by AdrienneBoner | May 28, 2017 | African American History, People
Ernest “Rip” Patton, Jr., a civil rights activist and a veteran of the Freedom Riders, was born in 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee. From a young age, Patton desired to see societal change due to his childhood memories of observing the harsh effects of racial segregation...
by StephanieChristensen | May 28, 2017 | African American History, People
Hines Edward Ward Jr., a former player in the National Football League (NFL), was born on March 8, 1976, in Seoul, South Korea. His parents were an African American father serving in the U.S. Army and a Korean mother named Young He. Ward soon moved to Atlanta,...
by FikesRobert | May 28, 2017 | African American History, People
Lynn Whitfield is an American actress and producer. Whitfield is best known for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film, The Josephine Baker Story (1991), where she won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries...
by SearlesMichaelN | May 16, 2017 | African American History, People
Maritcha Remond Lyons, an African-American teacher and civil rights activist, was born in New York City, New York, to Albro Lyons Sr. and Mary Joseph Lyon on May 23, 1848. She was the third of five children in the free Black family. To avoid the danger of draft riots...
by BrianHoffman | May 10, 2017 | African American History, People
Oscar Juliuss Grant III was a resident of Oakland, California, and unfortunately, is best known for being killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2009. Grant was born to Oscar Grant Jr. and Wanda Johnson...
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