Nancy Cho
Nancy Cho is an undergraduate Korean and Japanese Language student at the University of Washington. She was born in the South Seattle area and has always had a keen interest in history. Though her favorite time period is during the medieval ages, she has always appreciated the short, but profound history of the Americas (especially the north), which allowed her to be born in a country with many opportunities.
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Craig Anthony Washington (1941- )
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Augustus Alexander “Gus” Savage (1925- )
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Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (1898-1987)
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Kweisi Mfume (Frizzel Gray) (1948- )
Kweisi Mfume was born as Frizzel Gray in Baltimore, Maryland on October 24, 1948, the eldest of four children. Gray...
Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (1936- )
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Jeremiah Haralson (1846-1916)
Jeremiah Haralson was born near Columbus, Georgia on April 1, 1846. The slave of Georgia planter John Haralson, he was...
