by BaarsmaBill | May 27, 2022 | African American History, People
Victoria Renee Woodards was elected Tacoma, Washington’s 39th mayor on November 7th, 2017 and thus became the second woman of color to hold the position. Woodards followed Marilyn Strickland who served as mayor from 2010-2017. Woodards was born on July 16, 1965 in...
by Carol Sue Janes | May 27, 2022 | African American History, People
Civil rights attorney Louis L. Redding was the first Black man admitted to practice law in Delaware. He argued one of the cases that formed part of the United States Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision. Redding was born on October 25, 1901, in...
by ManosKarousos | May 26, 2022 | Caribbean Head of State, Global African History, People
Timothy Sylvester Harris is a politician from St Kitts and Nevis and the current Prime Minister of the island nation since 2015. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2008, Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2010, and Senior Minister and...
by ManosKarousos | May 26, 2022 | Caribbean Head of State, Global African History, People
Philip Joseph Pierre is a politician from Saint Lucia who has served as Prime Minister of that island nation since July 28, 2021. Pierre is the Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy and has been the leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLLP)...
by ManosKarousos | May 26, 2022 | Caribbean Head of State, Global African History, People
Keith Claudius Mitchell is a politician who has been Prime Minister of Grenada since 2013. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1995 to 2008 which makes him the longest-serving Prime Minister in Grenada’s history, having held the office for more than 19...
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