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Thomas Clarence Jervay, Sr. (1914-1993)

Thomas Clarence Jervay, Sr., former National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair and activist journalist was born in Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), on November 30, 1914. He was one of eight children of Robert Smith Jervay from Charleston, South Carolina, and Mary Alice McNeil from Columbus County, … Read MoreThomas Clarence Jervay, Sr. (1914-1993)

Posted on August 10, 2023by contributed by: Otis Alexander
African American History

Robert Smith Jervay, (1873 – 1941)

Robert Smith Jervey founded the R. S. Jervay Printing Company in 1901 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jervay started the Cape Fear Journal newspaper in 1927 after moving from Columbus County, located on North Carolina’s Southeastern border to Wilmington. Wilmington lacked a Black-owned newspaper for thirty … Read MoreRobert Smith Jervay, (1873 – 1941)

Posted on August 10, 2023August 10, 2023by contributed by: Alvin Hayes
African American History

The Black Scholar (1969- )

The Black Scholar is a quarterly journal founded in 1969 by Nathan Hare, Robert Chrisman, and Allan Ross. It is the third oldest journal of Black history and culture in the United States after The Crisis, the publication of the NAACP founded in 1910, and … Read MoreThe Black Scholar (1969- )

Posted on January 24, 2022April 3, 2022by contributed by: Euell A. Nielsen
African American History: African American History: Groups & Organizations

Ophelia DeVore Mitchell (1922-2014)

Ophelia DeVore Mitchell was an American businesswoman, publisher, and one of the first African American models in the United States. In 1946, she helped establish the Grace Del Marco Agency, one of the first modeling agencies in the nation. DeVore was born on August 12, … Read MoreOphelia DeVore Mitchell (1922-2014)

Posted on June 9, 2017January 7, 2021by contributed by: Samuel Momodu
African American History: African American History: People

Charles A. Davis (1922-2016)

Charles A. Davis was a journalist, founder of one of Chicago’s first African-American-owned public relations agencies, commercial real estate developer, and noted civic and social leader. Davis was born on September 29, 1922, in Mobile, Alabama, the fourth of five children of Robert and Clara … Read MoreCharles A. Davis (1922-2016)

Posted on November 1, 2016June 21, 2021by contributed by: Samuel Momodu
African American History: African American History: People

Camille Billops (1933-2019)

Camille J. Billops, artist, filmmaker, archivist, and professor, was born on August 12, 1933, in Los Angeles. Her parents were Alma Gilmore and Lucius Billops, and she has one sister, Billie. She married James V. Hatch, a professor of theater at the University of California, … Read MoreCamille Billops (1933-2019)

Posted on August 10, 2015February 3, 2021by contributed by: Amy Marie Scott-Zerr
African American History: African American History: People

Wanda Evans Coleman (1946-2013)

Wanda Evans Coleman was an American poet and writer who won critical acclaim for her avant-garde work, but remained relatively unknown to a broader audience. Her 30 year literary career included a myriad of poetry and fiction publications. Born and raised in the Watts section … Read MoreWanda Evans Coleman (1946-2013)

Posted on February 9, 2015January 28, 2021by contributed by: Michelle Dartis
African American History: African American History: People

Dean P. Baquet (1956- )

Dean P. Baquet is primarily known as a Pulitzer Prize winner in journalism and the first African American executive editor of the New York Times. Baquet was born on September 21, 1956 in New Orleans, Louisiana, into a middle class family which included four other … Read MoreDean P. Baquet (1956- )

Posted on June 19, 2014December 24, 2020by contributed by: Ayodale Braimah
African American History: African American History: People

Barbara Hillary (1931-2019)

Barbara Hillary was the first African American woman on record to reach both the North and South Poles. Born in New York City, New York on June 12, 1931, to Viola Jones Hillary and raised in Harlem, Hillary attended the New School University in New … Read MoreBarbara Hillary (1931-2019)

Posted on March 25, 2013December 17, 2020by contributed by: Vanessa Pitts
African American History: African American History: People

Barbara Smith (1946- )

Beginning in the 1970s, Barbara Smith broke new ground as a black feminist, lesbian, activist, author, and book publisher of women of color.  She and her twin sister, Beverly Smith, were born on December 16, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio.  Their mother, Hilda Smith, maternal grandmother, … Read MoreBarbara Smith (1946- )

Posted on June 25, 2012August 8, 2019by contributed by: Tisa M. Anders
African American History: African American History: People

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