Anna Micklin
Graduate of the University of Washington and Evergreen State College
Anna Micklin was raised in Seattle, Washington and comes from one of the first Ashkenazi Jewish families in Seattle. Her family’s story inspired her passion for history. She is a Content Strategist and Communications Specialist with a focus on equity and well-being for government and higher education. Anna graduated from the University of Washington and The Evergreen State College, where she studied African American and Franco-African history and literature and had the honor to study under Dr. Quintard Taylor. Anna is a memoirist, photographer and content creator who writes about being Jewish and raising a Black and Jewish daughter.
Articles by
Aimé Césaire (1913-2008)
Legendary poet and politician, Aimé Césaire, was born on June 26, 1913, in the small town of Basse-Pointe on the...
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
Psychiatrist and anti-colonial cultural theorist, Frantz Fanon was born in the French West Indies, in Fort-de-France, Martinique on July 20,...
Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986)
Distinguished historian and Pan-Africanist political leader, Cheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal on December 23, 1933 to a...
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001)
Scholar, African traditionalist poet, and Senegal’s first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor was born on October 9, 1906, in Joal, Senegal....
Homer Plessy (1863-1925)
Plaintiff for a landmark Supreme Court case, Homer A. Plessy was born on March 17, 1863 in New Orleans. He...
Félix Houphouet-Boigny (1905-1993)
Félix Houphouet-Boigny was born near Yamoussoukro, the southern part of the Ivory Coast, on October 18, 1905. His father was...
Negritude Movement
The literary movement, Negritude, was born out of the Paris intellectual environment of 1930s and 1940s. It is a product...
Louis Charles Roudanez (1823-1890)
Physician and newspaper publisher, Louis Charles Roudanez was born free in June of 1823 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. He...
Paul Trévigne (1825-1908)
Creole New Orleans newspaper editor Paul Trévigne, the biracial son of a Battle of New Orleans veteran, was born in...
Artur Davis (1967- )
Former Alabama Congressman Artur Genestre Davis was born on October 9, 1967 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was raised by his...
