Ed Diaz
President of the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation (AAAHRP)
Ed Diaz, an independent historian, is president of the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation (AAAHRP). Originally from New York, He spent twenty years in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of Chief Warrant Officer (CWO2), and retiring as a Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO). He is the editor of Horace Roscoe Cayton: Selected Writings (two volumes) and Stories by Cayton: Short Stories by Susie Revels Cayton, A Seattle Pioneer. Diaz is a contributing author ("Reexamining the Past: A Different Perspective of Black Strikebreakers in King County’s Coal Mining Industry") for the anthology, More Stories, More Voices: King County Washington’s First 150 Years. Diaz is presently conducting research for a biography of Horace Roscoe Cayton, Sr.
Articles by
Horace Roscoe Cayton, Jr. (1903-1970)
Horace Roscoe Cayton, Jr., was the son of Horace and Susie Cayton and the grandson of Hiram R. Revels, the...
Susie Revels Cayton (1870-1943)
Susie Sumner Revels, a daughter of Hiram Revels, the first U.S. Senator of African descent, arrived in Seattle, Washington from...
Horace Roscoe Cayton, Sr. (1859-1940)
Horace Roscoe Cayton spent nearly all his life combating racism. The child of a Mississippi slave, Cayton came of age...
Revels Cayton (1907-1995)
Revels Cayton, born in Seattle, Washington, was the son of Horace and Susie Cayton, and the grandson of U.S. Senator...
