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First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia (1773- )
First African Baptist Church, located in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized as one of the nation’s oldest...
Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833)
Lemuel Haynes was a Patriot involved in the American Revolutionary War, a prominent New England Congregational minister, and the first...
Peter Salem (ca.1750 -1816)
Peter Salem was a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War who participated in the first major engagement of that conflict,...
Salem Poor (1747-1802)
Salem Poor was a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War, credited primarily for his participation at the Battle of Breed’s...
The Phoenix Thanksgiving Day Riot (1942)
The events of the Phoenix Thanksgiving Day Riot began on Thanksgiving, November 27, 1942. An off-duty soldier from the all-black...
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999)
Newspaper publisher and civil rights activist Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was influential in the integration of the Little Rock Nine...
Maria W. Miller Stewart (1803-1879)
Maria W. Stewart, best known as one of the earliest female public speakers, was born Maria Miller in Hartford, Connecticut,...
Richard Ishmael McKinney (1906-2005)
African American philosopher and minister Richard Ishmael McKinney was born on August 8, 1906, in Live Oak, Florida. He began...
Corrine Brown (1946- )
Corrine Brown is a former politician and now convicted felon who served as a member of the U.S. House of...
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901)
Hiram Rhodes Revels was a Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and the first African...
Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (1970- )
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former American politician who served as a Democratic Michigan state representative and Mayor of Detroit from...
Donna F. Edwards (1958- )
Elected to Congress in 2008, Donna Edwards was a Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 4th Congressional...