United States – Utah
Pamela Goynes-Brown (1962- )
Pamela Goynes-Brown, the first African American mayor of North Las Vegas, was born in 1962 on a Navajo reservation in...
Johnie Driver (?-?)
Johnie Driver is one of the few non-violent civil rights activists to emerge in Utah in the 1960s. Yet, even...
Evan Dale Abel (1963 -)
Evan Dale Abel, a pioneering endocrinologist, and advocate for more Black men being accepted into medical school, was born in...
Ciara/Ciara Princess Wilson (1985- )
R&B singer, lyricist Ciara was born Ciara Princess Harris on October 25, 1985, in Austin, Texas, to Carlton Clay Harris...
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, enacted in September of that year, was a failed attempt to diffuse a tense political situation...
The Bridget “Biddy” Mason Case, 1856
In the 1856 landmark case Mason v. Smith, Bridget “Biddy” Mason sued her master for her and her family’s freedom,...
John Legend/John Roger Stephens (1978- )
Composer, baritone, pianist, lyricist, and actor John Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio,...
Louise Thompson Patterson (1901-1999)
Louise Alone Thompson Patterson, civil rights activist, communist, and educator, was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 1901 to...
Sandra Hollins (1970- )
Sandra Hollins is the first African American woman to serve in the Utah State Legislature. She was born in New...
