Literary
Chica da Silva (1731/1735-1796)
Francisca da Silva de Oliveira, better known as Chica da Silva (or spelled Xica da Silva), was a Brazilian woman...
Hannah Archer Till (1721-1826)
Hannah Archer Till, a former enslaved African American, served as the personal cook for General George Washington during the American...
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773)
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo is best known for his memoirs as a Muslim who had to endure the Atlantic slave trade...
Charles A. James (1922- )
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended...
William Henry Calhoun (1890–1967)
“Image Courtesy of The Black Heritage Society of Washington” Dr. William Henry Calhoun, a prominent early 20th century Seattle, Washington...
The TransPacific Struggle over Citizenship: Seeking Welfare Rights in Kawasaki City, Japan and Los Angeles, California,1962-1982
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Historians rarely compare the mostly working-class and poor Korean population in Japan and African Americans seeking...
Samuel L. Jackson (1948- )
Actor Samuel Leroy Jackson was born on December 21, 1948 in Washington, D.C. to factory worker Elizabeth Jackson. His father...
James L. Walton (1939- )
James L. Walton is Tacoma, Washington’s first black city manager. Born in Dallas, the youngest of five children, he grew...
Isaac Jefferson (1775-1853)
Isaac Jefferson, a slave of the third President of the United States, was born in December 1775 in Monticello, on...
