (1917)
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Silent Protest Parade, also known as the Silent March, took...
Morning Star Baptist Missionary Church Pasco, Washington (1946- )
Morning Star Baptist Missionary Church opened in 1946 on 631 South Douglas Avenue in Pasco, Washington, where it stands to...
John Slaughter (1933- )
John Slaughter was the first professional employee hired by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to work at the Hanford Energy...
Louisville Western Branch Library (1905- )
The Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, first opened in 1905. This library was the first public library in...
East Pasco Co-op (1965- )
The East Pasco African American community emerged quickly during World War II when thousands of black workers were recruited to...
African Americans and the Manhattan Project, Richland, WA (1942-1945)
Between the years of 1942 and 1944 around fifteen thousand blacks and fifty thousand whites were recruited to the Manhattan/...
