by FikesRobert | Dec 12, 2017 | African American History, People
William Chester Jordan is an author and award-winning historian of medieval Europe. Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 4, 1948, to Johnnie Parker Jordan and Marguerite Jane Mays Jordan. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ripon College in...
by MahoneyEleanor | Nov 12, 2017 | African American History, People
Dr. John Francis is a conservationist, scholar, educator, and best-selling author. He holds a Ph.D. in Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has served as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Francis is perhaps best known for forsaking motorized...
by LanumMackenzie | Nov 2, 2017 | African American History, People
The novelist William Edward Demby Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Christmas day, 1922, to William and Gertrude Demby. He was raised in a family of seven children in the Fairywood district of Pittsburgh’s West Side. The family moved to Clarksburg, West...
by SimmsRenee | Jul 23, 2017 | African American History, People
Born Arch Colson Whitehead on November 6, 1969, novelist Colson Whitehead spent his formative years in Manhattan, New York, with his parents, Arch and Mary Anne Whitehead, who owned a recruiting firm, and three siblings. During childhood, he said he preferred reading...
by RivetNathan | Jul 8, 2017 | Global African History, People
Jacques Roumain (Born Jean-Baptiste Roumain) was a Haitian author, poet, novelist, essayist, political activist, and diplomat born on June 4, 1907. He was one of the more famous twentieth century Haitian intellectuals. Jacques Roumain was born in Port-au-Prince, the...
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