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Student Historian

Cade McInelly is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He earned an associate degree in integrated studies from Cascadia College in 2016 and is currently a junior working towards a BA in history with plans to go to graduate school for the same major. Cade was born and raised in Washington, living in the city of Monroe for most of his life. Cade has had a passion for history since he was in high school and wants to make a career out of it.?

Dexter Dillard Eure Sr. (1924-2015)

Dexter Dillard Eure Sr., a pioneering Black newspaper columnist for the Boston Globe, was born in Suffolk, Virginia, as an only child to Luke Eure and Sarah Sharpe. His father left the family when he was an infant, and his mother died when he was … Read MoreDexter Dillard Eure Sr. (1924-2015)

Theophilus Lewis (1891-1974)

Theophilus Lewis, a drama/theater critic, journalist, and U.S. Postal Service employee, was born to Thomas and Anne Lewis on March 4, 1891, in Baltimore, Maryland. Lewis attended public schools in Baltimore but was very much self-educated. He joined the U.S. Army and fought in World … Read MoreTheophilus Lewis (1891-1974)

William Henry Hunt (1863-1951)

William Henry Hunt, African American U.S. diplomat, was born a slave in Tennessee in 1863. Hunt claimed to have been born on June 29, 1869, so he could get into school at the age of twenty-six, posing as a twenty-year-old, a lie he kept to … Read MoreWilliam Henry Hunt (1863-1951)

Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Station 30 (1924-1955)

Fire station #30, the first fire station manned by African Americans in the West, was established in 1924. Although the station was created in 1924, African Americans had been serving as firefighters in Los Angeles, California for decades, with Sam Haskins becoming the first Los … Read MoreLos Angeles Fire Department Fire Station 30 (1924-1955)

Milton/ Milt or Bags Jackson (1923-1999)

Milton Jackson, also known as Milt or Bags because of the bags under his eyes, the leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet, was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan, to Manley Jackson and Lillie Beaty Jackson. He started playing the guitar at the … Read MoreMilton/ Milt or Bags Jackson (1923-1999)

Bobby Womack (1944-2014)

Bobby Womack, American musician and soul singer, was born on March 4, 1944, to Friendly and Naomi Womack in Cleveland, Ohio. Bobby was the middle child of five siblings who were all boys: Friendly Jr., Curtis, Bobby, Harry, and Cecil. Bobby started playing with his … Read MoreBobby Womack (1944-2014)

John Raymond Jones (1899–1991)

John Raymond Jones, also known as the Harlem Fox, was a Harlem politician and the first African American to lead New York City, New York’s Tammany Hall. Jones was born on November 19, 1899, in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas. At the … Read MoreJohn Raymond Jones (1899–1991)

Ferdinand Q. Morton (1881-1949)

Ferdinand Q. Morton, political leader, attorney, and baseball commissioner, was born to two former slaves named Edward James Morton and Mattie Shelton Morton on September 9, 1881, in Macon, Mississippi. His father moved their family to Washington D.C. in 1890 because he got a job … Read MoreFerdinand Q. Morton (1881-1949)