Allison O'Connor
Allison Marie O’Connor is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington. She is majoring in History with minors in Japanese and Education, Learning, and Society. After graduating she hopes to participate in the Master in Teaching program at her university and get the certification to become a high school Social Studies/History teacher.
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James D. Lynch (1838-1872)
James D. Lynch, a Reconstruction era politician, is best known for his position as Secretary of the State of Mississippi...
James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883)
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William Lacy Clay, Sr. (1931- )
Former Missouri Democratic Congressman William L. Clay Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 30, 1931, one of...
William Lacy Clay Jr. (1956- )
William Lacy Clay, Jr. is the son of former Missouri Congressman William L. Clay Sr., and now holds his father’s...
Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887)
In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of...
Edolphus Towns (1934- )
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a Democratic Representative of the state of Ohio. She was born on September 10, 1949 in...
Donald Milford Payne (1934-2012)
Donald Payne, a Democrat, was the first African American elected to Congress from the State of New Jersey. Payne was born...
Melvin L. Watt (1945- )
Melvin Luther Watt is a politician (Democrat) who has been the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency since 2014. Watt,...
Tuskegee University (1881- )
Tuskegee University, one of the largest historically black universities in the United States, is a private university located in Tuskegee,...
Wilberforce University (1856- )
Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the...
Grambling State University (1901- )
Grambling State University was founded in 1901 in Grambling, Louisiana. In the post- Civil War effort to build schools for...
