John H. Whitfield

John H. Whitfield is a research historian and genealogist with thirty years of experience researching and writing on African American history. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois with undergraduate degrees in History and Government and a Master's degree in Public Administration. Mr. Whitfield is a retired seasonal park ranger with the National Park Service where he has researched and written biographical works on African American subjects including The Early Life of Booker T. Washington, The Oaks, Champions of the Exodusters: Rev. Moses Dickson, Captain Charlton Hunt Tandy and the Black Pioneers.

Mr. Whitfield lectured and appeared on radio and television for sixteen years in St. Louis, Missouri where he discussed topics on African historical experience in America. His biography of Mrs. Annie Turnbo Malone is the first full-length biography on her life and the history of Poro College. Today he researches and lectures on the history of slavery in Virginia where he lives.