Van Houten, Matt

An Online Reference Guide to African American History

Quintard Taylor

Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History

University of Washington, Seattle

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Significant People in African American History:


Anderson, George B. (? --?)
Banks, Ernest “Ernie” (1931 - )
Barkley, Charles Wade (1963 - )
Birmingham Black Barons
Bousfield, Midian Othello (1885–1948)
Brown, Jill E. (1950- )
Campanella, Roy (1921–1993)
Chamberlain, Wilton Norman (1936-1999)
Clayton, Alonzo (1876–1917)
Erving, Julius Winfield II (1950 - )
Hamilton, Grace Towns (1907– 1992)
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold (1899–1990)
Herndon, Alonzo Franklin (1858 –1927)
Holland, Robert, Jr. (1940- )
Homestead Grays (1912-1950)
Jackson, Reginald Martinez (1946- )
Johnson, George Ellis, Sr. (1927- )
Minton, Henry McKee (1870 –1946)
Parks, Henry Green, Jr. (1916 –1989)
Payton, Walter Jerry (1954-1999)
Robertson, Oscar Palmer (1938 - )
Sayers, Gale Eugene (1943 - )
Shippen, John Matthew, Jr. (1879-1968)
Taylor, Ruth Carol (1931- )
Thomas, Isiah Lord, III (1961 - )
Walker, Antonio Maceo (1909–1994)
WGPR-TV (1975–1995)

Significant People in Global African History:


Marichal, Juan Antonio (1937- )

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