User:GorillaWarfare/African-Americans in Boston
Cite:
- [1]
- Hayden, Robert C. (1991). African-Americans in Boston: More than 350 Years (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston. p. 56. ISBN 0-89073-083-0.
Community Development[edit]
Civil rights[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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David Walker's Appeal | David Walker (abolitionist) | |||
Early political writer | Maria W. Stewart | |||
Female anti-slavery leader | Susan Paul | |||
Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | |||
Charles Lenox Remond | Charles Lenox Remond | |||
Women's anti-slavery organizer | Sarah Parker Remond | |||
Boston's Underground Railroad | Lewis Hayden | |||
School desegregation in 1855 | William Cooper Nell | |||
William Monroe Trotter's Equal Rights League | William Monroe Trotter | |||
William E. B. DuBois | W. E. B. Du Bois | |||
NAACP President for 20 years | Butler R. Wilson | |||
Black nurses admitted to city hospital | W. O. Taylor and William Worthy (doctor) | W. O. Taylor (Q108321665), William Worthy (Q108321666) | ||
First female president of NAACP branch | Florence LeSueur | |||
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leads rally | Martin Luther King Jr. |
Education[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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Cyrus Foster, "griot" of Boston | Cyrus Foster | Cyrus Foster (Q108322283) | ||
Benjamin and Sarah Roberts lawsuit | Benjamin F. Roberts | |||
First Black Harvard College graduate | Richard Theodore Greener | |||
Pioneer historian and minister | George Washington Williams | |||
First elected to Boston School Committee | James T. Still, Samuel E. Courtney | James Still (Q108322284), Samuel Courtney (Q108322285) | ||
Early Boston Latin Graduates | Parker Bailey and Clement G. Morgan | |||
Georges W. Forbes, librarian | George W. Forbes | |||
First Black school principal | Maria Louise Baldwin | |||
Pioneering teacher of reading | Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson | |||
Black Heritage Trail | J. Marcus Mitchell | J. Marcus Mitchell (Q108322286) | ||
Dr. Benjamin Quarles, historian | Benjamin Arthur Quarles | |||
Racial imbalance in schools | Owen B. Kiernan | Owen Kiernan (Q108322313) | ||
Rev. Vernon Carter's vigil | Vernon Carter (reverend) | Vernon Carter (Q108322288) | ||
Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts | Rollins Griffith, John D. O'Bryant | Rollins Griffith (Q108322289) | ||
Operation Exodus | Ellen Swepson Jackson | |||
First Black on Board of Education | Richard Banks (judge) | Richard Banks (Q108322290) | ||
First school principal | Gladys Wood | |||
Liberty Commissioners | Adelaide M. Cromwell, Robert C. Hayden | Robert C. Hayden (Q108322292) | ||
Veteran school committeeman | John D. O'Bryant | |||
First African-American dean at B.U. | Hubie Jones | Hubie Jones (Q108322293) | ||
First African-American Superintendent | Laval S. Wilson | Laval Wilson (Q108322321) | ||
Chancellor of Higher Education | Franklyn Jenifer | |||
Eyes on the Prize | Henry Hampton |
Creative arts[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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First poet | Lucy Terry | |||
Phillis Wheatley | Phillis Wheatley | |||
18th-century artist | Scipio Moorhead | |||
First published novelist | William Wells Brown | |||
Renowned artist | Edward Mitchell Bannister | |||
19th-century guitarist | James Demarest | James Demarest (Q108322940) | ||
Musical composer | Henry F. Williams | |||
19th-century sculptor | Edmonia Lewis | |||
First graduate, New England Conservatory of Music | Rachel M. Washington | Rachel Washington (Q108322941) | ||
James Monroe Trotter | James Monroe Trotter | |||
Protest writer | Pauline Hopkins | |||
Opera producer | Theodore Drury | Theodore Drury (Q108322953) | ||
Literary giant | William Stanley Braithwaite | |||
Internationally recognized sculptor | Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller | |||
20th-century novelist | Dorothy West | |||
Roland Hayes, vocal artist | Roland Hayes | |||
Theater pioneer | Ralf Coleman | Ralf Coleman (Q108322954) | ||
Nationally known dancer | Stanley E. Brown | Stanley Brown (Q108322944) | ||
Allan Rohan Crite | Allan Crite | |||
Legendary jazz pianist | Sabby Lewis | |||
Trailblazing dancer | Mildred Davenport | |||
Pioneering playwright | James Henderson (playwright) | James Henderson (Q108322956) | ||
Actor, playwright, producer and drama teacher | Vernon F. Blackman | Vernon Blackman (Q108322946) | ||
Tap king | Jimmy Slyde | |||
Elma Lewis School | Elma Lewis | |||
First with Boston Symphony | Ortiz Walton | Ortiz Walton (Q108322947) | ||
Internationally known drummer | Roy Haynes | |||
Art historian | Edmund Gaither | Edmund Barry Gaither (Q108322949) | ||
Principal harpist in BSO | Ann Hobson Pilot | |||
T.J. Anderson, composer | T. J. Anderson | |||
Superstar singer | Donna Summer | |||
Master Artists in Residency | Dana Chandler |
