Myeshia Babers
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Lee D. Baker (1966- )
Leading African American anthropologist Lee D. Baker was adopted in 1969 by white parents who lived in Yakima, Washington. They...
Hattie Mae White (1916-1993)
Hattie Mae White holds the distinction of being the first African American elected to public office in Houston, Texas in...
Leith P. Mullings (1945-2020)
Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings was an anthropologist, author, and professor. She is one of triplets with Pauline Mullings and Sandra...
Niara Sudarkasa (1938-2019)
Niara Sudarkasa, born Gloria Albertha Marshall, was an accomplished scholar, educator, and cultural anthropologist. She was born on August 14,...
Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936- )
Johnnetta Betsch Cole was born on October 19, 1936, in Jacksonville, Florida to college graduates Mary Frances Cole, a vice-president...
Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (1919-2019)
Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell was an accomplished American Sociologist as well as a pioneering scholar of Africa, African America, international relations,...
Arthur Paul Davis (1904-1996)
Arthur Paul Davis was an African American university teacher, literary scholar, author, and editor, born November 21, 1904, to Andrew...
James L. Conyers Jr. (1961-2021)
Author, philanthropist, scholar, mentor, and activist James L. Conyers Jr. was born James (Jim/ Naazir) L. Brown Jr. on June...
Audrey Smedley (1930-2020)
Audrey Smedley, one of the nation’s first African American women anthropologists, was born in Detroit in 1930, the eldest daughter...