Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition
African Americans have been a part of Missouri from its territorial days to the present, making significant contributions across myriad professions as pioneers, educators, civil rights activists, and journalists, to name a few. Now in its second edition, Extraordinary Black Missourians profiles more than 100 notable citizens, such as Grace Bumbry, George Washington Carver, Elizabeth Keckley, Frankie Freeman, Scott Joplin, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, James Beckwourth, and others who have contributed to Missouri’s African American legacy.
They set records; made discoveries; received local, national, and international acclaim and awards; and led the civil rights movement by breaking down racial barriers. These accomplishments have played a major role in shaping the history and culture of the state and nation.
Co-authors John A. Wright, Sr., Sylvia A. Wright, and John A. Wright, Jr. bring decades of experience writing about their native St. Louis and the heritage of African Americans in their hometown. Extraordinary Black Missourians puts a face on historically significant people and tells of their joys, failures, hardships, and triumphs against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition
African Americans have been a part of Missouri from its territorial days to the present, making significant contributions across myriad professions as pioneers, educators, civil rights activists, and journalists, to name a few. Now in its second edition, Extraordinary Black Missourians profiles more than 100 notable citizens, such as Grace Bumbry, George Washington Carver, Elizabeth Keckley, Frankie Freeman, Scott Joplin, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, James Beckwourth, and others who have contributed to Missouri’s African American legacy.
They set records; made discoveries; received local, national, and international acclaim and awards; and led the civil rights movement by breaking down racial barriers. These accomplishments have played a major role in shaping the history and culture of the state and nation.
Co-authors John A. Wright, Sr., Sylvia A. Wright, and John A. Wright, Jr. bring decades of experience writing about their native St. Louis and the heritage of African Americans in their hometown. Extraordinary Black Missourians puts a face on historically significant people and tells of their joys, failures, hardships, and triumphs against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition

Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition

Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition

Extraordinary Black Missourians, 2nd Edition

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African Americans have been a part of Missouri from its territorial days to the present, making significant contributions across myriad professions as pioneers, educators, civil rights activists, and journalists, to name a few. Now in its second edition, Extraordinary Black Missourians profiles more than 100 notable citizens, such as Grace Bumbry, George Washington Carver, Elizabeth Keckley, Frankie Freeman, Scott Joplin, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, James Beckwourth, and others who have contributed to Missouri’s African American legacy.
They set records; made discoveries; received local, national, and international acclaim and awards; and led the civil rights movement by breaking down racial barriers. These accomplishments have played a major role in shaping the history and culture of the state and nation.
Co-authors John A. Wright, Sr., Sylvia A. Wright, and John A. Wright, Jr. bring decades of experience writing about their native St. Louis and the heritage of African Americans in their hometown. Extraordinary Black Missourians puts a face on historically significant people and tells of their joys, failures, hardships, and triumphs against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681063027
Publisher: Reedy press, LLC.
Publication date: 03/01/2021
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John A. Wright, Sr. is a retired educator who has served in positions ranging from classroom teacher to superintendent of schools. He has a BA from Harris Teachers College and an ME and PhD from St. Louis University. He is coauthor of Extraordinary Black Missourians, Ethnic St. Louis, and 12 other books on local and regional history.
Sylvia A. Wright is a retired nurse educator. She has a BSN and MSN from Washington University and an ME from the University of Missouri, and she is the coauthor of Extraordinary Black Missourians and Carondelet. Sylvia has assisted in writing 12 books as well as articles on St. Louis and regional history.
John A. Wright, Jr. is a school teacher in the St. Louis Public Schools district and has degrees in advertising, speech, curriculum, and technology, and a doctorate in educational leadership. He is a coauthor of Images of Modern America: African American St. Louis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Pioneers

Archer Alexander 4

James Beckwourth 6

Williams Wells Brown 8

Blanche Kelso Bruce 10

George Washington Bush 12

Celia 14

Alvin Coffey 16

Moses Dickson 18

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable 20

Robert Hickman 22

Elizabeth Keckley 24

John Berry Meachum 26

Dred Scott 28

Charlton H. Tandy 30

James Milton Turner 32

George Washington 34

Cathay Williams 36

York 38

Hiram Young 40

Joseph Penny 42

Sylvia Stark 43

Leaders

Malik and DeBorah Ahmed 46

Charles Alfred Anderson 48

Jet Banks 50

Freeman R. Bosley Jr. 52

Edward Bouchet 54

Nathaniel Bruce 56

James Buford 58

George Washington Carver 60

William Lacy Clay Sr. 62

Emanuel Cleaver 64

Lois D. Conley 66

Cropperville 68

Julia Davis 70

Herman Dreer 72

Sister Mary Antona Ebo 74

Walter Farmer 76

Frankie Freeman 78

Lloyd L. Gaines 80

Ollie Gates 82

Henry Givens Jr. 84

Lorenzo Greene 86

Percy Green 88

Dick Gregory 90

Callie House 92

Jefferson Bank Demonstrators 94

Leon M. Jordan 96

Minnie Liddell 98

Theodore McMillian 100

Theodore D. McNeal 102

Annie Malone 104

Martin L. Mathews 106

Ivory Perry 108

John Edward Perry 110

Homer G. Phillips 112

Wendell Oliver Pruitt 114

Vincent E. Reed 116

Roscoe Robinson Jr. 118

Shelley Family 120

David Steward 122

Clarence Thomas 124

Charles Henry Turner 126

Madame C. J. Walker 128

Maxine Waters 130

Henry Wheeler 132

Ronnie White and George Draper III 134

Roy Wilkins 136

Roy Jerome Williams Sr. 138

Margaret Bush Wilson 140

Nathan B. Young (Judge) 142

John Anderson Lankford 144

Jordan ChamberS 146

Nathan B. Young (Educator) 148

Performers, Athletes, and Other Notables

Maya Angelou 152

Henry Armstrong 154

Arthur Ashe 156

Frankie Baker 158

Josephine Baker 160

Count Basie 162

Tom Bass 164

James "Cool Papa" Bell 166

Chuck Berry 168

Blind Boone 170

Lou Brock 172

Grace Bumbry 174

Ivory Crockett 176

Gerald Early 178

Cedric the Entertainer 180

Redd Foxx 182

Chester Arthur Franklin 184

Robert Guillaume 186

W.C. Handy 188

Ron Himes 190

Langston Hughes 192

Julius Hunter 194

Scott Joplin 196

Albert King 198

Sonny Liston 200

Robert McFerrin Sr. and Helen Phillips 202

Patricia and Fredrick McKissack 204

Archie Moore 206

Buck O'Neil 208

Nelly 210

Satchel Paige 212

Michael and Leon Spinks 214

Donald Suggs 216

Clark Terry 218

Debbye Turner 220

Tina Turner 222

Tom Turpin 224

Lester Walton 226

Earl Wilson Jr. 228

Olly Wilson Jr. 230

Arthur Cortez Shropshire 232

Fr. Augustus Tolton 234

Chester Himes 236

Brittany Packnett Cunningham 238

About the Authors 240

Index 242

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