by ManosKarousos | May 16, 2022 | Caribbean Head of State, Global African History, People
Vere Cornwall Bird, the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, is a national hero of this Caribbean nation. Vere Cornwall Bird was born in New Street, St John’s, Antigua on December 7, 1910, the fourth child of Edghill and Theophilus Bird at a time when...
by Otis Alexander | May 25, 2021 | African American History, People
Country baritone singer, lyricist, actor, activist, freestyle rapper was born on September 23, 1994, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Michael and Delores Jones. He creatively blends hip-hop and country music. During his childhood, Jones wrote verse and improvised music...
by Carol Sue Janes | May 17, 2021 | African American History, People
Rory Gamble is the first Black president of the United Auto Workers. His term as president began in 2019, and expires in 2022. The union has over 390,000 active members. Because he was the son of an auto worker who was also a union representative, Gamble attended his...
by EatonAmber | May 9, 2009 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The New Negro Alliance (NNA) was a Washington, D.C. based organization founded in 1933 by mostly middle class blacks to use pickets, economic boycotts, and other direct action protests to promote civil rights. It sought to increase African American employment...
by FenisonJimmy | Mar 29, 2009 | African American History, People
Joseph James was president of San Francisco National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1944 he won a successful lawsuit, James v. Marinship Corporation which prohibited the Boilermakers union from discriminating against black workers in...
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