the State Historical Society of Missouri
Gary R. Kremer is the executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
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![Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. [National Association of Negro Musicians]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-07/Kenneth-Brown-Billups-Jr.jpg?itok=yeb4OyuM "Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. [National Association of Negro Musicians]")
Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1918, the son of…
![Nathaniel C. Bruce (right) and an unidentified student from the Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School. [State Historical Society of Missouri photo collections]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Nathaniel-C-Bruce.jpg?itok=r7_RBS8M "Nathaniel C. Bruce (right) and an unidentified student from the Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School. [State Historical Society of Missouri photo collections]")
Although his date of birth remains uncertain, Nathaniel C. Bruce was probably born in 1868…
![George Washington Carver. [Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-07/George-Washington-Carver.jpg?itok=mjeTuHjM "George Washington Carver. [Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives]")
Historians have been unable to determine the exact date, or even year, of George Washington…
![Emma R. Knell, circa 1926. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Knell Family Photographs Collection, P0708-015517]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-04/1.%20Emma%20R.%20Knell.jpg?itok=G8YcB4Rp "Emma R. Knell, circa 1926. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Knell Family Photographs Collection, P0708-015517]")
Emma R. Knell, a businesswoman and politician, was born in Moline, Illinois, on October 21…
![James Milton Turner, circa 1870. [Lincoln University]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-James-Milton-Turner.jpg?itok=9ku7IQhw "James Milton Turner, circa 1870. [Lincoln University]")
Although numerous secondary accounts of James Milton Turner’s life list his birth date as…