by McClendonIIIJohnH | Sep 16, 2018 | African American History, People
On June 13, 2018, London Nicole Breed became the first African American woman elected as mayor of the city of San Francisco, California. Breed, a former city commissioner and district supervisor, was born on August 11, 1974, in San Francisco. She was raised by her...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Aug 28, 2018 | Global African History, People
Afro-German politician, human rights activist, and scholar Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana was born in Bamako, Mali, but grew up in Dakar, Senegal, the daughter of a Cape Verdean mother, Dona Joaquina Semedo-Lopès, who was Christian, and a Guinean father who was Muslim....
by MikellRobert | Nov 30, 2016 | African American History, People
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Velvalea “Vel” Phillips was a civil rights pioneer in Wisconsin. She was the first African American and the first woman to serve as an elected official and as a judge in the state. Phillips was born one of three...
by WangTabitha | Apr 17, 2014 | African American History, People
Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and grandparents James and Mary Foxx. He graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1989, and four...
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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