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MaryAnn Black. MaryAnn Eaddy Black (October 3, 1943 – March 25, 2020) was an American clinical social worker and politician. Black was born in Manhattan in New York City, New York. She moved with her family to Florence, South Carolina, and graduated from Wilson High School. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Benedict College ...
The Fultz sisters. The Fultz sisters (born May 23, 1946) were a set of American quadruplets who gained notoriety for being the first identical African American quadruplets on record. They made promotional appearances for Pet Milk in a deal that provided their family land, a house, and a full-time nurse. The sisters were later adopted by the nurse.
Marion Barry, civil rights activist, politician. Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, lecturer. Carl Bean, AIDS/HIV and LGBT activist and minister. Arekia Bennett, voting rights activist. Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist, educator. James Bevel, minister, leader of the civil rights movement.
Mayim Chaya Bialik was born on December 12, 1975, in San Diego, California, [3][4][5] to Beverly (née Winkleman) and Barry Bialik. [6][7][8] Her family were Jewish immigrants who lived in the Bronx, New York City. [9] Three of her four grandparents migrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. [10]
ISBN. 978-1573929639. 100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley. First published in 1992, Salley's book is ...
Mary Ann Mendoza, American mother of fallen police officer Brandon Mendoza. Mary Ann Mobley (1937–2014), American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959. Mary Ann Muir (1881–1962), New Zealand nurse who served in World War I. Mary Ann Müller (1820–1901), English-born New Zealand writer and suffragist.
Diamond was born Alice Elizabeth Black in Lambeth Workhouse Hospital to Thomas Diamond and Mary Ann Alice Black. Her parents had applied for a maternity birth under the name of Black before they married to avoid the stigma of an illegitimate birth. However, as they married shortly before Alice was born, this also avoided the problem.
May Edward Chinn (April 15, 1896 – December 1, 1980) was an American physician. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, now NYU School of Medicine, and the first African-American woman to intern at Harlem Hospital. In her private practice, she provided care for black patients who would not ...