Paul Follenius. [State Historical Society of Missouri, William G. Bek Photograph Collection, P0586]

Paul Follenius, the cofounder with

Lloyd Gaines. [University of Missouri School of Law, Lloyd Gaines Collection]

Lloyd Gaines’s efforts to obtain a legal education in Missouri resulted in a Supreme Court…

Gert Goebel. [Courtesy of Edith Moore]

Gert Goebel came to Missouri in 1834 as an eighteen-year-old German immigrant, settling in…

Inez Parker Griggs. [St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 28, 1907]

Inez Parker Griggs was a poet who lived in Rolla, Missouri. The daughter of formerly enslaved individuals,…

Harold L. Holliday Sr. [Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1969–1970]

Harold L. Holliday devoted his career to advancing the cause of civil rights in Missouri. He spent twenty­-…

Jessie Housley. [Your St. Louis and Mine, 1937]

Jessie Housley was a successful Missouri artist and educator in the mid-twentieth century. She…

George Husmann. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Men in Agriculture Portraits Collection, P1201-011356]

George Husmann was born on November 4, 1827, in Meyenburg, Prussia, the son of J. H. Martin and Louise…

Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]

The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era.…

Arnold Krekel. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Mit Feder und Hammer! The German Experience in St. Louis Records, S0941-079]

Arnold Krekel, who served from 1865 to 1888 as a US judge for the Western District of…

Annie Malone photo

Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone was born in Metropolis, Illinois, on August 9, 1869, to Robert and Isabella Cook…