United States – Nebraska

Charles Carl Teamer, Sr. (1933- )
Charles Carl Teamer, Sr., was born to B.T. Teamer and Mary Teamer on May 20, 1933, in Shelby, North Carolina....
March 11th, 2025

The Webster Telephone Exchange Building (1906- )
Located at 2213 Lake Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, the Webster Telephone Exchange Building is an important Black heritage site...
February 28th, 2025

Marlin Oliver Briscoe (1945-2022)
Marlin Oliver “The Magician” Briscoe was a football quarterback for the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL)....
August 11th, 2023

Charles Jackson French (1919-1956)
Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French was hailed as the “hero of the Solomons” and the “Human Tugboat” after...
May 15th, 2022

Black Cowboys in the 19th Century West (1850-1900)
The earliest evidence of African Americans as cattle herders (cowboys) in North America can be traced back to colonial South...
February 16th, 2022

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (1981- )
R&B composers, lyricists James Samuel “Jimmy Jam” Harris III (born June 6, 1959, in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and Terry Steven Lewis...
December 31st, 2021

Tag Team (1990- )
Tag Team is a hip-hop/rap duo now living in Atlanta, Georgia but from Denver, Colorado. They are vocalist/pianist Cecil Glenn...
December 26th, 2021

James L. Conyers Jr. (1961-2021)
Author, philanthropist, scholar, mentor, and activist James L. Conyers Jr. was born James (Jim/ Naazir) L. Brown Jr. on June...
August 4th, 2021

Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards (1875-1972)
Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards, a journalist and suffragist, was the first African American woman magazine publisher in Nebraska. Edwards was...
April 15th, 2021