19th Century (1800-1899)
Lulu Vere Childers (1870-1946)
Contralto, pianist, pedagogist, administrator, and advocate Lulu Vere Childers had a profound impact on African American Spirituals and European classical...
Jane Serepta Dean (1848-1913)
Jane Serepta “Jennie” Dean, a former slave, missionary, and pioneering educator, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in...
Basil Dorsey (1808-1872)
Basil Dorsey, born enslaved in Maryland, became famous for his role in successfully freeing himself. Dorsey was born in 1808...
Frances Thompson (1840-1876)
Frances Thompson, a transgender woman and anti-rape activist became one of five Black women to testify before a congressional committee...
Abyssinian Meeting House (1828-1917)
Abyssinian Meeting House is a historic church building at 73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, Maine. It is considered to be Maine’s...
Charles Redmond Douglass (1844-1920)
Charles Remond Douglass, born on October 21, 1844, in Lynn, Massachusetts, was the fourth child and youngest son of famed...
Tommy Davis (? – ?)
The Harlem Renaissance in New York City attracted African Americans from every part of the United States, the West Indies,...
George F. Bowles (1844-1899)
George F. Bowles, born enslaved in 1844 in Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the most prominent figures in Reconstruction...
Mary Smith Kelsey Peake (1823-1862)
Mary Smith Kelsey Peake, a pioneering educator, is one of few African American women to have a school, The Mary...
