Lisa Roy

Academic Historian

Dr. Lisa Roy is Director of Program Development with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. She has worked in the field of early childhood for three decades as a school administrator, in leadership positions for various foundations, and as a program administrator for various non-profits. She is an avid genealogist. Lisa has an Ed.D. in Leadership for Educational Equity, with an emphasis on executive leadership and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education from the University of Colorado at Denver’s (UCD) School of Education and Human Development Graduate Studies.

Stayce D. Harris (1959- )

Stayce D. Harris is the first African American woman to hold a three-star General rank, first Air Force Reservist to be promoted to the three-star rank other than the chief of the Air Force Reserve Command, and the first African American woman to serve as … Read MoreStayce D. Harris (1959- )

Joseph (Joe) Neguse (1984- )

In 2018, Joseph Neguse became the first Eritrean American to serve in Congress and is the first and only African American to be elected to serve in Congress from Colorado. Neguse represents the 2nd District in House of Representatives and serves as the Freshman Co-Representative … Read MoreJoseph (Joe) Neguse (1984- )

Shorter AME Church, Denver, Colorado (1868- )

(Image Courtesy of Rosemarie Allen) Shorter AME Church was organized in 1868. Two women, Mary Smith and Mary Randolph founded the church. The original members met on the South Platte River in 1863 until the Church was given land located at 19th and Holiday (now … Read MoreShorter AME Church, Denver, Colorado (1868- )

Zion Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado (1865- )

Zion Baptist Church was founded on November 15, 1865 by an intrepid group of black pioneers who settled in Denver, Colorado Territory when the city’s total population was less than 5,000 people. Among its founders was Barney Ford who would later become one of Denver’s … Read MoreZion Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado (1865- )

Storer College (1867-1956)

Storer College was created when John Storer, a philanthropist living in Sanford, Maine, approached Rev. Dr. Oren Burbank Cheney, President of Bates College, with a $10,000 gift to found a school which would eventually become a college and would educate students in a southern state, … Read MoreStorer College (1867-1956)

John Francis Wheaton (1866-1922)

John Francis Wheaton was a late 19th Century and early 20th Century lawyer and a politician. Wheaton ran for elective office in three states and was the first African American to serve in the Minnesota House of Representatives. John Francis Wheaton was born on May … Read MoreJohn Francis Wheaton (1866-1922)