by Arnissa Hopkins | Apr 10, 2019 | African American History, People
Marsha P. Johnson was an African American drag performer and social activist. The fifth of seven children, she was born Malcolm Michaels Jr. to Malcolm Michaels Sr. and Alberta (Claiborne) Michaels on August 24, 1945 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. During a tempestuous...
by SpiveyDiane | Dec 16, 2018 | African American History, People
Gordon Fox is an American politician and the former Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Elected in November 1992, he was the first openly gay African American to serve in a State Legislature, and the first openly gay state Speaker of the House in the...
by CoopermanHillel | Nov 18, 2013 | African American History, People
Samuel R. Delany Jr., “Chip,” is an award-winning African American gay writer, editor, professor, and literary critic. He is the first major African American science fiction writer as well as one of the most influential writers of this genre in the United States....
by ItoGailArlene | Mar 29, 2013 | African American History, People
An American actor, film producer, and director, Lee Louis Daniels was born on December 24, 1959. He is credited with directing some of the most controversial, yet memorable films of the last decade including his directorial debut in 2004’s The Woodsman and 2006’s...
by CoopermanHillel | Mar 29, 2013 | African American History, People
In 1991, Sherry D. Harris was the first Black lesbian elected to public office in the United States. This also gave her the distinction of being the first African American woman on the Seattle City Council in Washington State. Harris was born on February 27, 1957, in...
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