by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Oct 12, 2022 | Global African History, People
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Afro-Ukrainian champion athlete and politician Zhan Beleniuk was born January 24, 1991 in the capital city of Kyiv (a.k.a. Kiev) to Svitlana Beleniuk, a Ukrainian dressmaker. His father, Vincent Ndagijimana, an ethnic Hutu and former...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Apr 8, 2022 | African American History, People
Media critic Eric Deggans was born on November 6, 1965, in Washington, D.C. to Chuck Deggans and Carolyn Jean McClellan Deggans Williams, a life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Deggans was reared, however, in Gary, Indiana, and graduated from Andrean High...
by FikesRobert | Mar 30, 2022 | African American History, People
Nathaniel “Nate Dogg” Dwayne Hale was a singer and rapper. Hale was born on August 19, 1969 to unnamed parents in Long Beach, California. Growing up, Hale sang at the Long Beach’s New Hope Baptist Church where his father was pastor. He attended Long Beach Polytechnic...
by FikesRobert | Mar 25, 2022 | African American History, People
Victor Moore is an American male Karateka who holds a 10th Degree Black Belt in Karate. Moore was born on August 23, 1943, to unnamed parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. Much of his early life is unknown, but at the age of 7, he began physical fitness and martial art...
by MikellRobert | Feb 22, 2022 | African American History, People
Betty Davis was a model, singer, songwriter, and the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. She was born Betty Gray Mabry on July 26, 1944, in Durham, North Carolina. Her mother, Betty, was a nurse, and her father, Henry, was a steelworker. Mabry spent most of her time...
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