Peter Besel
Degree in Finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington
Peter Besel was born and raised in Woodinville Washington just thirty minutes outside of Seattle. He is currently working at Parcion Private Wealth after graduating with a degree in Finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. His inspiration for writing for BlackPast comes from his former professor, Quintard Taylor, who displayed a passion for honoring the excellence of the people featured on this site. He hopes that his writings will inform the people reading them of the importance of black history and its effect on our culture.
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Hosea Williams (1926-2000)
Born on January 5th, 1926, in Attapulgus, Georgia, Hosea Williams became a prominent civil rights activist and war hero. Unfortunately, his mother died in...
Errol R. Schwartz (1952- )
Major General Errol R. Schwartz, the first black adjutant general for the District of Columbia, was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1952. In 1972...
Marcelite J. Harris (1943- )
Major General Marcelite J. Harris of the U.S. Air Force was born on January 16, 1943 in Houston, Texas to Cecil O’Neal Jordan and...
John Charles Thomas (1950- )
Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1950, John Charles Thomas, the first African American to sit on the Virginia Supreme Court, began...
Michael Calhoun (1954- )
Very little is known about Major General Michael Calhoun’s childhood beyond the fact that he was born in 1954. After...
University of Georgia Desegregation Riot (1961)
On January 9, 1961 two Black students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, entered the University of Georgia campus to register for classes. Their...
Joseph C. Carter (1956- )
Joseph C. Carter was an accomplished individual with a blemished past. Carter enlisted in the National Guard and served with...
Mike Tomlin (1972- )
National Football League (NFL) head coach Mike Tomlin was born on March 15, 1972 in Hampton, Virginia to Julia and Ed Tomlin. Mike Tomlin’s...
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (1954-1957)
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers began in 1954 as a singing group founded at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School in the Washington...
The Platters (1953- )
The Platters was one of the most successful rhythm and blues vocal groups during the rock and roll era. They...
The Coasters (1955- )
The Coasters began on September 28, 1955, in Los Angeles, California after four of six members from another singing group,...
Kool and the Gang (1964- )
In 1964, seven friends from Jersey City, New Jersey, including Robert “Kool” Bell on bass and his brother Ronald Bell...
