Charlotte Hawkins (1883-1961), born in Henderson, North Carolina, was a northern-educated granddaughter of former slaves. She returned to her home state as a teacher in 1901, and the following year established the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute a
Elizabeth Harris was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1867, to parents who had been slaves. She married Jacob Walker Harris in 1883 at the age of 15 and was the mother of nine children. She lived until 1942, surviving her husband and two of her children. She
In every significant chapter of Tennessee's history, black men and women have played important roles. Yet few of the many books published on Tennessee's history attribute significant roles to the state's African-American citizens.
This extensive file contains the documentation of FBI monitoring of Paul and Eslanda Robeson from the 1940's until the 1960's. This file is exceptionally large, containing over 3,000 pages of documentation, and follows their activities both insi
Born in Princeton on April 9, 1898, the son of an ex-slave, Paul Robeson became a world-renown scholar, actor, athlete and singer. At the pinnacle of his artistic career in the 1940s, Robeson turned his attention to human rights, becoming an eloquent, oft
Goyens was successful at almost everything he attempted. He owned a blacksmith shop and was also a wagon maker and gunsmith in Nacogdoches. For many years before 1835, he was armorer and gunsmith for the Mexican Army. In April, 1836, he served as armorer
This site explores the history of the Gens De Couleur Libres, The free people of color in New Orleans. Links for online and published research material
