by FernandezMaritza | Jan 22, 2018 | African American History, People
In July 1998, Erroll Mingo Brown became the first African American admiral in the United States Coast Guard in its 207-year history. Brown was born in Ocklawaha, Florida. He grew up in St. Petersburg, and although he had planned to attend Florida Agricultural and...
by SmithAdamChristian | Oct 8, 2010 | African American History, People
George W. Gibbs, Jr. was the first person of African descent to set foot on Antarctica (the South Pole). He was also a civil rights leader and World War II Navy gunner. Gibbs was born in Jacksonville, Florida on November 7, 1916. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, where...
by ButlerGerry | Feb 24, 2007 | African American History, People
Wesley Brown earned distinction in 1949 as the first African American to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. Wesley Brown grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended Dunbar High School. A “voracious reader,” Brown joined the Association for the Study of...
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