Michael Kissinger
Michael Kissinger is in his fourth year at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is majoring in the Social Sciences, particularly Law and Political Science. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native is pursuing a career in teaching English abroad.
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The Lafayette Players (1915-1932)
The Lafayette Players were a dramatic stock company composed entirely of African American actors. Originally from Harlem, this first of...
The Colored Players (1926-1929)
The Colored Players Film Corporation was a silent film production company based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early twentieth...
The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838. ...
St. Philip’s Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City, New York (1809- )
St. Philip’s Protestant Episcopal Church was the first African American Episcopal parish in New York City, New York. It was...
Fred Gorden (1940- )
General Fred A. Gorden was the first black Commandant of Cadets, the officer in charge of the training, discipline, and...
James V. Herring (1887-1969)
Oil Painting of James V. Herring by James Porter, 1923 (Image Courtesy of Howard University) James Vernon Herring was an...
Samuel Burris (1808-1868)
Samuel Burris was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century best known for his own narrow escape...
Joshua Rose (1906-1987)
Oakland, California’s first black city councilman Joshua Rose was born in Lexington, Virginia on September 11, 1906 to George and...
