Investment analyst Degas A. Wright was born in April 1963, in Lithonia, Georgia. Wright attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he majored in mathematics and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. He graduated from West Point in 1985, and served as … Read MoreDegas Wright (1963- )
Banker and financial expert Jesse H. Turner Jr. was born on May 6, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Jesse H. Turner, the first black CPA in Memphis and an Army Captain in World War II. Jesse H. Turner Jr., was the first African American to … Read MoreJesse H. Turner Jr. (1950- )
Former Corporate CEO Ann Marie Brown Fudge was born on April 23, 1951, in Washington, DC., to Malcolm R. Brown, an administrator at the US Postal Service, and Bettye Lewis Brown, a manager at the National Security Agency (NSA). On February 27, 1971, Ann married … Read MoreAnn Fudge (1951- )
Online real estate entrepreneur Robert Reffkin was born June 7, 1979, in Berkeley, California. His mother was Israeli and his father was African American. When Reffkin was born, his mother’s parents disowned their daughter for having a child with a black man. Reffkin’s father also … Read MoreRobert Reffkin (1979- )
Lorraine Patricia Baa, commentator, entrepreneur, and cancer cure advocate was born in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, on February 1, 1953, to Orlando J. Baa, Sr. from the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) and Rosalia Potter Baa from Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Her siblings … Read MoreLorraine Patricia Baa (1953-2021)
Hip-hop fashion entrepreneur and media personality Daymond Garfield John was born in Brooklyn on February 23, 1969, to Garfield John from Trinidad and Margot John. He was reared in Queens, and by the age of 10, he started working by handing out flyers on the … Read MoreDaymond John (1969- )
Rhythm and Blues singer Eddie Holman was born on June 3, 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia and introduced to the piano and guitar at the age of 2. In 1954, his family relocated to New York City and two years later Holman won first prize at … Read MoreEddie Holman (1946- )
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is a Haitian American businesswoman, attorney, and politician, who currently serves as the U.S. Representative from the state of Florida’s 20th congressional district. She was born on January 25, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York. Her stepfather, Dr. Gabriel Smith, and her mother, Marie … Read MoreSheila Cherfilus-McCormick (1979- )
Mamphela Ramphele is a South African political leader and physician known for her anti-apartheid activism. Ramphele was born on December 28, 1947, in Uitkyk, located in North West province of South Africa, but spent her childhood in Kranspoort, Limpopo province. In 1962, she attended Bethesda … Read MoreMamphela Ramphele (1947- )
Margaret Abner Dixon, the first African American president of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in August 8, 1923. She was reared by an aunt, Emily Clark Metz, and her grandfather, Mantle Birt Williams, as both parents died … Read MoreMargaret Abner Dixon (1923-2011)
