by BradleyAnders | Aug 5, 2018 | African American History, People
Morris Overstreet was the first African American in Texas state history to be elected to a statewide office and the second (after Judge Louis Sturns) to sit on one of the two highest courts in the state, the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. Overstreet was born on July...
by BlockWilliam | Mar 29, 2018 | African American History, People
Joseph Neal, the first African American elected to the Nevada state senate, was born in Mounds, Louisiana on July 28, 1935. He attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and graduated in 1963 with a B.A. in political science and history as well as doing...
by FikesRobert | Oct 31, 2016 | African American History, People
Richard Kevin Sherman is currently playing football with the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Stanford University both as a wide receiver and as a cornerback, and he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft....
by MikellRobert | Sep 30, 2015 | African American History, People
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Frederick McDonald Massiah was one of the first African Americans to receive a civil engineering degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was also one of the first successful African American...
by MarsShaunMichael | Jan 26, 2015 | African American History, People
James Albert “Billboard” Jackson was a critic, reporter, editor, spokesman, actor, and booster of black entertainment. Jackson, the eldest of 14 children of Abraham V. Jackson and Nancy Lee Jackson, was born on June 20, 1878 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended...
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