[…] the city. As a child, he lived with his parents, George Washington Barnes and Eliza R. Webb Barnes, and two sisters ( Mary and Violet), on Lombard Street, near present day Center City. In 1912, the year he completed medical school, Barnes married Mattie […] … Read MoreWilliam Harry Barnes (1887-1945)
Byron Lowell Donalds is one of only two African American Republicans currently serving as a congressional representative in the U.S. Congress (along with Burgess Owens, R-Utah), and the only African American Republican in the Florida congressional delegation. Born on October 28, 1978, in Brooklyn, New … Read More … Read MoreByron Lowell Donalds (1978- )
[…] the deaths of their famous husbands. The movie premiered in 2013 on the Lifetime Channel and starred Angela Bassett as King and Mary J. Blige as Shabazz. Ruby Dee died in her home in New Rochelle, New York on June 11, 2014. She was […] … Read MoreRuby Ann Wallace Dee (1924-2014)
[…] became popular among aspiring actors and had a number of students who went on to illustrious careers including Marlon Brando, James Dean, Jane Fonda, and James Earl Jones. Fort was also a part time Professor of Physical Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College between […] … Read MoreSyvilla Fort (1917-1975)
A poet and essayist, Frances Ellen Watkins was born free in Baltimore, Maryland on September 24, 1825. Orphaned at the age of three, Watkins went to live with her aunt and uncle, Harriet and William Watkins. Unlike most free blacks, Frances grew up in […] … Read MoreFrances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
Oscar William Adams, Jr. was the first African American Supreme Court Justice appointed in Alabama and when he later stood for election to a full term, the first African American elected to a statewide constitutional office. He also litigated many civil rights cases in his … Read More … Read MoreOscar Adams, Jr. (1925-1997)
[…] Environmental Bachelor’s Degrees, 2020 Hampton University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University North Carolina Central University Spelman College Delaware State University University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Tuskegee University Claflin University Florida Memorial University Texas Southern University Elizabeth City State University Central State University Bethune Cookman […] … Read MoreThe Environmental Justice Page
American soprano Kathleen Battle was born on August 13, 1948 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Battle’s father was a steelworker and her mother was an active participant in the gospel choir at the family’s local African Methodist Episcopal Church. Battle attended Portsmouth High School and upon graduation … Read More … Read MoreKathleen Battle (1948- )
[…] Christ at the Battlefront. A publication that infused social justice with the aims of true Christian fellowship and belief. In concert with Mary Church Terrell and others he protested discrimination at Thompson’s Restaurant in Washington, DC. The Thompson’s case inaugurated the desegregation of restaurants […] … Read MoreWilliam Henry Jernagin (1869-1958)
[…] Asian American ensemble and an international band since three of the members were from Canada. As the ensemble gained popularity in Vancouver, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard of the Supremes who were visiting the Canadian city saw their performance and contacted Motown Records. The […] … Read MoreBobby Taylor & the Vancouvers (1966-1988)
