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Born into slavery in Louisville, Kentucky in 1842, [a] Allensworth was the youngest of thirteen children of Phyllis (c. 1782 – 1878) and Levi Allensworth. [4] Over the years, their family was scattered: his sister Lila escaped with her intended husband to Canada via the Underground Railroad; and the older boys William, George, Frank, Levi and Major were sold downriver to plantations in the ...
Allensworth is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California. [2] Established by Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans. [3] The original townsite is designated as Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. The 2020 United States census reported ...
Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. In 1908, United States Army veteran Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth and Professor William Payne, Rev. William Peck and John W. Palmer, and Harry A. Mitchell sought to build a town where African Americans could own property, learn, and live the American Dream.
Dennis Hutson has a 60-acre farm in Allensworth. The Friends of Allensworth and California State Parks celebrated the history of Allensworth with self-guided tours, food, poetry, music and dance.
Allensworth may refer to: Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842 – 1914), United States Army officer; Jermaine Allensworth, American basketball player;
Josephine Leavell Allensworth, also known as Josie Allensworth (1855–1938), [1] was an American musician, music teacher, and activist. She co-founded Allensworth, California with her husband, after a series of events, including the Great Depression and World War II, there was a wave of residents who moved out of the area. Allensworth was a ...
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: State historic park Tulare: 3,715 1,503 1973 Interprets the town of Allensworth, founded in 1908 as a haven for African Americans by Colonel Allen Allensworth and other community leaders. [58] The town is a district on the NRHP. Columbia State Historic Park: State historic park Tuolumne: 273 110 1946
Roger Williams University was a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee.It was founded in 1866 as the Nashville Normal and Theological Institute by the American Baptist denomination, which established numerous schools and colleges in the South.