Business/Industry[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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Early leader in shipping and civil rights | Paul Cuffe | |||
First Black printing business | Benjamin F. Roberts | |||
Coburn's Gaming House | John P. Coburn | |||
Prosperous dressmaker | Eliza Ann Gardner | |||
Civil War caterer and senator | Joshua B. Smith | |||
Wig manufacturer | Gilbert C. Harris | Gilbert C. Harris (Q108438098) | ||
Eureka Co-Operative Bank | David E. Crawford | David Crawford (Q108438099) | ||
South End Electric Company | Leon Lomax | Leon Lomax (Q108438100) | ||
Poro School and Beauty Shoppe | E. Alice Taylor | |||
Leading businesswoman | Estella Crosby | Estella Crosby (Q108438101) | ||
Secretary of Transportation | Richard Taylor (entrepreneur) | Richard Taylor (Q108438103) |
Government/Politics[edit]
Law[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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Slave sued master | Caesar Hendrick | Caesar Hendrick (Q108529343) | ||
First licensed attorney | Macon Bolling Allen | |||
First attorney to pass Massachusetts exam | Robert Morris (lawyer) | |||
First Black lawyer before Supreme Court | John Rock (abolitionist) | |||
Early civil rights leader | Archibald Grimké | |||
First Black judge | George Lewis Ruffin | |||
Outstanding criminal lawyer | William H. Lewis | |||
Noted immigration lawyer | John W. Schenck | John Schenck (Q108529486) | ||
"Dean" of Black lawyers | Henry E. Quarles, Sr. | Henry Quarles, Sr. (Q108529487) | ||
First on Parole Board | Matthew W. Bullock | |||
Assistant Attorney General | Glendora Putnam | |||
Distinguished Black judge | Harry Elam | Harry Elam (Q108529488) | ||
First female federal magistrate | Joyce London Alexander | |||
First federal judge | David Sutherland Nelson | |||
Two firsts for Margaret Burnham | Margaret Burnham | |||
Wayne A. Budd, U.S. attorney | Wayne Budd | |||
First Black female law firm | Margaret Burnham, Geraldine Hines, Judith Nelson Dilday | |||
Harvard Law Review president | Barack Obama | |||
Women's Bar Association president | Judith Nelson Dilday |
Journalism[edit]
Military service[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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Served General Washington | Barzillai Lew | |||
Crispus Attucks | Crispus Attucks | |||
Black minutemen | Peter Salem | |||
Refused to fight against the U.S. | Richard Seavers | Richard Seavers (Q109661356) | ||
Congressional Medal of Honor winner | William Harvey Carney | |||
Black nurse in Civil War | Susie King Taylor | |||
Heroic soldier | William E. Carter | William E. Carter (Q109661357) | ||
Head of Massachusetts Commandery | James H. Wolff | James H. Wolff (Q109661358) | ||
Commander at Pearl Harbor | Edward O. Gourdin | Edward O. Gourdin (Q109661359) | ||
Purple Heart recipient | Royal Bolling Sr. | |||
Valiant Navy admiral | Gerald E. Thomas | |||
Air hero in Vietnam | David L. Ramsay | David L. Ramsay (Q109661360) | ||
Rear admiral in U.S. Navy | Wendell Norman Johnson | Wendell Norman Johnson (Q109661361) |
Religion[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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First Black church | Thomas Paul | |||
Builder of the Twelfth Baptist Church | Leonard Grimes | |||
Leading theologian | Howard Thurman | |||
First Black Episcopal bishop | John Burgess (bishop) | |||
Nation of Islam leader | Louis Farrakhan | |||
First female bishop | Barbara Harris (bishop) | |||
Rev. Michael E. Haynes | Michael E. Haynes |
Science/technology/medicine[edit]
Sports[edit]
Entry | People | Redlist entry added | Wikidata created | Article created |
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"Little Chocolate" Dixon | George Dixon (boxer) | |||
Greatest cyclist | Major Taylor | |||
Inventor of golf tee | George Franklin Grant | |||
All-American football star | William H. Lewis | |||
"Finest boxer to wear gloves" | Sam Langford | |||
Inventor of diving suit | Charles H. Jackson | Charles H. Jackson (Q109664482) | ||
World's record holder | Edward Gourdin | |||
Legendary baseball great | Bill Jackman | |||
Distinguished athletes | Matthew W. Bullock, John A. Shelburne | |||
Female Olympic star | Louise Stokes | |||
Leading tennis player | Titus Sparrow | Titus Sparrow (Q109664483) | ||
Tennis champion | Isabel Bland | Isabel Bland (Q109664484) | ||
First Black Celtics star | Chuck Cooper (basketball) | |||
Distinguished player/coach of Boston Celtics | K. C. Jones | |||
First Black Red Sox player | Pumpsie Green | |||
Champion high jumper | John Thomas (athlete) | |||
Legendary Celtic | Bill Russell | |||
Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | |||
First owners of pro team | Peter Bynoe, Bertram Lee | |||
Red Sox lawer and manager | Elaine Weddington Steward |
- ^ Hayden, Robert C. (1991). African-Americans in Boston: More than 350 Years (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston. ISBN 0-89073-083-0.