[…] life suffered. When his parents divorced, he felt adrift and lonely. He turned to his religious faith to lift himself out of depression and reconnected with Ami Beth Smith, a college friend that he later married. Well-known and highly respected in the religious art […] … Read MoreThomas Richman Blackshear II (1955- )
[…] his efforts to document the gold rush towns and other Bay Area settlements. Brown sold his business in 1872 in order to devote his time to traveling and painting. In 1882, Brown settled in Victoria, British Columbia, where he opened a studio. During Brown’s […] … Read MoreGrafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918)
[…] She was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Dunbar High School in the District of Columbia in 1933, she studied design and drawing at Howard University, also in Washington, D.C. She graduated cum laude in 1935, after changing her major to painting […] … Read MoreElizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)
Actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer Terrence Deshon Howard is best known for his role as Lucius Lyons, music mogul, in the TV series Empire for which he won the BET Best Actor Award in 2015. While he began his career appearing on […] … Read MoreTerrence Howard (1969- )
[…] In 1934, he attended medical school at the University of Haiti and subsequently worked at various hospitals and clinics around the city. Despite his earlier opposition to U.S. control of Haiti, Duvalier later participated in the U.S. sponsored campaigns against malaria and yaws in […] … Read MoreFrançois “Papa Doc” Duvalier (1907-1971)
[…] by her father, John Clifford Floyd III, in Washington, D.C. Learning at the feet of her father—a civil rights activist, civil rights defense attorney, and former Black Panther—Willis developed a love of the law and justice early in her life. Her childhood interests led […] … Read MoreFani Willis (1971- )
[…] a member of the group that pushed for the creation of the school, became its headmaster. He guided the Institute until his death in 1867. The Instituted reached its peak enrollment of 300 students in the mid-1850s. Throughout is history it was guided by […] … Read MoreThe Catholique Institute (1848-1915)
[…] members, Oxford residents, and people from outside the area. By 9:00 p.m. the riot turned extremely violent. U.S. marshals who had been defending Meredith and university officials in the Lyceum building on campus, where Meredith registered, ran out of tear gas. Rioters threw rocks […] … Read MoreOle Miss Riot (1962)
[…] Peoples (NAACP, founded 1909). Born in 1913 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to John T. Current and Earsy Bryant, Gloster grew up Chicago and Detroit. He earned a BA degree from West Virginia State College in 1941 and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Wayne […] … Read MoreGloster B. Current (1913-1997)
[…] of sergeant. His film career began at Killiam Shows, a company that worked with archival films. There he began in the shipping department and moved up to editor. William Miles produced his first film, Men of Bronze, in 1977. It chronicled the achievements of […] … Read MoreWilliam Miles (1931-2013)
