Forgotten African American firsts : an encyclopedia of pioneering history / Hans A. Ostrom and J. David Macey, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostrom, Hans A., author.

Macey, J. David, Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Biography--Encyclopedias.

African Americans.

African Americans--History--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of pioneering history

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2023]

Summary:

"This volume contains entries presented in seventeen categories of scientific, artistic, political, and social innovation. The work will help readers to appreciate the critical but too often unrecognized role that African Americans in every generation have played in transforming the world through their creative work, invention, and leadership in every area of human endeavor"-- Provided by publisher.

"While the achievements of such individuals as Barack Obama, Toni Morrison, and Thurgood Marshall are well known, many accomplished African Americans have been largely forgotten or deliberately erased from the historical record in America. This volume introduces students to those African Americans whose successes in entertainment, business, sports, politics, and other fields remain poorly understood. Dr. Charles Drew, whose pioneering research on blood transfusions saved thousands of lives during World War II; Mae Jemison, an engineer who in 1992 became the first African American woman to travel in outer space; and Ethel Waters, the first African American to star in her own television show, are among those chronicled in Forgotten African American Firsts. With nearly 150 entries across 17 categories, this book has been carefully curated to showcase the inspiring stories of African Americans whose hard work, courage, and talent have led the course of history in the United States and around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Art

Brown, Grafton Tyler (1841

1918)

Edmondson, William (ca. 1874

1951)

Thomas, Alma Woodsey (1891

1978)

Edwards, Melvin Eugene (b. 1937)

Puryear, Martin L. (b. 1941)

Sims, Lowery Stokes (b. 1949)

Studio Museum of Harlem (founded 1968)

Business and Labor

Church, Robert Reed, Sr. (1839

1912)

Walker, Madam C. J. (Sarah Breedlove) (1867

1919)

Walker, Maggie Lena Draper (1867

1934)

Washington, Mary Thelma (1906

2005)

Johnson, John H. (1918

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (1925

Domestic Workers Union (founded 1934)

Raines, Franklin Delano (b. 1949)

WERD Atlanta (founded 1949)

Burns, Ursula (b. 1958)

Diplomacy

Bassett, Ebenezer Don Carlos (1833

1908)

Sampson, Edith Spurlock (1901

1979)

Bunche, Ralph Johnson (1904

1971)

Dudley, Edward Richard (1911

Harris, Patricia (1924

1985)

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (b. 1932)

Film and Theater

Micheaux, Oscar (1884

McDaniel, Hattie (1895

1952)

Hall, Juanita (1901

1968)

Gordone, Charles Edward (1925

1995)

Poitier, Sidney (1927

2022)

Carroll, Diahann (1935

2019)

Berry, Halle Maria (b. 1966)

Peele, Jordan Haworth (b. 1979)

Invention

Jennings, Thomas L. (1791

1856)

Reed, Judy W. (ca. 1826)

Latimer, Lewis Howard (1848

1928)

Morgan, Garrett Augustus (1877

1963)

Brown, Marie Van Brittan (1922

1999)

Law

Allen, Macon Boiling (1816

1894)

Lowery, Samuel R. (1830/1832

ca. 1900)

Hastie, William Henry (1904

1976)

Bolin, Jane Matilda (1908

2007)

Marshall, Thurgood (1908

1993)

Higginbotham, Aloysius Leon, Jr. (1928

1998)

Literature

Hammon, Jupiter (1711

ca. 1806)

Wheatley, Phillis (ca. 1753

1784)

Brown, William Wells (ca. 1814

1884)

Ellison, Ralph Waldo (1913

1994)

Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917

2000)

Hamilton, Virginia (1936

2002)

Parks, Suzan-Lori (b. 1963)

Medicine

Durham, James (1762

ca. 1802)

Smith, James McCune (1813

1865)

Peck, David Jones (ca. 1826

1855)

Crumpler, Rebecca Lee (1831

1895)

Mahoney, Mary Eliza (1845

1926)

Freeman, Robert Tanner (1846

1873)

Fuller, Solomon Carter (1872

1953)

Drew, Charles Richard (1904

1950)

Hershey, Alfred Day (1908

1997)

Bristow, Lonnie Robert (b. 1930)

Elders, Minnie Joycelyn (b. 1933)

Canady, Alexa Irene (b. 1950)

