Sharon Fort makes history as first African American to join Daughters of the American Revolution in Arkansas

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Sharon Fort makes history as first African American to join Daughters of the American Revolution in Arkansas

… she became the first African American to join a Daughters … family history, specifically her African American ancestors who served in the … in 1842 to an enslaved African American woman. He was the … , who said the first African American woman joined the group in …

Source: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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