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Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian (1924-2020)
The life of the Reverend Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian is in many ways the story of the modern black freedom...
James D. Lynch (1838-1872)
James D. Lynch, a Reconstruction era politician, is best known for his position as Secretary of the State of Mississippi...
John Hiram Jackson (1912-1997)
John Hiram Jackson was born November 16, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both his parents were Virginians, and his maternal grandfather,...
Howard Thurman (1900-1981)
Howard Thurman was one of the most influential theologians of the 20th Century. Born on November 18, 1900 in Daytona...
Josiah Henson (1789-1883)
Josiah Henson was born into slavery on June 15, 1789 in Charles County, Maryland. As a young boy he witnessed...
John Henry “Jack” Yates (1828-1897)
John Henry “Jack” Yates, minister and educator, was born a slave to Robert and Rachael Yates in Gloucester County, Virginia,...
Sutton Elbert Griggs (1872-1933)
Born in Chatfield, Texas on June 19, 1872, Sutton E. Griggs attended Bishop College in Marshall, Texas and Richmond Theological...
Emmett B. Reed (1878-1961)
Emmett B. Reed was born in Virginia but moved at age 16 to work in the coal mines of British...
Emanuel Cleaver (1944- )
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver II, born in Waxahachie, Texas in 1944, is best known as the first African American mayor of...
