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Craig Hickman

December 8, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Craig Hickman was born on December 8, 1967. He is an organic farmer, small business owner, chef, poet, author, actor, tennis fan, and the first openly gay African American to serve in the Maine House of Representatives. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hickman was adopted by his father, a World War II veteran and Tuskegee Airman, and a mother who took in homeless girls and provided them with a meal, clothing, and a place to stay. He attended Rufus King High […]

Categories: All, December, December 08, Hickman, Craig • Tags: 1967, Craig Hickman, December 8, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Vernita Gray

December 8, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

  Vernita Gray was born on December 8, 1948 (to March 18, 2014). She was a pioneering LGBTQ activist and marriage equality advocate, and an early champion of lesbians and gay men in Chicago’s African American community since the late 1960s. Gray made history by being part of the first LGBTQ couple to wed in Illinois. Vernita Gray was a native of Chicago who graduated from Saint Mary High School and Columbia College, where she earned her degree in creative […]

Categories: All, December, December 08, Gray, Vernita • Tags: 1948, 2014, December 8, March 18, Ubuntu Biography Project, Vernita Gray

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