Military Conflict – Spanish Civil War
Edward A. Carter, Jr. (1916-1963)
Edward A. Carter Jr. was a career non-commissioned officer for the United States Army and one of the few African...
Roy L. Austin (1939- )
Ambassador Roy Leslie Austin spent most of his life as a university scholar before becoming a U.S. diplomat at the...
Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007)
Elliott Percival Skinner, a leading late 20th Century anthropologist, also served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of...
Oliver Law (1900-1937)
Oliver Law was the first African American in history to lead an integrated American military army. Born in west Texas...
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Poet, novelist, playwright, librettist, essayist, and translator, James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902,...
Harry Haywood (1898-1985)
A radical theoretician, anti-colonialist, labor organizer, and civil rights activist, Harry Haywood was one of the most prominent and influential...
Walter Benjamin Stephen Garland (1913-197?)
Veteran of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, Walter Garland was born in New York City on 27...
Ramón Durem (1915-1963)
Spanish Civil War veteran and militant poet Ramón Durem was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1915 of mixed heritage. Leaving...
Arnold Bennett Donawa (1895-1966)
Trinidad-born dental surgeon and Spanish Civil War veteran Arnold Donawa was born in December 1895 in Trinidad. Very little is...
