by ForemanCheyenne | Dec 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Xernona Clayton, a civil rights activist and the first woman to host a television show in the South, was born to James and Lillie Brewster in Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 30, 1930. Her father was a respected Baptist minister and both her parents managed Indian affairs...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Paulette Brown, an attorney and former judge, is the first African American woman and first woman of color to head the American Bar Association. Brown was born on April 28, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland to Wilbur Brown, a truck driver, and Thelma Brown. In 1969, she...
by MaguireLea | Dec 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Hidden in the midst of a photograph of mostly male, white attendees at the 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales was one young African American woman. She was unnamed in the caption despite her presence there amongst experts in marine biology. Candace...
by FikesRobert | Dec 22, 2018 | Events, Global African History
The Second Ivorian Civil War was a five-month conflict in the west African country of the Ivory Coast (also known as Côte d’Ivoire) between 2010 and 2011. The main belligerents of the conflict were the military of the Ivory Coast, led by President Laurent Gbagbo...
by MikellRobert | Dec 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Ron Stallworth was the first African American police officer and detective hired by the Colorado Springs Police Department. He also holds the distinction of being the only African American “member” of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Stallworth was born on June 18, 1953, in...
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