United States – Washington
Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896 – 1977)
Musicologist, playwright, novelist and political activist Lola Shirley Graham, born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1896, became the second wife to...
(1957) Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957
Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957 CHAPTER 37. H. B. 25. 7 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. AN...
Andrew F. Brimmer (1926-2012)
A writer, an economist and an advocate for affirmative action, Andrew Felton Brimmer is best known as the first African...
Rebecca Groundage Howard (1827-1881)
Rebecca Howard, an outstanding hotelier and cook, was one of Olympia, Washington’s earliest businesswomen. Born in 1827 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
William Owen Bush (1832-1907)
William Owen Bush was the eldest son of George and Isabella Bush. George Bush was a mixed-race settler who came...
Carl Brooks (1908-?)
Carl Brooks was an outspoken civil rights activist, labor leader, and member of the Communist Party (CP) in the state...
Marjorie Edwina Pitter King (1921-1996)
Marjorie Edwina Pitter King, the youngest of the Pitter sisters, was born March 8, 1921, to Edward A. Pitter and...
Washington State Federation of Colored Women (1917- )
Founded on Aug. 9, 1917 in Spokane, Washington, the Washington State Federation of Colored Women (WSFCW) confederated several social and...
Benjamin McAdoo (1920-1981)
Benjamin F. McAdoo was born in Pasadena, California in 1920. He established the first African American-owned architecture firm in Seattle...
