Religious Organizations
People’s Baptist Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1873- )
People’s Baptist Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, thrived for the first half of the 20th century as the state’s first...
Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge, Jr. (1944-1966)
Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge Jr. was a 21-year-old civil rights activist who was shot to death on January 3, 1966...
Celia Cruz (1925-2003)
Celia Cruz, the “Queen of Salsa,” was one of the most notable 20th Century ambassadors of Cuban culture. Cruz was...
Barry Bonds (1964- )
Barry Bonds is one of the most controversial figures in modern sports. The former major league star holds the record...
Reginald Martinez Jackson (1946- )
Star baseball player Reginald Martinez Jackson was born on May 18, 1946 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania to Martinez Jackson and Clara...
Andy Palacio (1960-2008)
Andy Palacio was a popular Belizean musician who was born on December 2, 1960 in the village of Barranco in...
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua (ca. 1824-ca. 1857)
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s biography is the only known biography of a former slave from Brazil. Baquaqua was born around 1824...
William G. Allen (1820-?)
Nineteenth-century lecturer and educator William G. Allen endured physical violence and barely escaped murder when he proposed marriage to the...
Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870-1915)
Alfred Schmitz Shadd, a black educator, physician, farmer, politician, editor and civic leader was born in Raleigh, Ontario in 1870....
