Cathy Hughes
Cathy Hughes, whose full name is Catherine L. Hughes, is a prominent media executive and entrepreneur. She is best known as the founder and chairperson...
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Wendell Oliver Pruitt
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Wendell Oliver Pruitt was an African American pilot and Tuskegee Airman during World War II. He was born on May 14, 1921, in St. Louis,...
Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes
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Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes was a Haitian-American writer, historian, and civil rights advocate. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and promote the history...
Archer Alexander
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Archer Alexander was an enslaved African American man who played a significant role in the abolitionist movement in the United States. He is best known...
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
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Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) was an African American seamstress, dressmaker, and activist who is best known for her association with Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife...
Charles H. “Teenie” Harris
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Charles H. “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) was an American photographer known for his extensive documentation of African-American life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born on July...
Calvin Littlejohn
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Calvin Littlejohn was an American photographer known for his contributions to the field of photojournalism, particularly in documenting the civil rights movement in the United...
Justice Roger B. Taney
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Justice Roger B. Taney, whose full name was Roger Brooke Taney, served as the fifth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1836...
John Francis Alexander Sanford
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John Francis Alexander Sanford (1806–1857) was a frontiersman of the American West who worked with Native American tribes as an Indian agent. He later joined...
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that took place in 1857. The case revolved around Dred Scott, an enslaved...