Mixed Racial Heritage
George Tynes (1908-1982)
Soviet agricultural specialist and one of the first popularizers of turkey breeding in the USSR, George Tynes, was born in...
Lee Roy Young Jr. (1947- )
In 1988, Lee Roy Young Jr. became the first Black Texas Ranger. Rangers are a branch of the Texas Department...
Brian Stokes Mitchell (1957- )
Since his first part in a play in Junior High, Brian Stokes Mitchell (originally known as just Brian Mitchell) has...
Trail of Tears (1831-1850)
The forced removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States beginning in the 1830s to Indian Territory west of...
North from Mexico: The First Black Settlers in the U.S. West
The first Black settlers in what is now the western United States were Spanish speakers who came north from what...
Rufus Buck Gang (1895-1896)
The Rufus Buck Gang was an outlaw gang whose members included African Americans, mixed-race (black and Indian), and Native American...
Daisy Nelson Moore (1910-1985)
Daisy Nelson Moore was a teacher and civil rights activist in Arizona best known for her legal fight to teach...
Julia López (1936- )
Julia López is an established painter whose work is considered an early example of the “breakaway” generation of painters who...
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (1890-1960)
Artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet was born in Warwick, Rhode Island on March 19, 1890, the second of three children. Her...
