Charlene J. Fletcher
Ph.D. in History specializing in 19th century United States and African American history and gender studies from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Charlene J. Fletcher, Ph.D., is an affiliate faculty member in the Africana Studies Program at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Most recently, Charlene served as the ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. She holds a Ph.D. in History specializing in 19th century United States and African American history and gender studies.
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William Henry Johnson (ca. 1835-1864)
William Henry Johnson served as the personal valet to Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was born around 1835; however, his exact date of...
Violette Neatley Anderson (1882-1937)
In 1926 Violette Neatley Anderson became the first African American female attorney admitted to practice before the United States Supreme...
Venice Tipton Spraggs (1905-1956)
The Chicago Defender Front Page, November 16, 1940 “Image Ownership: Public Domain” Venice Tipton Spraggs served as the Washington Bureau...
National Negro Opera Company (1941-1962)
Mary Cardwell Dawson established the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC) in 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born in North Carolina, Dawson...
Ronald Noble (1956 -)
Ronald Kenneth Noble is the first African American to serve as Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)...
Harold “Slim” Jenkins (1890-1967)
Harold Jenkins was an African American entrepreneur and owner of the renowned Slim Jenkins Supper Club in Oakland, California, popular...
Mia Love (1975 -2025)
Congresswoman Mia Love represented Utah’s 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2021 and was the first black Republican woman and...
Alma Shealey Adams (1946- )
Congresswoman Alma Shealey Adams currently represents North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is...
