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Who Started Black History Month? Dr. Carter Woodson is known as the Father of Black History Month. Born in Virginia on December 19, 1875 to formerly enslaved parents, he learned as he could between jobs on the land or in the mines. He went to Douglass High School at the age of 20 and graduated…
Dred Scott was an enslaved man who fought for his freedom, all the way up to the Supreme Court. Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, filed lawsuits against their enslavers for their freedom, fearing that continued enslavement put their two daughters at risk of being sold to other families and taken away from them. The…
Frank Kameny Early Life Frank Kameny was born to Jewish parents in 1925. He became an astronomer and was drafted into the United States Army during World War II, where he worked as an astronomer for the U.S. Army Map Service. Frank Kameny was also gay. After World War II ended, a Senator from Wisconsin…
Garrett Morgan Early Life Garrett Morgan was the a son of America who saved countless lives with his inventions. Both parents were formerly enslaved; his mother was Native American and African American. His father was the son of Confederate Colonel John Hunt Morgan and an enslaved woman. With only an elementary school education, he began…
Barbara C. Jordan Barbara C Jordan was born in Texas on February 21, 1936, and was raised there. During high school, she decided to become a lawyer, but was unable to attend University of Texas at Austin due to the segregation laws. Instead, Barbara graduated with a law degree from Boston University School of Law,…
Who Was Albert D.J. Cashier? Albert D.J. Cashier was assigned female at birth and named Jennie Irene Hodgers in Ireland on December 25, 1843. While very little information is known about Cashier’s early life, we know that at some point in childhood, Hodgers changed to traditionally male clothing and smuggled on a boat to America….