Michael Stolp-Smith
Michael Stolp-Smith is an alumnus of the University of Washington, Seattle with a BFA in PhotoMedia.
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Saint Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sacramento, California (1850- )
St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church of Sacramento, California was founded in 1850, the same year that California was admitted...
Port Chicago Mutiny (1944)
The Port Chicago Mutiny involved African American enlisted men in the U.S. Navy who refused to return to loading ammunition...
Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) (1941- )
Chubby Checker, the man credited with inventing “The Twist,” was born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina. He moved...
New Orleans Massacre (1866)
The New Orleans Massacre, also known as the New Orleans Race Riot, occurred on July 30, 1866. While the riot...
The Colfax Massacre (1873)
The Colfax Massacre occurred on April 13, 1873. The battle-turned-massacre took place in the small town of Colfax, Louisiana as...
The Hamburg Massacre (1876)
On July 8, 1876, the small town of Hamburg, South Carolina erupted in violence as the community’s African American militia...
Opelousas Massacre (1868)
The Opelousas Massacre occurred on September 28, 1868 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The event is also referred to...
Freedmen’s Hospital/Howard University Hospital (1862– )
The Freedmen’s Hospital was founded in 1862 in Washington, D.C. It was the first hospital of its kind to aid in...
