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Michael Johnson

December 11, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Michael Johnson was born on December 11, 1991. He is a former college wrestler, fitness professional and trainer, and house ball performer known on social media as Tiger Mandingo. Johnson’s high profile arrest and conviction on charges he knowingly transmitted HIV turned a spotlight on controversial HIV laws that make it a crime for HIV-positive people to have sex without first disclosing that they have the virus. Michael Lewis Johnson is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of five […]

Categories: All, December, December 11, Johnson, Michael • Tags: December 11, Michael Johnson, Tiger Mandingo, Ubuntu Biography Project

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G. Winston James

December 11, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

G. Winston James was born on December 11, 1967. He is a widely published Jamaican-born poet, author, essayist, editor, and publisher. Born in Kingston, Jamaica as the last of five children, James’s father was a carpenter by trade, and his mother a domestic. James attended Paterson Catholic Regional High School in New Jersey, where he graduated in 1985. Following high school, James enrolled at Columbia College of Columbia University, and earned his bachelor’s degree in Latin American/Iberian studies. He went on […]

Categories: All, December, December 11, James, G. Winston • Tags: 1967, December 11, G. Winston James, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Vicki Randle

December 11, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Vicki Randle was born on December 11, 1954. She is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who became the first woman to be a member of The Tonight Show Band, starting with host Jay Leno in 1992. Vicki Randle is a native of San Francisco, where she was born the eldest of seven children into a musical family, including her father, a jazz pianist, and her brother, Tom, an opera singer. In fact, her mother’s baby shower took place at […]

Categories: All, December, December 11, Randle, Vicki • Tags: 1954, December 11, Ubuntu Biography Project, Vicki Randle

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