by WardRobertVJr | Oct 25, 2016 | African American History, People
African American LDS activist Eugene Orr was born on March 16, 1946, to David Orr and Martha Wilder Orr in Ashburn, Georgia. The family was deeply religious and planned for young Orr to become a minister. As a child, Orr would sometimes put corn silk into bottle tops...
by BLOG | Oct 25, 2016 | African American History, People
Like the majority of black Americans living in the South in pre-Civil War America, Samuel and Amanda Chambers were slaves. Samuel, was born in 1831 in Pickens County, Alabama. Amanda was born in 1840 in Noxubee County, Mississippi. Samuel’s father was his owner,...
by Fearn-BanksKathleen | Oct 13, 2016 | African American History, People
David Alexander Clarke Jr. or Sheriff Clarke is the sixty-fourth sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. While originally appointed by Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum in 2002 to fill a vacancy, Clarke has been re-elected four times (2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014)....
by Fearn-BanksKathleen | Oct 13, 2016 | African American History, People
Laurence Allen Elder, known generally as Larry Elder or the “Sage of South Central,” is an African American lawyer, conservative political columnist, and media personality. He is a libertarian-wing Republican and advocates for a variety of causes, spanning from...
by FikesRobert | Oct 13, 2016 | African American History, People
Nate Parker is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and musical performer, who has appeared in popular films such as Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, and Arbitrage. He is best known, however, as the star and producer of The Birth of a...
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