by MikellRobert | Feb 20, 2023 | African American History, People
Pauline Powell Burns was a pianist and a painter who was most well known for her early art exhibitions in California in the 1890s. Powell was born in Oakland, California in 1872, to Josephine Turner, a schoolteacher and domestic worker, and William W. Powell, a train...
by malikowens | Aug 15, 2021 | African American History, People
Kamal Al Mansour is an African American artist and inventor who graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 1981 with a degree in Political science. He then attended law school and earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings...
by SarahSanderson | Feb 16, 2021 | African American History, People
Michael Stewart was a New York City graffiti artist who died following an incident with the city’s transit police. Although not much is known about his early life, Stewart’s death entered the media on September 15, 1983 at 2:00 a.m. He was accused of writing on the...
by Devyn Baer | Sep 22, 2020 | African American History, People
Pellom McDaniels, the first born of Pellom and Mary McDaniels, was born on February 21, 1968. He was an all-American professional football player who played defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). Although he was a well-known player for the Kansas...
by MikellRobert | Sep 16, 2019 | African American History, People
James Richardson Bacote was an artist, preservationist, historian and co-founder of the Geechee Kunda Cultural Center in Georgia. Bacote was born on December 18, 1948 in Brunswick, Georgia, to Sally and James Bacote Sr. He attended local schools on the Georgia Coast,...
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