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Frank L. Boyd
Frank L. Boyd (November 17, 1881 – May 2, 1962) was an American labor organizer and local leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters from 1926 to 1951 in Minnesota. He was the first African American person in Minnesota to be an elector for the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party and also one of the first two African American electors in the history of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Early life Frank L. Boyd was born on November 17, 1881, in Atchison, Kansas, the oldest in a family of four children. His father, Asa, had formerly been History of slavery in Kentucky, enslaved in Kentucky. Boyd attended school in Kansas for seven years, and moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, Hattie, in 1904. Boyd married Hattie Boyd (née Mengler) in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie, Iowa, in 1901. Career In Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Boyd initially worked as a porte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison is also the home of Benedictine College. History Founding Atchison was founded in 1854 and named in honor of Missouri senator David Rice Atchison, who, when Kansas was opened for settlement, interested some of his friends in the scheme of forming a city in the new territory. Senator Atchison was interested in ensuring that the population of the new Kansas Territory would be majority pro-slavery, as he had been a prominent promoter of both slavery and the idea of popular sovereignty over the issue in the new lands. However, not everyone agreed upon the location he had selected, and on July 20, 1854, Dr. John H. Stringfellow, Ira Norris, Leonidas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
