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The first movement credited to SNCC was the 1961 Nashville Open Theater Movement, directed and strategized by James Bevel, which desegregated the city's theaters. Inspired by their example, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government (also known as a "metropolitan
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. (1810 – May 18, 1848) was an Afro-Caribbean settler in California and one of the founders of the city that became San Francisco.A highly successful, enterprising businessman, he is thought to have been the first black millionaire in the United States.
Pages in category "American city founders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 425 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Despite claims that Paine changed the spelling of his family name upon his emigration to America in 1774, [1] he was using "Paine" in 1769, while still in Lewes, Sussex. [17] Old School at Thetford Grammar School, where Paine was educated. He attended Thetford Grammar School (1744–1749), at a time when there was no compulsory education. [18]
James Robertson (June 28, 1742 – September 1, 1814) was an American explorer, soldier and Indian agent, and one of the founding fathers of what became the State of Tennessee. An early companion of explorer Daniel Boone , Robertson helped establish the Watauga Association in the early 1770s, and to defend Fort Watauga from an attack by ...
Julia Sturtevant was the daughter of Ephraim Sturtevant, a Florida planter and state senator.She married Frederick Leonard Tuttle on January 22, 1867. They had two children: a daughter, Frances Emeline (b. 1868), and a son, Henry Ethelbert (b. 1870).
The City of Springfield is known as the City of Firsts because, throughout the centuries, its citizens have boldly created avant-garde products, organizations, and ideas. Today, the most famous among Springfield's "firsts" is the sport of basketball , invented in 1891 and now the world's second most popular sport.