by BehanBarbara | Oct 28, 2018 | African American History, Perspectives
In the description of his 2015 book, African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement, historian Vincent Intondi describes the long but little-known history of black Americans in the Nuclear Disarmament Movement. His...
by AsukileThabiti | Oct 28, 2018 | African American History, People
Elmer C. Stoner, also known as E. C. Stoner, was an American artist that worked as a commercial illustrator. He is best known for his work creating the artwork for the “Mr. Peanut” mascot for the Planter’s Peanut Company. Stoner was born on October 20, 1897 to George...
by AsukileThabiti | Oct 28, 2018 | African American History, People
Earl Grant was a popular American musician during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his instrumental version of the song “Ebb Tide.” Grant was born in Idabel, Oklahoma on January 20, 1931. While there is not much known about his childhood, we do...
by AsukileThabiti | Oct 28, 2018 | African American History, People
Della Reese, born Delloresse Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, is best known for her work as a blues and gospel singer, minister, and later as an actress. Reese was born to Richard Thaddeus Early, an African...
by MallardNatalie | Oct 28, 2018 | African American History, People
Charles Warner Cansler was a railway mail clerk, lawyer, educator, and noted mathematician. He spent most of his life working to better the lives of African Americans in Eastern Tennessee by way of education. Some of his contributions included organizing the East...
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