Military and Space Exploration

Carney, William Harvey (1840

Williams, Cathay (1844

1893)

Flipper, Henry Ossian (1856

1940)

First Louisiana Native Guard and First South Carolina Infantry (1862

1864)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Sr. (1880

1970)

Masters, Alfred (1916

1975)

Bluford, Guion Steward, Jr. (b. 1942)

Cadoria, Sherian Grace (b. 1943)

Smith, Merle James, Jr. (1944

2021)

Jemison, Mae Carol (b. 1956)

Barber, Sydney (b. 1999)

Music and Dance

Joplin, Scott (1868

1917)

Price, Florence Beatrice (1887

Still, William Grant, Jr. (1895

Basie, William James "Count" (1904

1984)

Fitzgerald, Ella (1917

1996)

Walker, George Theophilus (1922

2018)

Lewis, Henry Jay (1932

Mitchell, Arthur (1934

Pride, Charley Frank (1934

2020)

Smith, Willard Carroll "Will" (b. 1968) and Jeffrey Allen Townes (b. 1965)

Politics and Government

Revels, Hiram Rhodes (1827

1901)

Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart (1837

1921)

Menard, John Willis (1838

Weaver, Robert Clifton (1907

Chisholm, Shirley (1924

Wilder, L. Douglas (b. 1931)

Moseley Braun, Carol (b. 1947)

Print Media

Stewart, Maria W. (Miller) (1803

1879)

Cary, Mary Ann Shadd (1823

Freedom's Journal (1827

1829)

Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre (1842

1924)

Baker, Clarence Matthew "Matt" (1921

1959)

Turner, Morris Nolton "Morrie" (1923

2014)

Sleet, Moneta, Jr. (1926

Lewis, Matthew (b. 1930)

All-Negro Comics (1947)

Page, Clarence (b. 1947)

Wilkerson, Isabel (b. 1961)

Radio and Television

Waters, Ethel (1896

1977)

Howard, Bob (Howard Joyner) (1906

1986)

Bostic, Joseph (1908

1988)

Jackson, Howard Baron "Hal" (1915

2012)

Lomax, Louis E. (1922

Robinson, Maxie Cleveland "Max" (1939

Religion

Jones, Absalom (1746

1818)

Haynes, Lemuel (1753

1833)

Silver Bluff Baptist Church (established ca. 1775)

African Methodist Episcopal Church (founded 1816)

Holly, James Theodore (1829

1911)

Healy, James (1830

1900)

Murray, Pauli (Anna Pauline) (1910

Sinkford, William (b. 1946)

McKenzie, Vashti Murphy (b. 1947)

Luter, Fred, Jr. (b. 1956)

Stanton, Alysa (b. 1963)

Scholarship

Twilight, Alexander Lucius (1795

1857)

Payne, Daniel Alexander (1811

Early, Sarah Jane Woodson (1825

1907)

Healy, Patrick Francis (1834

1910)

Coppin, Fanny Jackson (1837

1913)

Patterson, Mary Jane (1840

Bouchet, Edward Alexander (1852

Ashmun Institute (Lincoln University) (established 1854)

Wilberforce University (established 1856)

Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell (1898

1989)

Simmons, Ruth J. (b. 1945)

Science

Brady, St. Elmo (1884

1966)

Haynes, Euphemia Lofton (1890

1980)

Cox, Elbert Frank (1895

1969)

Williams, Marguerite Thomas (1895

1991)

Blackwell, David Harold (1919

2010)

Moore, Willie Hobbs (1934

Ellis, Clarence A. (1943

Sports

Gans, Joseph "Joe" (1874

Johnson, Arthur John "Jack" (1878

1946)

Taylor, Marshall Walter "Major" (1878

1932)

Taylor, John Baxter (1882

Paige, Leroy "Satchel" (1906

1982)

Sifford, Charles Luther "Charlie" (1922

2015)

Gibson, Althea (1927

2003)

Elder, Lee (1934

Russell, William F. "Bill" (b. 1934)

O'Ree, William Eldon "Willie" (b. 1935)

Robinson, Frank (1935

Davis, Ernest "Ernie" (1939

Ashe, Arthur (1943

Ashley, Maurice (b. 1966)

Thomas, Debra Janine "Debi" (b. 1967).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440875359

1440875359

OCLC:

1340032764

Publisher Number:

99993387305