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Malika Evans (1983- )
Healthcare management executive, strategic planner, and project manager Malika Evans was born Malika Romona Barker in 1983 and grew up...
William A. Jackson (1831/ 2(?)- )
William A. Jackson briefly gained notoriety in the early years of the Civil War as an escaped slave and spy....
Formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, 1866
On July 28, 1866, the Thirty-Ninth Congress passed the Act to increase and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the...
Jane Hinton (1919-2003)
Research scientist Jane Hinton was born on May 1, 1919 in Canton, Massachusetts. Her mother, Ada (Hawes) Hinton, was a...
Eri L. Barr (1814-1864)
Eri L. Barr, the first Seventh-day Adventist minister of color, was born to free African American parents in Reading, Vermont,...
Richard Lee Davis (1951?- )
Richard L. Davis is a distinguished historian of middle-period and late imperial China. He was born in Buffalo, New York...
Julius Lester (1939-2018)
Scholar and civil rights activist Julius Lester was born January 27, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a Methodist minister. Lester spent much of...
Leo Austin Brooks, Sr. (1932- )
Leo A. Brooks Sr. is a retired major general formerly in the United States Army. Brooks was born August 9, 1932,...
Black Lives Matter, Seattle Chapter (2014– )
Black Lives Matter Protesters in Seattle June 2020 “Image Ownershp: Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times” Black Lives Matter was created by...
