This site is under constant construction. We are hoping that our readers will contribute historical articles that will add to the diversity of peoples whose history is available here. The book Peoples of Washington displays the tapestry of cultures represented in our state. We hope you will read about them and write about them.
Researching African Americans in Spokane by Patricia Bayonne-Johnson
Important Dates in Black History
Other Links
BlackPast.org – Remembered & Reclaimed by Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
Freedom’s Journal – digitized copies of all 103 issues of the first African-American owned and operated newspaper.