United States – Minnesota
Alan Page (1945- )
Alan Page is a former professional football player and current Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Born on August...
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
Frederick McKinley Jones was a prolific early 20th century black inventor who helped to revolutionize both the cinema and refrigeration...
Tony Dungy (1955- )
Tony Dungy, a former professional football player and coach for Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996-2001) and the Indianapolis Colts (2002-2008), was...
Robert T. Hickman (1831-1900)
Robert Thomas Hickman, born enslaved in Missouri in 1831, is most noted for the group of slaves including his wife...
Frances Rains (1911-2006)
Frances Mary McHie Rains, an African American community worker, educator, businesswoman, and nurse, was born on January 29, 1911 in...
Florida J. Wolfe (ca. 1867-1913)
Florida J. Wolfe, also known as “Lady Flo,” was one of the most remarkable, resilient, albeit mysterious Black women to...
Barbara Ann Posey Jones (1943- )
In 1958, Barbara Ann Posey, then a high school student, emerged as one of the most important youth leaders in...
Charles Harvey (1860-1937)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 1860, Charles Henry Harvey was the youngest of nineteen children of Albert and Elsy...
Sharon Sayles Belton (1951- )
An activist, politician, and leader of her community, Sharon Sayles Belton was the first African American and first woman mayor...
