Allen Allensworth was notable for founding the township of Allensworth, California, in 1908. He was also the first black man to rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. Born into slavery, he escaped to freedom and became a Union soldier. He later became a Baptist minister and educator, and was […]
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