About Alex Haley Foundation
This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that Alex Haley Foundation contributed 69 entries already.
Entries by Alex Haley Foundation
Sarah V. Jones
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Sarah V. Jones was the first African American female Supervisor of colored schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland from 1928 to 1964.
Margert Crowner
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Mrs. Margaret Crowner was the first African American female to own and operate the Galesville, Maryland lunchroom that served the Galesville Hot Sox baseball games and the surrounding Black Galesville community.
Josephine C. Young
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Josephine C. Young was the First African American Female from Annapolis to serve in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.
Marita Carroll
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Marita Carroll was one of the first African American female civil rights activist who helped to make a difference in Annapolis and beyond.
Janie L. Mines
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Janie L. Mines was the first and only African American female among the 81 women who entered the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) in 1976.
Sheila M. Finlayson
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
In 2002, Sheila M. Finlayson became the first African American female elected as President of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Amal Awad
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Amal Awad is the first female, the first person of color, and the first member of the LGBTQ community to serve as permanent Chief of Police in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Sydney Barber
/in African American Female Pioneers, Volume III/by Alex Haley Foundation
Click here to hear HERstory
Stop audio playback
Midshipman 1st Class, Sydney Barber, was named the first African American Female Brigade Commander during the 2021 spring semester at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), a first in its 175-year history.
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial
Located in historic Annapolis, Maryland, the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial symbolizes the triumph of the human spirit. It conveys Alex Haley’s vision for national racial reconciliation and healing, and stresses the importance of strong family connection and the preservation and honoring of cultural history and heritage.
Dedicated to our African ancestors whose names are forever lost in the oceans of time, and to any peoples that arrived in the New World in bondage, whose unpaid labor forged the foundation of this nation’s rise to greatness. Also, to the descendants of these ancestors who strive to foster a nation that celebrates ethnic diversity within the spirit of brotherhood, mutual respect, and understanding.
Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Maryland in 1995, as a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit profit organization.
Our mission is to spread the vision of Alex Haley, a world that celebrates ethnic diversity while honoring humankind’s common universal experiences.
The Foundation is dedicated to stimulating greater interest in African American culture, history, art, archaeology, anthropology, and genealogy, and to encouraging people of all ethnic backgrounds to search for their own “roots.”
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Inc.
Asbury United Methodist Church
87 West Street, 2nd Floor
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Telephone
410.295.9395