Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier was born and raised in Detroit and was surrounded by music as a child, beginning to write lyrics and music before he was...
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an esteemed journalist and author who has made significant contributions to the field of media and communications. With a career spanning several...
Hamilton Holmes
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Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. One of the first two African American students admitted to UGA in 1961,...
Charles Clinton Spaulding
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Charles Clinton Spaulding, a towering figure in African-American business history, served as the driving force behind the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company from 1900...
Nichelle Nichols
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Actress Nichelle Nichols was born on December 28, 1932, in Robbins, Illinois near Chicago. Her father, Samuel Earl Nichols, was a factory worker who also...
Horace T. Ward
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In 1950 Horace T. Ward became the first African American to challenge racially discriminatory practices at the University of Georgia (UGA). Although the all-white UGA...
Donald Lee Hollowell
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As one of a handful of Black lawyers practicing civil rights law in the 1950s and 1960s, Donald Hollowell was instrumental in the movement to...
Henry L. Morehouse
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Henry Lyman Morehouse, a prominent figure in the Baptist denomination, was born on October 2, 1834, in Stanford, New York. His lineage can be traced...
Oliver Otis Howard
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Known as “the Christian General,” Oliver Otis Howard is a unique figure in Civil War history. Despite lackluster performances by troops under his command, Howard’s...
Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie
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Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie was born in 1918 in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a former British colony. As a working journalist in London, Scobie became...