Candace Staten
Candace Staten is an undergraduate at the University of Washington, who plans to graduate in the Winter of 2014 with a bachelor’s of arts degree in social science, and emphasis in communications. She has as a strong interest in African American studies, cultural ethnography, and race relations, and hopes to pursue social scientific research upon graduation.
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Mabel Keaton Staupers (1890-1989)
Mabel Keaton Staupers, R.N., was instrumental in ending the United States Army’s policy of excluding African American nurses from its...
Sarah Loguen Fraser (1850-1933)
Sarah Fraser, born Sarah Marinda Loguen, was the first African American woman to graduate from the Syracuse University College of...
Kenneth C. Frazier (1954- )
Kenneth C. Frazier is the first African American President of Merck & Co., a major pharmaceutical corporation. Frazier was elected...
Claude Brunson (1958- )
“Image Ownership: Mississippi State Medical Association” Born in Auburn Alabama in 1958, Claude Brunson was raised in a town with...
Candi Staton (1940 – )
Canzetta Maria Staton was born on March 13, 1940, in Hanceville, Alabama. Her father worked as a farmer and a...
Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944)
Fannie Barrier Williams was an educator, political activist, and women’s rights advocate who worked for advancement opportunities of African Americans....
Vada Watson Somerville (1885-1972)
Vada Somerville was the first African American female dentist educated at the University of Southern California School of dentistry, and...
Thelma Patten Law (1900-1968)
“Image Ownership: Texas State Historical Association” Thelma Adele Patten was the first African American female physician to practice medicine in...
Anthony Overton (1865-1946)
Born a slave in the waning months of the Civil War, Anthony Overton became the first African American to own...
Manning Marable (1950-2011)
William Manning Marable was an influential social commentator, writer, and professor of political science, public affairs, history, and African American...
Doris A. Davis (1935- )
In 1973 at the age of 37, Doris A. Davis became the second African American mayor of Compton, California after...
William Paul Quinn (1788-1873)
Bishop William Paul Quinn was the fourth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was instrumental in establishing...
