United States – Ohio
Lucy Orintha Oxley (1912-1991)
Pioneering physician and cancer researcher Lucy Orintha Oxley was born on August 19, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Her father, Edmund...
At the Junction of History and Myth: Mary Fields (ca. 1832-1914), A Black Woman on the Montana Frontier
In the article below, writer Leslie Budewitz works to separate fact from fiction in the story of Mary Fields, one...
David Satcher (1941- )
David Satcher is a distinguished American physician, educator, public health leader, and administrator. He was born in Anniston, Alabama on...
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...
Nate Archibald (1948- )
Nathaniel “Nate” Archibald is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who spent 14 seasons as a point guard with...
Lyda Newman (1885-?)
Inventor and women’s rights advocate Lyda Newman is best known for a newly-designed hairbrush patent and her effort to fight...
Alexander Miles (1838-1918)
Born near Circleville, Ohio to Michael Miles and Mary Pompy, Alexander Miles is the 19th Century African-American inventor known best...
Wilbur Gordon (1879-1945)
Wilbur Clarence Gordon was a distinguished physician and real estate developer, born in Ironton, Ohio, on May 9, 1879. He...
William Andrew McClain (1913-2014)
The Honorable William Andrew McClain was born on January 11, 1913, in Sanford, North Carolina, to Frank McClain and Blanche...
