Wayne Keith Curry (1951-2014)

Wayne Keith Curry (1951-2014)

by SmithAlonzo | Dec 6, 2007 | African American History, People

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Maryland politician Wayne Keith Curry’s father, Eugene, was a schoolteacher and his mother, Juliette, was a homemaker and later a secretary.  When the family moved to Cheverly, Maryland in the 1960s, they encountered various forms of...
Ronald Cordell Sims (1948- )

Ronald Cordell Sims (1948- )

by MackDwayne | Oct 31, 2007 | African American History, People

On May 8, 2009, Ronald Cordell Sims became the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Sims now second-in-command of the federal agency will oversee day-to-day operations of the Department which has an annual budget of $39 billion...