by GutierrezVenableCecilia | Sep 22, 2021 | African American History, People
R&B Singer Doris Troy was born Doris Elaine Higginsen in the Bronx, New York, on January 6, 1937. Both a singer and a songwriter, her biggest hit, “Just One Look,” was released in 1963 and peaked at no. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Troy’s father...
by DavidJMason | Sep 22, 2021 | African American History, People
Genevieve Scott Neal-Perry is the Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor, chair of obstetrics and gynecology, and reproductive endocrinologist at the University of North Carolina who specializes in menopausal medicine, polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis...
by KarikaAnnParker | Sep 21, 2021 | Global African History, People
Political novelist Al-Tayyib Salih, whose family background was both Arab and Nubian, was one of Sudan’s most significant authors of the 20th century. He was born on July 12, 1929, in Marawi, Sudan, to a poor Muslim farming family and was an only child. In...
by GutierrezVenableCecilia | Sep 19, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The Exciters were one of the first girl groups to have a no. 4 hit on the U.S. pop chart in 1962 and no. 5 on the R&B chart in 1964. Their first hit single “Tell Him” sold over a million records. The original members of the Exciters were Brenda Reid,...
by jchbts | Sep 19, 2021 | African American History, People
New York Congressman Mondaire Jones was born in Nyack, New York, on May 18, 1987. He grew up in a single-parent household with his mother in Spring Valley, New York. Although he had humble beginnings, his mother did everything possible—including living in Section 8...
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