Asia – Philippines
Lope Martin (1520?-?)
In 1564 Lope Martin, an Afro-Portuguese mariner, navigated the first round-trip voyage in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to the...
H.E.R. / Gabriella Wilson (1997- )
Singer and songwriter known by the stage name H.E.R. was born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson on June 27, 1997, in Vallejo,...
Kedist Deltour (1997- )
Kedist Deltour was a most unlikely winner of the 2021 Miss Belgium beauty pageant. At the time she was 24...
The Black Pacific, 1919-1941: African Americans and Asia in the Interwar Period
In the following article novelist and independent historian Amy Sommers briefly outlines the experience of African Americans in Asia between...
George Watson (1915-1943)
George Watson was a United States Army private who during World War II was responsible for rescuing several soldiers from...
John Morton-Finney (1889-1998)
Dr. John Morton-Finney was an accomplished lawyer, civil rights activist, and academic who accumulated eleven degrees over the course of...
Charles Wilber “Bullet” Rogan (1893-1967)
Charles Wilber “Bullet” Rogan, also known as Bullet Joe, was a pitcher and outfielder who played most of his baseball...
Lemuel Augustus Penn Sr. (1915-1964)
Lemuel Augustus Penn Sr. was the assistant superintendent of the District of Columbia (D.C.) public schools, a lieutenant colonel in...
William Henry Jernagin (1869-1958)
William Henry Jernagin was a Baptist minister, civil rights advocate and Organizer of the Washington Bureau of the National Fraternal...
