Michael Fate, Author at

Student Historian

Michael Fate is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington majoring in Communication and Social Sciences. He graduated from Shorecrest High School in 2006 and received his A.A. at Shoreline Community College in 2010. He plans on pursuing his graduate education in Ethnomusicology and Journalism in order to be a freelance music reporter. For the more immediate future he plans on working with the Local 21 Retail Union after his graduation, and through his experience as a grocery worker, is passionate about fighting for employee rights and well-being.

Gulfside Assembly (1923- )

Concrete forms for outdoor prayer pavilion at Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi (Image Courtesy Mike DuBose) Gulfside Assembly was a segregated resort in Waveland, Mississippi, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Unique among 20th century black resorts, it was created as a religious retreat owned by … Read MoreGulfside Assembly (1923- )

Anthony Renard Foxx (1971- )

Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and grandparents James and Mary Foxx. He graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1989, and four years later received … Read MoreAnthony Renard Foxx (1971- )

Jehu Jones Sr. (1769-1833)

Jehu Jones Sr. was a free black entrepreneur in Charleston, South Carolina, most well known for owning the Jones Hotel. He was born in 1769 as a slave to Christopher Rogers, a tailor, and grew up learning his master’s trade. Rogers manumitted (freed) Jones in … Read MoreJehu Jones Sr. (1769-1833)

Jehu Jones Jr. (1786-1852)

Jehu Jones Jr., the first African American Lutheran pastor, was born in Charleston, South Carolina on September 4, 1786 to slave parents, Jehu Sr. and Abigail Jones. Jones’ parents were freed in 1798. The elder Jones, who had been trained as a tailor, was able … Read MoreJehu Jones Jr. (1786-1852)

Rock Rest (1938-1976)

“Image Ownership: Robm154 (CC BY-SA 3.0)” Rock Rest was a resort near Kittery Point, Maine, that was open to African Americans during much of the 20th Century. Clayton Sinclair and his wife, Hazel, purchased a house on the small cape off Maine Route 103 in … Read MoreRock Rest (1938-1976)

Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002)

“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Clarence Everett Lightner, the first popularly elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina and the first African American elected mayor of a metropolitan Southern city, was born on August 15, 1921 to Mammie Blackmon and Calvin E. Lightner in Raleigh. His father, … Read MoreClarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002)

Don Thompson (1963- )

Don Thompson, president and Corporate Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation, was born near the Cabrini-Green Housing Project on Chicago, Illinois’s Near North Side. Little is known about his childhood except that he was raised by his grandmother. Thompson was a bright student who entered the … Read MoreDon Thompson (1963- )

The Southern Regional Council (1944- )

Charles W. Eagles, Winner of the 2010 Lillian Smith Book Award “Image Ownership: Public Domain” The Southern Regional Council (SRC) was formed in 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. It evolved out of the earlier Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), which was established in 1919 to lessen … Read MoreThe Southern Regional Council (1944- )