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John Nobles (c. 1880s-c. 1940s)

Map of the Coachella Valley Image Ownership: Courtesy Matthew Trump (CC BY-SA 3.0) John Nobles was a black pioneer who mysteriously came to own a large swath of land in the 1930s in the Coachella Valley, California. This happened at a time when the sale … Read MoreJohn Nobles (c. 1880s-c. 1940s)

Johanna July (ca. 1857-ca. 1946)

Johanna July, a black Seminole, was born around 1857 in Nacimiento de Los Negros, the settlement established in northern Mexico following the emigration of Indian and black Seminoles from the Indian Territory in 1849. By 1870, the U.S. Army, desperate for translators and scouts familiar … Read MoreJohanna July (ca. 1857-ca. 1946)

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John Nobles (c. 1880s-c. 1940s)

Johanna July (ca. 1857-ca. 1946)