Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks

male, deceased (1770)
death by firearm in the United States, Massachusetts colonial, white, african american history, Abolitionism, American Revolutionary War…racialdiscrimination
Crispus Attucks ("circa" 1723 - March 5, 1770), was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre. He has been frequently named as the...
Bill Dedman

Bill Dedman

male
Telegraph of Nashua, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, MSNBC.com, Baylor School, atlanta journal-constitution, American…racialdiscrimination
Bill Dedman, an American journalist, is an investigative reporter for MSNBC.com and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting....
William Deane

William Deane

male, 78 years old
Justice of the High Court of Australia, Knight of the Order of St John, Catholic, Australian Labor Party, MABO, Order of the British Empire…racialdiscrimination
Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE (born 4 January 1931), Australian judge and 22nd Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne, Victoria....
Oliver Hill

Oliver Hill

male, 102 years old
Centenarian, American military personnel of World War II, African Americans' rights activist, Capitol Square, Oliver White Hill, Virginia Governor…racialdiscrimination
Oliver White Hill (born May 1, 1907) is best known as a civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. His work against racial discrimination...
Piri Thomas

Piri Thomas

male, 81 years old
poet, Nuyorican Movement, Rabinowitz Foundation, Down These Mean Streets, illegal drug trade, Spanish Harlem…racialdiscrimination
Piri Thomas (born Juan Pedro Tomas September 10, 1928 in Spanish Harlem in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-Cuban who is influential in the...
John Peters Humphrey

John Peters Humphrey

male, deceased (1995)
ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME, Human Rights, general assembly, Canadian, freedom of the press, mcgill university…racialdiscrimination
John Peters Humphrey (April 30, 1905 - May 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He was born in Hampton, New...
Mildred Taylor

Mildred Taylor

female, 66 years old
racialdiscrimination, extended family, The Land, factory, Peace Corps Volunteer, American
Mildred Delois Taylor (born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1944) is a famous author, known for her children's fiction book. She did not...
Ann Petry

Ann Petry

female, deceased (1997)
Harlem, author, American, washington post, racialdiscrimination, journalist
Ann Petry was an African American author. Ann Lane was born as the younger of the two daughters to Peter and Bertha Clark in Old Saybrook,...
Eugene Bullard

Eugene Bullard

male, deceased (1961)
buried at Flushing Cemetery, American military personnel of World War II, American military, World War I flying ace, From columbus, georgia, World War I veteran…racialdiscrimination
Eugene Bullard (9 October, 1894 - 12 October, 1961) was the first African-American military pilot. He was born Eugene Jacques Bullard in Columbus,...
Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington

male, deceased (1971)
Los Angeles Police Department, football player, integrated, running back, College Football Hall of Fame, UCLA…racialdiscrimination, racial integration
Kenneth S. "Kingfish" Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, California; died June 24, 1971) was a professional football player who was one...