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J.R. Carter
~Kicha~ has posted:Colored American Magazine (Feb 1904): J. R. Carter is a true example of a self made man. He was born in Virginia 33 years ago and of hard work and determination managed to enter the...
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Hughes Allison
~Kicha~ has posted:Hughes Allison, author of the first black detective story in ‘Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,’ pictured in 1950. [Hughes Allison Archive, Newark Public Library] In September of...
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William P Newman
~Kicha~ has posted:Photo comes from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Info: 'Cincinnati's Underground Railroad,' by Dr. Eric R. Jackson and Richard Cooper, William P. Newman, who...
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Stone Sisters
~Kicha~ has posted:The Stone sisters became the proprietors of the first black owned beauty parlor in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Their business was on the corner of Sixth Avenue, North, and Union...
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Brothers in Arms
~Kicha~ has posted:African American Union soldiers from L’Ouverture Hospital, in Alexandria, Virginia, probably taken between early December 1864 to early April 1865. The men – a corporal, eight...
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Elisa Greenwell
~Kicha~ has posted:Elisa Greenwell was a runaway from the residence of William Edelan of Leonardtown, Maryland in 1859. [Photo: 6th plate ambrotype] sold to the National Museum of African American...
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J. Steward Davis
~Kicha~ has posted:James Steward Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1890. He attended local public schools, and graduated from Dickinson College with a law degree. Admitted to...
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Center Market Vendor
~Kicha~ has posted:Center Market (located at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street, NW) was a hub of activity for the District of Columbia's African American population during the 1800s. Both free and...
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Reckless Eyeballing: The Matt Ingram Case
~Kicha~ has posted:Under segregation, a person (of color) could be accused of “reckless eyeballing,” meaning an improper look at a white person, presumed to have sexual intent. Matt Ingram (a black...
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Willa B Brown
~Kicha~ has posted:Photo signed by Ms. Brown, "To Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune "The Greatest Woman I Know" Sincerely, Willa B. Brown 6/9/1943 [Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida] [Willa...
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Ethel Waters
~Kicha~ has posted:Ethel Waters was born the daughter of Louise Howard, on October 31 1900, at her great-aunt Ida’s home in Chester, Pennsylvania. Waters was a product of rape. At the age of 13,...
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Rose McClendon
~Kicha~ has posted:Rose McClendon was one of the most famous black dramatic actresses of the 1920s and 1930s. Although she did not become a professional actor until she was in her thirties, she...
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Ora Brown Stokes
~Kicha~ has posted:Ora Brown Stokes (1882 - 1957), was born in Chesterfield County and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia. During her life, she worked to improve the lives of African American women and...
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Agnes Carver Jones
~Kicha~ has posted:History of the America Negro and his Institutions (Virginia Edition, 1917): The story of Mrs. Agnes Carver Jones of Falls Church, Virginia is a story of hard work and many struggles,...
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A. Burrell
~Kicha~ has posted:A Justice of the Peace Mr. A. Burrell, a colored man of Carney, Iowa, was born in Virginia as a slave and is about sixty years of age. He came to Iowa in 1880 and lives in Crocker...
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Lafayette Reid Mercer
~Kicha~ has posted:Lafayette Reid Mercer, for more than twenty years a policeman in Steubenville, Ohio was killed last July while arresting a drunken man. Mr. Mercer was one of the most efficient...
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Josephine Baker
~Kicha~ has posted:The great La Baker during a skit at Casino de Paris, circa 1932.
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Maude Brooks Cotton
~Kicha~ has posted:Maude Brooks Cotton (1872-1945), a native of Oberlin, Ohio, received her early school training at Knoxville College. Later she enrolled at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where...
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Caldonia Fackler "Cal" Johnson
~Kicha~ has posted:Caldonoia Fackler Johnson was born to Cupid and Harriet Johnson in Knoxville, Tennesse on October 14, 1844. The Johnson family, were slaves of Colonel Pless McClung. In his early...
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Lucretia ‘Aunt Lou’ Marchbanks
~Kicha~ has posted:Lucretia Marchbanks was one of the most interesting and most beloved people in Deadwood, South Dakota’s pioneer days. She was born into slavery on March 25, 1832, in Putman County,...
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