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The sisters' parents were tobacco sharecroppers James "Pete" Fultz Jr. (born April 15, 1893, in Madison) and Annie Mae Troxler Fultz (born May 14, 1909, in Rockingham County). [1] [3] Annie Mae, who was African American and Cherokee, had been deaf and mute since contracting meningitis as a child. [1] [3] Annie Mae could not read or write. [4]
Mary Luana "Lulu" Williams was born on October 13, 1967 in East Oakland, California [1] as the fifth daughter to Randy and Mary Williams. Both of her parents were members of the Black Panther Party, an organization dedicated to stopping police brutality toward African-Americans, and helping African Americans who lacked employment, education, and healthcare.
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. [1] Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate.
So now it’s Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ turn to be pilloried for sending a child to a private high school. “That story sounds familiar,” said my very astute wife, a ...
Sandra Laing (born 26 November 1955) is a South African woman who was classified as Coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was officially listed as the child of at least three generations of ancestors who had been regarded as white.
The free-of-charge publication debuted in April 1999 as African American Parent Magazine, a publication for Black parents, grandparents, educators and children. [1] In 2002, the name was changed to African American Family. During its 10th anniversary year, the publication was renamed BLAC (an acronym for Black Life, Arts & Culture) to more ...
Former President Barack Obama's family was the subject of a recent article stating a man had filed a lawsuit claiming he was the biological father of Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Abraham Lincoln described himself c. 1838–39 as a "long black fellow" [42] and his "complexion" in 1859 as "dark", [43] but whether he meant either in an ancestral sense is unknown. The anti-Lincoln Charleston Mercury described him as being "of ... the dirtiest complexion", [ 44 ] as part of anti-abolitionist race-baiting. [ 12 ]