by David H. Jackson Jr. | Apr 26, 2021 | African American History, People
Activist for ethnic and intellectual diversity, author, and attorney Lawrence Otis Graham was born December 25, 1961, in New York City, New York to Richard C. Graham, a real estate developer, and Betty J. Graham, a social worker. He and his brother, Richard, were...
by HornsbyAlton | Sep 14, 2020 | African American History, People
Billy Taylor was an African American jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, educator, and broadcaster. Born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921, Taylor was one of two children of William, Sr., a dentist and Antoinette, a schoolteacher. When Taylor was...
by MikellRobert | Sep 14, 2020 | African American History, People
William Robert Harvey is an educator, businessman, academic administrator, and the longest-serving tenured HBCU president in history, as the 12th president of Hampton University. Harvey was born on January 29, 1941 in Brewton, Alabama, to Mamie Claudis and Willie D....
by HornsbyAlton | Sep 13, 2020 | African American History, People
Norman C. Francis is the longest-seated university president in the United States. Born March 20, 1931, in Lafayette, Louisiana, Francis was one of five children of a barber, Joseph A. and Mabel F. Francis. Francis attended St. Paul Catholic elementary and secondary...
by Joshua R. Vernon | Dec 23, 2019 | African American History, People
Professor Isiah M. Warner is the Boyd Professor of Chemistry and Philip W. West Professor Analytical & Environmental Chemistry at Louisiana State University (LSU). He is an analytical/ materials chemist with more than 350 refereed publications and nine acquired...
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