Joel Fluellen, an instrumental figure in the fight to end Hollywood bias during the 1940’s and 1950’s, was born in 1908 in Louisiana. Prior to beginning his acting career, Fluellen resided in Chicago where he worked as a milliner and store clerk. After appearing on … Read More … Read MoreJoel Fluellen (1908-1990)
[…] 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- )
[…] 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)
[…] 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)
[…] European immigrants for semi-skilled and skilled jobs. That competition and general racial prejudice would lead to the city’s first race riot in December 1856. The 1862 occupation of Nashville by Union troops during the Civil War led to an influx of fugitive slaves from […] … Read MoreBlack Bottom (Nashville) (1832-1950)
[…] days in jail. Eugene Jones pled innocent and was tried and acquitted in September 1967. Two other juveniles, 13 and 16, were detained by police for throwing rocks at police cars and storefronts. The rioting in Tucson slowly petered out on the morning of […] … Read MoreTucson Race Riot (1967)
Composer, conductor, and lyricist Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., to Norman S. McCoy Sr. and Lillian Ray. Van had one brother, Norman S. McCoy Jr., and a sister Mattie McCoy Taylor. Van began piano studies at four … Read More … Read MoreVan McCoy (1940-1979)
[…] of Bamako (INA) in Bamako, the capital of Mali, in 1978, and graduated in 1982. During that period, he directed the stu dent orchestra. He was recruited as a guitar teacher at the end of his studies and remained there in that capacity until 1998. The […] … Read MoreHabib Koité (1958- )
[…] on February 17, 2016. Dungey joined the ABC family in 2004, and since 2013 held the title of executive vice president, drama development, movies & miniseries, ABC Entertainment Group. There she developed and launched many series including Scandal, Quantico, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and […] … Read MoreChanning Dungey (1969- )
[…] became a Republican as a young man because he father was and always reminded him that Lincoln freed the Slaves, while the Democrats were the Confederacy at the time. He said he became a lawyer to have a skill so that he would not […] … Read MoreCharles Moorehead Stokes (1903-1996)
