Miller May: Poet and Playwright of the Harlem Renaissance

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Miller May: Poet and Playwright of the Harlem Renaissance

May Miller was a playwright and poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Miller was born in Washington, D.C., to Kelly and Anna May Miller, one of the Millers' five children. Kelly Miller, born shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation, was the first African-American student to attend Johns Hopkins University, and later became one of the pioneers […]

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South Carolina Congressman George Washington Murray was born near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, on September 22, 1853 to slave parents. He attended public schools, the University of South Carolina, and the State Normal Institute at Columbia, where he graduated in 1876. After

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Pugh, Mary E. (1959- )

Mary E. Pugh, founder of Pugh Capital Management, a successful investment firm in Seattle, was the first black woman and youngest person to be named Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Born to a Boeing engineer father and real estate agent mother, Pugh’s family lived

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Frederick Douglass

Born: 2/1/1818 Maryland, United StatesDied: 2/20/1895 Washington, D.C., United StatesA former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement. One of the most prominent African American leaders of the Nineteenth Century. His autobiography of life as a slave, and his

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Conna, John N. (1836-1921)

John Newington Conna was a pivotal figure in the early history and development of Washington State. Born enslaved near San Augustine, Texas in 1836, Conna was a free man by the time of the Civil War because he served in the 1st Louisiana Native Guards, an all-black Union Regiment between 1863 and

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Marian Anderson

Born: 2/27/1897 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied: 4/8/1993 Portland, OregonAn African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.B40Awards / Achievements:

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Goode, Wilson (1938- )

Best known as the first African American Mayor of Philadelphia, Woodrow Wilson Goode was born in 1938 into a family of tenant farmers near the town of Seaboard, North Carolina. Goode moved to Philadelphia with his family in

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Brown, Ronald H. (1941-1996)

Described by President Bill Clinton as “one of the best advisors and the ablest people I ever knew,” Ron Brown was a leading American man of influence in the second half of the 20th Century who impressed Republicans and Democrats alike with his intellect and administrative

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Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)

In 1944 Sara Dunlap Jackson became one of the first African American professionals hired by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. where she specialized in western, military, social and African American topics. She continued at the Archives until her retirement in 1990. In the following

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Prim, John E. (1898-1961)

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Congressman Denny Heck, Olympia, Washington

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Gibbs, Jonathan (1827-1874)

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Pinn, Robert Alexander (1843-1911)

Robert A. Pinn, attorney, and Civil War hero, received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Pinn was born free to William and Zilphia Broxton-Pinn, in Stark County, Ohio on March 1, 1843. His father William Pinn escaped from slavery and fled to Ohio at the age

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Iverson wore jersey number 3 until he went to Detroit, where he wore number 1… Besides “The Answer,” he is also nicknamed “AI”… In the 2006 trade, Philadelphia got guard Andre Miller, forward Joe Smith and two first-round picks. Denver got Iverson and rookie forward Ivan

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Hawkins, Gordon (1959- )

Gordon Hawkins was born in Clinton, Maryland, in 1959, into a family with six older brothers and sisters. He graduated from the University of Maryland’s School of Music. He is a baritone opera singer and considered one of the very best in the world. Baritone is the second deepest tone of voice for

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? F.A.Q. On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C. While the crowd expected an address celebrating t

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