by quinc | Feb 10, 2023 | African American History, People
Carolyn J. Purnell, a 1971 graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Law, is one of two women who are the first Black women known to have graduated from that institution (Gwendolyn Howard is the other). William McDonald Austin, the first Black man,...
by MikellRobert | Oct 8, 2018 | African American History, People
Carl Brewer served as the 100th Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, only the second African American elected to that office. Brewer was born on March 8, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas. He attended Wichita North High school, and graduated in 1975. He obtained his first job at the age...
by SlaughterMichael | Oct 8, 2018 | African American History, People
Kevin Maurice Johnson served as Mayor of Sacramento, California, from December 2, 2008 to December 13, 2016. Johnson, the son of Georgia West and Lawrence Johnson, was born in California’s capital city on March 4, 1966. He graduated from Sacramento High School,...
by BlackPastAdmin | Oct 7, 2018 | African American History, People
On December 1, 2005, Mark Mallory was sworn in as the first black mayor elected by popular vote in Cincinnati, Ohio. Three other black mayors preceded him but were chosen by the City Council. He served in that position until December 1, 2013. Born on April 2, 1962,...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Sep 21, 2017 | African American History, People
Tuskegee Airman, civil rights activist, and attorney Luther A. Goodwin was born April 17, 1920, in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of Hilliard E. Goodwin, a college instructor and building contractor, and Helen H. Goodwin. His family moved to Bakersfield, California,...
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