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Clara Ward

April 21, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Clara Ward was born on April 21, 1924 (to January 16, 1973). She was a beloved gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. Clara Mae Ward was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, evangelist Gertrude Ward, founded the Ward Singers in 1931 as a family group. The group’s name continuously evolved, and included The Consecrated Gospel Singers, The Famous Ward Singers of Philadelphia, or The […]

Categories: All, April, April 21, Ward, Clara • Tags: 1924, 1973, April 21, Clara Ward, January 16, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Bobby Short

September 15, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Bobby Short was born on September 15, 1924 (to March 21, 2005).  He was a Grammy Award-nominated cabaret star, pianist, and scholar best known for his interpretations of songs by popular composers of the first half of the 20th century, such as Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Fats Waller, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward, George and Ira Gershwin, and Billy Strayhorn. Robert Waltrip “Bobby” Short was born in Danville, Illinois, the ninth of ten children. […]

Categories: All, September, September 15, Short, Bobby • Tags: 1924, 2005, Bobby Short, March 21, September 15, 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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