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Pamela Sneed

August 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Pamela Sneed was born on August 2. She is a celebrated New York-based poet, writer, beloved teacher, and actress. Ila Levette Sneed was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Malden, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of James Sneed, and her grandparents were an important influence in her early development. Her grandfather was a Baptist minister, and her grandmother inspired Pamela’s abilities as a storyteller. Following high school, Pamela earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lang College at the […]

Categories: All, August, August 02, Sneed, Pamela • Tags: August 02, Pamela Sneed, Ubuntu Biography Project

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James Baldwin

August 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 (to December 1, 1987). He was an important 20th century novelist, writer, playwright, poet, social critic, essayist, and civil rights activist who offered a vital literary voice during the era of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. James Arthur Baldwin was born in Harlem, the eldest of nine children born to Emma Berdis Jones; he would never know the identity of his biological father. At a very young age, his […]

Categories: All, August, August 02, Baldwin, James • Tags: 1924, 1987, August 02, December 1, James Baldwin, Ubuntu Biography Project

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