Education – K-12
Maria Louise Baldwin (1856-1922)
Maria Louise Baldwin, a pioneering educator, made history in 1881 by becoming a teacher at the Louis Agassiz School, an...
Lewis Henry Douglass (1840-1908)
Lewis Henry Douglass was an Army veteran, journalist, printer, and community activist who fought against racial inequality in America. A...
James C. Hayes (1946-2022)
The first African American mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, James C. Hayes was born in Sacramento, California on May 26, 1946....
Dolores Irene Silas (1926-2021)
Dr. Dolores Irene Silas was a person of many Tacoma, Washington “firsts”–the first woman of color to become a school...
Opal Lee (1926- )
Opal (Flake) Lee is a retired teacher and activist who is considered the “grandmother of Juneteenth.” Flake was born on...
Gloria Long Anderson (1938- )
Gloria Long Anderson is a Professor of Chemistry at Morris Brown College, where she serves as vice president of academic...
Charles Wesley Turnbull (1935- )
Charles Wesley Turnbull, sixth governor of the United States Virgin Islands, was born February 5, 1935, in Charlotte Amalie, St....
Jaime R. Harrison (1976- )
Jaime R. Harrison is the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the first African American elected to chair...
Barbara E. Pope (1854 -1908)
Teacher, civil rights activist, and author Barbara E. Pope was born free in January 1854, to former slaves Hannah and...
