United States – Montana
Alma S. Jacobs (1916-1997)
Librarian Alma Smith Jacobs was the first African American to serve as the Montana State Librarian. She was a lifelong advocate of free...
Millie Ringold (1845-1906)
Millie Ringold was a gold prospector, boarding house proprietor, and long-time resident of the Yogo mining district in the Little Belt Mountains...
The Colored Citizen, Helena, Montana (1894)
The Colored Citizen published weekly in Helena, Montana, for a little over two months during the electoral campaign season, September to November 1894....
The Montana Plaindealer, Helena, Montana (1906-1911)
On March 16, 1906, Joseph B. Bass printed the first issue of The Montana Plaindealer in Helena, Montana, a community that included...
Taylor Emmanuel Gordon (1893-1971)
Taylor Emmanuel Gordon was born in 1893 in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, one of six children of a cook and a...
Montana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs (1921-1972)
The Montana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs was a voice for Montana’s African American community for half a century, from...
Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Helena, Montana (1888- )
When African American citizens founded the St. James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Helena, Montana, in 1888, their population...
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. ...
John Francis (1946- )
Dr. John Francis is a conservationist, scholar, educator, and best-selling author. He holds a Ph.D. in Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
