Occupation-Union Organizer
Jessie Maple Patton (1937-2023)
Jessie Maple Patton, a pioneer for African American women in the film industry, was born on February 14, 1937, in...
Willard L. Bowman (1919-1975)
Willard L. Bowman was a union organizer, politician, and civil rights activist in Anchorage, Alaska. From 1963 to 1970, he...
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (1917-1999)
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean anti-colonialist revolutionary and politician who was vice-president of Zimbabwe from 1990 to his...
Ishmael Flory (1907–2004)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Ishmael Flory was a civil rights activist, trade union organizer, and Communist Party (CPUSA) leader in...
Thomas Mboya (Joseph Odhiambo) (1930-1969)
Tom Mboya, born on August 15, 1930 in Kilimambogo, Kenya on a sisal plantation estate, was a Kenyan nationalist, trade...
Claudius William Rice (ca. 1892-1973)
Claudius W. Rice was a political activist and labor leader in Houston, Texas from the 1920s through the 1940s. He...
Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984)
Ahmed Sékou Touré, first president of Guinea, trade unionist, Pan-Africanist, and authoritarian leader, was born on January 9, 1922, in...
James Edward Shepperson (1858-1934)
James Edward Shepperson is considered one of the most influential leaders and spokesmen among Black miners in Washington during the...
Isaac Myers (1835-1891)
Isaac Myers, a labor leader and mason, was born in Baltimore on January 13, 1835. He was the son of...
