by David H. Jackson Jr. | Aug 11, 2023 | African American History, People
Judge Eileen R. Petersen, an advocate for women’s and children’s rights, was born on April 18, 1937, in Christiansted, Virgin Islands (VI), and reared in Free Gut to Anna Leevy and Hugo Petersen. She was a product of the island’s public schools, graduating from...
by HornsbyAlton | Nov 16, 2020 | African American History, People
Rufus Calvin Kuykendall was an attorney, politician, and one of the first African Americans to be elected judge in Indiana’s Marion County Superior Court. Kuykendall was born on September 24, 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana to John, a former slave from Tennessee, and...
by MikellRobert | Aug 15, 2020 | African American History, People
Jasmine Twitty is the youngest judge to be appointed or elected in Easley, South Carolina, and one of the youngest judges ever in the history of the United States. Twitty was born on December 4, 1989 in Greenville, South Carolina. She attended St. Anthony of Padua...
by OsgoodHarley | May 6, 2008 | African American History, People
Image Ownership: Public Domain David Augustus Straker, author, lawyer, and politician, was born and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he achieved success as a teacher and principal at St. Mary’s Public School. In 1868, he moved to Kentucky, where he taught at a...
by AndrusJamesArnold | Mar 23, 2008 | African American History, People
Floyd Bixler McKissick replaced James Farmer as National Director of the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) on January 3, 1966, making him the second ever National Director of CORE. Under McKissick’s leadership, CORE underwent a radical transformation from an...
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