by MikellRobert | Jan 29, 2023 | African American History, People
Sandra Douglass Morgan is an attorney and executive currently serving as the president of the Las Vegas Raiders football team. Morgan was born on April 10, 1978, in Las Vegas Nevada. Her father, Gilbert, is African American, and her mother, Kilcha, is Korean. She...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Aug 25, 2021 | Global African History, People
African investment banker Tidjane Thiam who was co-CEO of Credit Suisse from 2015 to 2020, was born one of seven children into a politically prominent family in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) on July 29, 1962. His father, Amadou Anna Thiam, was a...
by MaryamMuhammad | Aug 11, 2021 | African American History, Perspectives
On May 18, 2021, longtime University of Washington Professor Emeritus Thaddeus Spratlen died in Seattle, Washington at the age of 90. Few people knew his name, but his work transformed black economics in the United States. In the article below, Professor William...
by Amy Ballard | Jun 6, 2021 | African American History, People
Brandon Paak Anderson, better known as Anderson .Paak, is an American rapper, songwriter, producer, and drummer. Born on February 8, 1986, in Oxnard, California, Paak has become widely respected in the music industry as a multi-talented, up and coming artist. He is...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | May 13, 2021 | African American History, People
Composer, Lyricist, and Rhythm & Blues Singer, Lloyd Price, was born on March 9, 1933, in Kenner, Louisiana, to Louis Price and Beatrice Price, entrepreneurs who owned a restaurant. There were 12 children in the home where Price played the trumpet and piano at an...
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