
Mary Henry
Contributing editor to HistoryLink.org
Retired Seattle Public Schools librarian
Archivist for Epiphany Church
Serves on the board of the Seattle Education Foundation
Former editor of the Black Heritage Society Newsletter
Mary T. Henry is a retired Seattle Public Schools librarian and author ofTribute: Seattle Public Places Named for Black People. She is the African American contributing editor to HistoryLink, the archivist for Epiphany Church and serves on the board of the Seattle Education Foundation. She has served on the board of the Association of King County Historical Organizations and the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board. She was the editor of the Black Heritage Society Newsletter from 1993 to 2003.
Articles by Mary Henry

Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990)
Bertha Pitts Campbell was an early Seattle civil rights worker, a founder of the Christian Friends for Racial Equality, and...
January 18th, 2007

Blanche Sellers Lavizzo (1925-1984)
Dr. Blanche Sellers Lavizzo was the first African American woman pediatrician in the state of Washington. She arrived in Seattle...
January 18th, 2007

Dr. Earl V. Miller (1923-2005)
Dr. Earl V. Miller was the first African American board certified urologist in the State of Washington and the first...
January 19th, 2007

Flo Ware (1912-1981)
Florasina Ware was the quintessential activist, known in Seattle for raising a strong voice on behalf of children, the elderly, and...
January 19th, 2007

John T. Gayton (1866-1954)
John T. Gayton, one of Seattle, Washington’s earliest Black residents, a community leader, and patriarch of one of the city’s...
January 21st, 2007

Meredith Mathews (1919-1992)
Prominent social and civic leader in African American Seattle, Washington, Meredith Mathews was born in Thomaston, Georgia on September 14,...
January 21st, 2007

Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA
This Seattle branch of the YMCA is located at 23rd Avenue and East Madison Street. The site was formerly used...
January 21st, 2007

Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic
The Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, which treats children throughout Seattle and King County, was developed cooperatively by the Seattle Model...
January 21st, 2007

Odessa Brown (1920-1969)
Odessa Brown, for whom the Children’s Clinic in Seattle is named, was born April 30, 1920, in Des Arc, Arkansas. ...
January 21st, 2007

Phillip Burton (1915-1995)
Philip Burton was a Seattle lawyer for more than 40 years, a voice for the disadvantaged, and a fighter for...
January 22nd, 2007

Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993)
Roberta Byrd Barr was an African American educator, civil rights leader, actress, librarian, and television personality. She was a talented, multifaceted...
January 22nd, 2007

Rosalie Reddick Miller (1925-2005)
Dr. Rosalie Reddick Miller was the first African American woman dentist to practice in the state of Washington. She was...
January 22nd, 2007