Andrew Samms
Andrew Samms grew up in University Place, Washington and graduated from Curtis Senior High School. He is currently a freshman at the University of Washington, Seattle and intends on majoring in marketing through the Foster School of Business. He is also pursuing a minor in Spanish and History. He felt obligated to contribute to BlackPast.org to help contribute to the extensive knowledge that the website provides and increase the general body of accessible knowledge of history.
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Clyde Kennard (1927-1963)
Clyde Kennard was an African American activist who pioneered the desegregation of higher education in Mississippi. After applying multiple times to Mississippi Southern College (now...
Sundiata Keita (1210?-1255?)
Sundiata (Sunjata) Keita was a West African political leader who would become the founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire in medieval West Africa....
Cyril Ramaphosa (1952- )
Cyril Ramaphosa is South African businessman and politician who is also the fifth president of South Africa and a member of the African...
The South Sudanese Civil War (2013- )
The South Sudanese Civil War is an ongoing civil war in South Sudan fought between government forces led by President Salva Kiir...
Solomon Burke (1940-2010)
Solomon Burke was a minister and renowned singer of Rhythm & Blues and Soul music with a career stretching from the 1950s to...
Ned Coll (1940- )
Edward T. “Ned” Coll is a civil rights activist and one-time (1972) presidential candidate from Connecticut known for taking on the privatized and segregated beaches along the Connecticut coast...
