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His wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller; [2] her sister, Lucy Spelman; and their parents, Harvey Buel and Lucy Henry Spelman also supported the school. The Spelmans were longtime activists in the abolitionist movement. In 1884 the name of the school was changed to the Spelman Seminary in honor of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and her parents ...
Irene née Dobbs Jackson was a professor of French at Spelman College and a civil rights activist who helped desegregate Atlanta's public libraries, where African American patrons were only allowed to read books in the basement. Maynard Jackson was her son. [1] She went by "Renie". She was from Atlanta's prominent Dobbs family. [2]
Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) [1] was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Spelman College in Atlanta and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial were named for her ...
Laura Spelman Rockefeller (October 11, 1936 – November 17, 2015 [1]) was an American philanthropist. She was the eldest child of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French (1910–1997), and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family .
Angelina Jolie is a proud Spelman parent! The actress moved her 17-year-old daughter, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, into her dorm room at The post ‘I’m going to start crying,’ Angelina Jolie says as ...
Laurance "Larry" Spelman Rockefeller Jr., (born 1944) is an American environmental lawyer. He worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council for 25 years. Rockefeller is now a trustee of the organization. [ 2 ]
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Alta was born on April 12, 1871, in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [1] She was the third daughter of John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937) and Laura Celestia "Cettie" (née Spelman) Rockefeller (1839–1915).