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Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970) was a career officer in the United States Army.One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army's first African American general officer.
Ernestine Shepherd (born June 16, 1936) is an American bodybuilder who is best known for being, at one point, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world, as declared by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 and 2011; [1] as of 2023, she is 88 years old and still an active, albeit no longer competitive, bodybuilder.
In addition to its initial response to the issue of mandatory retirement, Gray Panthers have challenged other ageist laws and stereotypes and engaged in anti-war activism, Medicare and Social Security preservation, inter-generational housing, LGBT rights advocacy, environmentalism, the fair treatment of people in nursing homes, and the ...
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American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians.
On the eve of Black History Month this year, a community group based in Detroit went viral after sharing clips on social media of its members, many dressed in all-black and armed with long rifles ...
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Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and Atlanta socialite: born and raised in Atlanta, attended Atlanta University [90] Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. first Black mayor of Atlanta attended college and lived in Atlanta Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights leader, religious leader born in Atlanta [91] Lester Maddox: 75th governor of Georgia