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Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder

July 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Reverend Dr. Yvette Flunder was born July 29, 1955. She is a respected cleric, writer, lecturer, gospel performer, social justice advocate, and community builder. Yvette Adrienne Flunder was born in San Francisco, California, to John (Buddy) Conner, who was a professional jazz and blues singer, and her mother, Ruth Ella Langston, an ordained minister. She attended high school at the Church of God in Christ’s Saints Academy in Lexington, Mississippi, graduating in 1969. She recounts an insulated religious life with all activities […]

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Akil Campbell

July 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Akil Campbell was born on July 29, 1975. He is a health educator, researcher, activist, and friend of the community. Akil James Tau Campbell was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to James Samuel Taylor Campbell, who was a civil engineer, and his mother, Pamela Jackson-Campbell, an industrial relations and compensations manager. Akil attended Wolmer’s Boys’ High School in Kingston, and graduated in 1992. Following high school, he pursued a career in banking with CIBC Jamaica Limited, where he spent three years as a senior […]

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Patrik-Ian Polk

July 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Patrik-Ian Polk was born on July 29, 1973. He is an accomplished American film director, producer, screenwriter, singer, and actor. He is best known for creating works that explore the African American LGBTQ experience and relationships, including “Noah’s Arc” and “Blackbird.” Patrik-Ian Polk was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and showed an early passion for television and movies. He attended Brandeis University, where he was the arts editor of the college newspaper, and pursued his undergraduate degree in film and theater […]

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Dirg Aaab-Richards

July 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dirg Aaab-Richards was born on July 29, 1959. He is a respected Jamaican-British writer, human rights activist, and community builder. Dirg Aaab-Richards was born in Jamaica, the fifth of six children of John Richards, a retired builder, and the late Norma Chisholm Richards, a realtor and master gardener. He attended Stella Maris Preparatory School and the New Day Primary and Junior High School, all in Kingston, Jamaica. After his family relocated to the United Kingdom in 1969, he attended William Penn Secondary School […]

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