African Descent Archives - Infinite Women

Dr Melnea Agnes Jones Cass

As a suffragist, clubwoman, and activist, Cass advocated for Boston’s most disadvantaged inhabitants.

María Feliciana Arballo, a 25-year-old widow of Afro-Latina descent with two small children, was one of about forty women in the Anza expedition when it began its colonizing journey from Sonora, Mexico to Alta California (upper California) in 1775.

Lillian Walker

Lillian Walker was an African American civil rights activist in Washington state.

Alyce Dixon

Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Ella Ryan

One of the earliest African American business owners in Tacoma, Washington; owner and editor of The Forum, a weekly newspaper.

Priscilla Maunders Kirk

Oral history of an African American Seattleite

Cheryl Linn Glass

Cheryl Linn Glass was the first African American female professional race-car driver in the United States.

Bessie Burke

Bessie Bruington Burke was the first African American teacher and principal hired in the Los Angeles public school system. Burke held influential, powerful, and redeeming responsibilities for over 40 years in California.

Zoë Dusanne

Seattle’s first professional modern-art dealer, who introduced modern art to many residents of the Puget Sound region, and helped to catalyze the rise and international fame of the Northwest School of artists.

Nora B Adams

Nora B. Adams was an African American Seattle Public School principal who left more than $1 million in her estate to three of her major interests.