by AdrienneBoner | Jul 23, 2017 | African American History, People
Erma Clardy Craven was an African American leader in the pro-life movement. Craven helped start various “pro-life” organizations such as African-Americans Against Abortion, the National Right to Life Committee, Black Americans for Life, National Democrats for Life,...
by JackBryan | Jul 23, 2017 | African American History, People
Roberta Alexander is an internationally famous American opera soprano. After performing in numerous operas in the United States and Europe, she established herself as one of the leading American sopranos in the latter quarter of the twentieth century, both on the...
by GatesHenry | Jul 23, 2017 | African American History, People
Willis Augustus Hodges was born into a free Black family on February 12, 1815, in Blackwater, Princess Anne County, Virginia. Both his parents were free, as was his grandmother. His grandfather was enslaved, as were his parents, but since Hodges’ parents were free, he...
by FikesRobert | Jul 23, 2017 | Global African History, People
Image Ownership: Public Domain Yahya Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the second president of Gambia from 1994 to 2017. Jammeh ruled Gambia for 23 years after rising to power as a young army officer in a bloodless military coup in...
by BaskinAndrew | Jul 22, 2017 | African American History, People
Theophilus Lewis, a drama/theater critic, journalist, and U.S. Postal Service employee, was born to Thomas and Anne Lewis on March 4, 1891, in Baltimore, Maryland. Lewis attended public schools in Baltimore but was very much self-educated. He joined the U.S. Army and...
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