Meredith Mathews (1919-1992)

Meredith Mathews (1919-1992)

Prominent social and civic leader in African American Seattle, Washington, Meredith Mathews was born in Thomaston, Georgia on September 14, 1919.  He attended public schools in Georgia and then moved to Ohio for college.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree...
Lulu B.White (1900-1957)

Lulu B.White (1900-1957)

Lulu Belle Madison White, civil rights activist in the 1940s and 1950s, devoted most of her adult life to the struggle against Jim Crow in Texas.  She campaigned for the right to vote, for equal pay for equal work, and for desegregation of public facilities. Born in...
Lincoln J. Ragsdale Sr. (1926-1995)

Lincoln J. Ragsdale Sr. (1926-1995)

Dr. Lincoln J. Ragsdale, Sr. was a leading activist in the battle for civil rights in Arizona.  After graduating from Tuskegee flying school in Alabama in 1945, he relocated to Luke Air Field in Litchfield Park, Arizona, becoming one of the first black pilots to serve...
Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)

Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)

In this constitutional case, the U.S. Supreme Court, composed entirely of Bok Guey (whites), adjudged Hon Yen (Chinese) to be in the same social classification as Lo Mok (blacks).  The Supreme Court’s decision permitted the state of Mississippi to define Martha Lum as...