by MomoduSamuel | Dec 10, 2023 | African American History, People
David Ray “Doc” Roberts is a baseball manager and former outfielder. Roberts was born on May 31, 1972, to Waymon Roberts, an African American United States Marine, and Eiko Roberts, a Japanese woman in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. During his early childhood, Roberts and his...
by SethWeisberg | Oct 8, 2023 | African American History, People
Byron Allen (Folks) is an American businessman, television producer, and comedian born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 22, 1961. His media company, Entertainment Studios, owns assets in television production, broadcasting, film production, and digital media. Byron...
by NielsenEuellA. | Jan 28, 2023 | African American History, People
Sheila Guyse was an actress, and singer during the 1940s and 1950s. She was born Etta Drucille Guyse, on July 14, 1925, in Forest, Mississippi. Her parents, Wilbert Vincent Guyse and Ethel Williams, separated and divorced shortly after she was born. Guyse was raised...
by Sumaya Addish | Jan 27, 2022 | African American History, Events
The four century (1460-1860) transatlantic slave trade is responsible for the involuntary migration of 388,000 enslaved Africans to the United States according to historians’ best estimates. However, the U.S. has witnessed a much larger influx of voluntary African...
by Otis Alexander | Dec 18, 2021 | African American History, People
Rapper Khia also known as Shamone Finch Chambers, was born on November 8, 1977, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Carol Belinda Chambers, a data entry specialist. Information regarding Khia’s father is not available. However, she spent her foundational years in...
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