Category: History

Located at 2213 Lake Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, the Webster Telephone Exchange Building is an important Black heritage site in Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1906 by the Nebraska Telephone…

Elbert Frank Cox, who perhaps most famous for exploring and expanding the Boole summation formula based on the work of the Danish mathematician and astronomer Niels Erik, was born in…

Thomas Bailey Shropshire, a Past Grand Sire Archon of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (The Boulé), was a transformative figure in the brewing industry. He played a critical role in…

In 1836, 27 years before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, a group of literate African American men gathered in a brick schoolhouse on South Division Street…

The Honorable George W. Draper, the first African American to serve as Chief Judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, was born on August 5, 1953, in St.…

Huel Davis Perkins, a distinguished composer, pianist, professor, administrator, and orator, was born on December 27, 1924, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From 1943 to 1946, Perkins served in the U.S.…

Robert Vernon Franklin, Jr. was a retired Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge who presided over trials and hearings in over 25 counties throughout Ohio. He was born on January…

Glenn Dale Cunningham was the first African American mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. He was born in Jersey City on September 16, 1943, reared in Jersey City, and attended…

Attorney Charles H. Calloway was born in Bradley County, Tennessee, on June 16, 1878. He graduated from the public school system in Bradley County and earned a Bachelor of Arts…

Herbert T. Miller, a distinguished social services and religious leader, organizer, and fundraiser, was born Herbert Tise Miller on July 16, 1900, in Ford, Kentucky. He spent his formative years…