Occupation-Educator-Teacher
Jonathan Moore (1969-2017)
Jonathan Moore, teacher, musician, entrepreneur, activist, and youth advocate, was born to Gwendolyn Jones and Jonny Moore in Seattle, Washington,...
Hazel Harvey Peace (1903-2008)
Fort Worth educator Hazel Bernice Harvey Peace was born on August 4, 1903, in Waco, Texas, to Allen H. and...
Azie Taylor Morton (1936-2003)
Azie Taylor Morton was a teacher, politician, and the only African American to hold the position of Treasurer of the...
Dorthy Johnson (1945- )
Born in Pocatello, Idaho, on May 9, 1945, Dorthy (spelled without the second “o”) L. Johnson, became a semi-finalist in...
Lucy (Lucile) Berkeley Buchanan Jones (1884-1989)
Lucy (Lucile) Berkeley Buchanan Jones was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. Buchanan was...
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood (1828-1867)
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood, born a free woman in 1828, is known as the mother of desegregated education for children...
Floyd C. Covington (1901-1989)
Floyd C. Covington was a leader in Los Angeles’s black community for more than fifty years. A native of Denver,...
