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Sea Isle City, New Jersey, The Niagara Movement, and the Early 20th Century Struggle for Racial Justice
In the article below New Jersey historian Dr. Joseph A. LaRosa allows us a glimpse into the rarely discussed last...
Thomas Fountain Blue (1866-1935)
Thomas Fountain Blue, the first African American to head a public library in the United States, was also a civic,...
Clarence Edwin “Cito” Gaston (1944- )
Clarence Edwin “Cito” Gaston is a baseball manager, coach, and outfielder. He became the first African American baseball manager to...
Sandra Prunella Mason (1949- )
Her Excellency, The Most Honorable Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, is the first president of the Republic of Barbados. Mason was...
Hannibal Caesar Carter (1835-1904)
Hannibal Caesar Carter, the second African American to serve as Secretary of State in Mississippi, was born on February 11,...
Benny Cristo (aka Ben da Silva Cristóvão) (1987- )
Singer-composer, champion athlete, and actor Benny Cristo was born Ben da Silva Cristóvão in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), on...
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo (1994- )
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo is a professional basketball player for the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Bucks who played for the National Association...
William B. Hartgrove, Jr. (1877-1918)
William B. Hartgrove, Jr. one of the founders of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History...
Anna R. Woodbey (1855-1901)
Anna R. Woodbey, an early suffragist and minister, was the first known African American woman to be nominated on a...
