• William Dorsey Swann (March 1860 – c. December 23, 1925) was an American activist. An African-American born into slavery, Swann was the first person in...
    14 KB (1,257 words) - 06:58, 8 May 2024
  • physicist William Dale Swann, American character actor William Dorsey Swann, American former slave and activist, known as the first drag queen Willie Swann, rugby...
    501 bytes (92 words) - 22:21, 31 December 2021
  • Thumbnail for Ball culture
    balls of the mid-19th century United States, such as those hosted by William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved Black man in Washington D.C.. By the early 20th...
    70 KB (7,570 words) - 17:32, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBT history in the United States
    was derived from Greek mythology. William Dorsey Swann was the first person to describe himself as a drag queen. Swann was the first American on record...
    87 KB (10,944 words) - 00:08, 23 May 2024
  • politician William Swann (born 1952), professor of sociology and personality psychology William Dorsey Swann (1860–1925), American LGBT activist William Francis...
    4 KB (497 words) - 11:29, 5 February 2024
  • as Dash, which attracted female impersonator patrons and workers. William Dorsey Swann was the first person to call himself "queen of drag". He was a former...
    53 KB (6,030 words) - 09:07, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drag queen
    first person known to describe himself as "the queen of drag" was William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, Maryland, who in the 1880s started hosting...
    107 KB (10,239 words) - 01:47, 13 June 2024
  • the United States, including balls in Washington D.C. organized by William Dorsey Swann. According to historian Michael Henry Adams, the balls were originally...
    13 KB (1,145 words) - 00:07, 24 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Swann
    His attorney father, Thomas Swann, had served in the Virginia House of Delegates and with political connections to William Wirt and other Virginia lawyers...
    28 KB (3,286 words) - 13:43, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hancock, Maryland
    as General Douglas MacArthur's Chief of Staff during World War II William Dorsey Swann – first U.S. drag artist and the first American on record who pursued...
    15 KB (1,240 words) - 00:25, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBT culture in Washington, D.C.
    activist Kelela, singer and songwriter J. August Richards, actor William Dorsey Swann, former slave and activist known as the first drag queen André Leon...
    20 KB (2,012 words) - 02:21, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sasha Velour
    by the series include Izumo no Okuni, Rebecca and Her Daughters, William Dorsey Swann, Mei Lanfang, Barbette, Josephine Baker, Coccinelle, José Sarria...
    47 KB (4,058 words) - 02:12, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBT movements
    known to describe himself as a drag queen was William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, Maryland. Swann was the first American on record who pursued...
    111 KB (12,229 words) - 13:32, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of drag queens
    Ray Anthony Fry  United States Willam Willam Belli  United States William Dorsey Swann  United States Willow Pill Willow Patterson  United States Winnie...
    112 KB (5,531 words) - 21:29, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBT people in the United States
    known to describe himself as a drag queen was William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, Maryland. Swann was the first American on record who pursued...
    31 KB (3,229 words) - 11:21, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maryland
    known to describe himself as a drag queen was William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, Maryland. Swann was the first American on record who pursued...
    216 KB (18,709 words) - 20:44, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timeline of LGBT history in the United States
    love between men or an idealization of male spirituality. 1888: William Dorsey Swann, the first known person to self-identify as "queen of drag", and...
    139 KB (13,886 words) - 23:56, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for African-American LGBT community
    known to describe himself as a drag queen was William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, Maryland. Swann was the first American on record who pursued...
    83 KB (7,784 words) - 14:16, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of slaves
    domestic servant; became African Baptist minister after emancipation. William Dorsey Swann (1860–1925), born a slave in Maryland, later became an LGBT activist...
    173 KB (22,203 words) - 01:31, 31 May 2024
  • June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019. Mark, Joan (2000). The Silver Gringo: William Spratling and Taxco. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 16...
    112 KB (6,498 words) - 03:27, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team
    become head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Led by quarterback Ken Dorsey, free safety Ed Reed, running back Clinton Portis, wide receiver Andre Johnson...
    56 KB (2,232 words) - 20:09, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for William Pinkney Whyte
    decade out of the political arena, Whyte was asked by then-governor Thomas Swann to fill the remainder of resigning senator Reverdy Johnson's term from July...
    10 KB (767 words) - 08:41, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for First ladies of Maryland
    Elizabeth Sherlock Swann 1866 1869 Thomas Swann Alice Carter Bowie 1869 1872 Oden Bowie Louisa Hollingsworth Whyte 1872 1874 William Pinkney Whyte none...
    7 KB (73 words) - 19:51, 11 July 2023
  • Beaver & Krause Bee Gees Ben E. King Bent Fabric Bert Kaempfert Bettye Swann Betty Everett Beverley Martyn Big Brother and the Holding Company Big Dee...
    27 KB (2,567 words) - 21:21, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jim Plunkett
    James William Plunkett (born December 5, 1947) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons...
    26 KB (2,353 words) - 23:04, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team
    starters left for the NFL, but a few key players, including quarterback Ken Dorsey, wide receiver Andre Johnson, and linebackers Jonathan Vilma and D. J. Williams...
    17 KB (508 words) - 20:32, 1 May 2024
  • recorded 38 receptions for 417 yards and 6 touchdowns. Pro Bowl halfback Dorsey Levens, who had the best season of his career, led the team in rushing with...
    57 KB (6,241 words) - 01:50, 15 June 2024
  • Command; Hal Puthoff, of SRI International in California; remote viewer Ingo Swann and the subsequent Stargate Project, at Fort Meade in Maryland; Keith Harary...
    272 KB (39,664 words) - 05:58, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Druid Hill Park
    Baltimore, Maryland. Its boundaries are marked by Druid Park Drive (north), Swann Drive and Reisterstown Road (west and south), and the Jones Falls Expressway...
    24 KB (2,392 words) - 20:30, 21 February 2024
  • Destiny's Child The Detroit Emeralds William DeVaughn Jim Diamond Bo Diddley Fats Domino Melinda Doolittle Lee Dorsey The Dramatics The Drifters Dru Hill...
    13 KB (144 words) - 23:58, 10 March 2024