It's Tuesday and to continue on with the theme for this week, I am highlighting trailblazer, Susie Revels Cayton. Susie Revels Cayton (1870 – 1943) was a writer, editor, activist, and leader in the black community in Seattle at the start of the 20th century. Susie Sumner Revels was born to free parents in Mississippi in 1870, the same year her father, Hiram Revels, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American History of the Pacific Northwest
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Monday Open Thread: African-American History of the Pacific Northwest
This week's open threads will highlight history makers in one region of the country, the Pacific Northwest. George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer of the Pacific Northwest. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American History of the Pacific Northwest
Saturday Open Thread: African-Americans in the Old West
Good morning POU! It's the Superbowl weekend! I hope you have enjoyed this wee's open threads about African-Americans in the Old West. Today I am highlighting the life of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake was an American slave involved in the Holmes v. Ford case, from which she gained her freedom in 1853. … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-Americans in the Old West
Friday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West
Good morning POU! Ready for the weekend?! Today's thread will highlight Rebecca G. Howard. Rebecca G. Howard (born 1829, died July 1881) was a prominent black businesswoman in the early years of the Pacific Northwest. Rebecca Groundage Howard is reported to have been born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1829. A number of accounts indicate that Howard was … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West
Thursday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West
It's Thursday POU! It's almost the weekend. Continuing on with our theme, two African-Americans and their lives in the Old West will be highlighted tody. America Waldo Bogle (1844–1903) was a pioneer in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband, Richard Arthur Bogle, were among the first black settlers in Walla, Walla, Washington. America Waldo was born … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West