Ephrem Yared, Author at

Student Historian

Ephrem Yared is a first year undergraduate student at the University of Washington, Seattle, majoring in Human Centered Design and Engineering and minoring in Sociology. His interests range from African American history to the history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Ephrem was born in Seattle but his parents emigrated from Ethiopia in 1995. He has participated in many volunteer programs at his school from in-school math tutoring to coordinating the ‘Link Leadership’ program. After completing his degree Ephrem hopes to enter the architectural design field.

Carl Gipson (1924– )

Carl Gipson was the first African American city council member in the city of Everett, the county seat of Snohomish County, Washington, serving from 1971 until 1995. Born in Lincoln County, Arkansas, on January 11, 1924, Gipson grew up as the grandson of former slave … Read MoreCarl Gipson (1924– )

Buck Colbert Franklin (1879-1960)

Buck Franklin was an attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is most notably known for defending the survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. He was also the father of the venerable civil rights advocate and historian John Hope Franklin. Franklin was born the seventh … Read MoreBuck Colbert Franklin (1879-1960)

John Charles Robinson (1903-1954)

John Charles Robinson, nicknamed the Brown Condor, was an African American aviator who fought with the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force against Benito Mussolini and Fascist Italy during the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, 1935–1936. He is also known as the Father of the Tuskegee Airmen for his … Read MoreJohn Charles Robinson (1903-1954)

Ethiopian-Somali War Over the Ogaden Region (1977–1978)

In 1977 Ethiopia and Somalia engaged in a brief territory conflict over the Ogaden region situated between and claimed by both nations. This conflict however held significance greater than most territorial disputes because Ethiopia was backed by the Soviet Union and Somalia was supported by … Read MoreEthiopian-Somali War Over the Ogaden Region (1977–1978)

55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (1863-1865)

The 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment made up of men who wanted to enter the already full 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 54th was the first officially recognized black military unit in the … Read More55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (1863-1865)

92nd Infantry Division (1917–1919, 1942–1945)

The 92nd Infantry Division, a military unit of approximately fifteen thousand officers and men, was one of only two all-black divisions to fight in the United States Army in World War I and World War II. The 92nd Division was organized in October 1917 at … Read More92nd Infantry Division (1917–1919, 1942–1945)

The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)

The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 Partition of Africa. Italy was defeated in its first attempt at conquest at the battle of Adwa in 1896, allowing Ethiopia to become the only African nation to remain … Read MoreThe Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)

The Italo-Abyssinian War (1889-1896)

Following the Partition of Africa during the Berlin Conference of 1885, Prime Minister Francesco Crispi of Italy began his nation’s colonization in Africa. Italy focused on the Red Sea because of its trade routes to Asia and East Africa, and subsequently stationed troops in the … Read MoreThe Italo-Abyssinian War (1889-1896)