by NielsenEuellA. | Dec 23, 2020 | African American History, People
Rashida Jones is a television executive and journalist, who was recently named the next president of the television network, MSNBC. Jones was born on January 11, 1981, and attended Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, at Hampton University,...
by Rodney J. Reed | Oct 13, 2020 | African American History, Groups & Organizations, Perspectives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the article below Rodney J. Reed, former Grand Sire Archon of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and author of A Grand Journey: The History of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, 1904-2010, briefly outlines the history of the oldest continuously...
by Deanna Fisher | Oct 5, 2020 | African American History, People
The son of Percival Leonard and Dorothy Stinson Everett, the author Percival Leonard Everett, was born on a military base outside Augusta, Georgia on December 22, 1956, but grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1977 Everett received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy...
by Ross Coen | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
Derrick Brown is a computer scientist, engineer, and technology entrepreneur who pioneered Black-related websites and search engines in the 1990s. Born in Ellorree, South Carolina, in 1969, Brown grew up playing baseball and writing essays. In the fifth grade he won a...
by NielsenEuellA. | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
Richard Howell Gleaves was a Haitian-American merchant, lawyer, politician, and the 55th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Greaves was born free on July 4, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Haitian father and English mother. He received his early...
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