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Little Richard

December 5, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Little Richard was born on December 5, 1932. He is a legendary musician, singer, actor, comedian, and songwriter who was inducted as part of the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. Little Richard is often referred to as the Architect of Rock and Roll, and this innovative musical genius is considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the mid-1950s. Richard […]

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Cleveland, James

December 5, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

The Reverend Dr. James Cleveland was born on December 5, 1931 (to February 9, 1991). He was a celebrated gospel singer, arranger, composer and, most significantly, the driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel, jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs. Cleveland is popularly known as the King of Gospel. James Cleveland was a native of Chicago, Illinois who began singing as a boy soprano at Pilgrim […]

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Gregory Darnell Victorianne

December 4, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Gregory Darnell (Gd) Victorianne was born on December 4, 1959. He is a longtime sexual health community activist, organizer, and researcher, as well as an accomplished educator, and prevention and policy advocate. Victorianne is also a highly respected self–publisher, music critic of “tribes, scribes and vibes” on the Africa Diaspora, and a connoisseur of the “beautiful” game of soccer (football). Victorianne was born in Chicago, Illinois to Florence and Bernard Victorianne, Sr, the youngest of three male siblings. His family relocated […]

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JL King

December 4, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

JL King was born on December 4, 1952. He is a best-selling author, publisher, an HIV/STD prevention activist, and as he told Oprah Winfrey’s millions of viewers, “a proud Black gay man and father.” Known simply as “Jimmy” when he was a child, James Louis King was born in Springfield, Ohio, the son of Louis V. King and Lillie M. King. His father worked for the government for fifty years before he retired, and his mother was a homemaker who […]

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Adejoke Tugbiyele

December 4, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Adejoke Tugbiyele was born on December 4, 1977. She is an award-winning, queer, Black artist and advocate. She was a featured participant in CultureSummit 2017-Abu Dhabi, is a recipient of the 2016 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2015, and a U.S. Fulbright Student Alumni. While a graduate student at Maryland Institute College of Art, Tugbiyele was awarded the Amalie Rothschild ’34 Rinehart Award in 2012 and the William M. Phillips ’54 Scholarship for Best […]

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Jason Collins

December 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jason Collins was born on December 2, 1978. He is a former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After the 2012–13 season concluded, Collins publicly came out as gay. He became a free agent and did not play again until February of 2014, when he signed with the Brooklyn Nets to become the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of four major North American pro sports leagues. In April of 2014, […]

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Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga

December 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga, known by many as Mleuben Maccarthy, was born on December 2, 1976 (to July 31, 2020). He was a Christian teacher and pastor in Uganda who founded and served as executive director of St. Paul’s Voice Centre of Uganda (SPAVOC). Rev. Mukajanga was committed to the LGBTI in struggle in Uganda, including human rights and HIV/AIDS health advocacy. Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga grew up in a village setting in the Kiruhura district with family and neighbors […]

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Created by Stephen A. Maglott (1953-2016). Biographical tributes to distinguished LGBTQ/SGL people of color/African descent.

Category Archives: December

Little Richard

Cleveland, James

Gregory Darnell Victorianne

JL King

Adejoke Tugbiyele

Jason Collins

Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga