United States – New Mexico
Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960)
Anita Scott Coleman was a relatively unknown but important western contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico...
Camp George Jordan
Camp George Jordan was a United States Army facility established in Seattle, Washington, during World War II. It was generally...
(1859) An Act to Provide for the Protection of Property in Slaves in this Territory (New Mexico)
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That every person who shall...
William “Curly” Neal (1849-1936)
William “Curly” Neal helped turn a frontier western mining camp in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona into a booming...
Lucy Hicks [Tobias Lawson] Anderson (1886-1954)
Lucy Hicks Anderson, American socialite and chef, lived the first 59 years of her life as a woman until 1945,...
(1955) New Mexico Civil Rights Act
49-8-1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of New Mexico in the...
Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940)
Born near Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper rose to prominence as the first African American graduate...
James Coody Johnson (1864-1927)
James Coody Johnson was an African Creek lawyer, politician and entrepreneur, and a leading voice for inclusion of African Americans...
Cathay Williams (1850- )
Cathay Williams is the only documented African American woman who served as a soldier in the Regular U.S. Army in...
