United States – Idaho
Erroll M. Brown (1950- )
In July 1998, Erroll Mingo Brown became the first African American admiral in the United States Coast Guard in its 207-year history. ...
Booker T. Washington’s Visit to Spokane (1913)
In 1913 the famous African American activist and educator Booker T. Washington left Tuskegee, Alabama, to begin a speaking tour...
Gobo Fango (1855-1886)
Gobo Fango was born in the Eastern Cape Colony in what is now South Africa around 1855, just before the...
Martha Ann Jane Stevens Perkins Howell (1875–1954)
Martha Ann Jane Stevens Perkins Howell, born on January 20, 1875, was named for her maternal grandmother, Martha Vilate Crosby...
Tony Gleaton (1948-2015)
“Image Ownership: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times” Leo Antony “Tony” Gleaton was an African American photographer, scholar, and artist who is...
(1961) Idaho Fair Employment Practices Act
CHAPTER 309 AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND INPUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE OF RACE, CREED, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN; DECLARING...
Cherie Buckner-Webb (1951- )
Idaho’s first African American State Senator, inspirational keynote speaker, trainer, and singer, Cherie Buckner-Webb, a fifth-generation Idahoan, was born October...
Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom
In the account below, Jim Kershner, author, historian, and longtime journalist for the Spokesman-Review, Spokane’s major daily newspaper, discusses what...
24th Infantry Regiment (1866-1951)
When the U.S. Army was reorganized on July 28, 1866, for peacetime service after the American Civil War, six regiments...
