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Reggie Williams

April 29, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Reggie Williams was born on April 29, 1951 (to February 7, 1999). He was a health care professional, a charismatic community leader, a highly effective early activist for HIV prevention and treatment, and a caregiver and community builder who created lasting alliances with other communities and interests to achieve greater acceptance of the SGL/LGBT community of African descent. Reggie Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second oldest of nine children of Jean Carpenter Williams, and grew in the Washington Terrace […]

Categories: All, April, April 29, Williams, Reggie • Tags: 1951, 1999, April 29, February 7, Reggie Williams, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Luther Vandross

April 20, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Luther Vandross was born on April 20, 1951 (to July 1, 2005). He was an immensely popular singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold more than thirty million albums and won eight Grammy Awards. Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. was born at Bellevue Hospital in the New York City borough of Manhattan.  He was the fourth child and second son of Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross, Sr. The younger Vandross was raised on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in […]

Categories: All, April, April 20, Vandross, Luther • Tags: 1951, 2005, April 20, July 1, Luther Vandross, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Doug Robinson

March 26, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Doug Robinson was born on March 26, 1951. He is a longtime advocate for human rights, adoption and family rights, education and healthcare. Douglas Robinson is the son of Dan and Grace Robinson. The youngest of four children, Robinson grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family was the first to integrate the local YMCA, and Dougie—as he is known to family and close friends—was expected to be a model student. Active in the marching band, jazz band, […]

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Janyce Jackson Jones

March 2, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Janyce Jackson Jones was born on March 2, 1951. She is a beloved mother, grandmother, wife, activist, community organizer, pastor, spiritual leader, and non-profit director. Born Janyce Lorraine Mills, she is a native of Ocala, Florida, the daughter of Alphonso Mills, and Etta Mae Jones. She was raised by her aunt and great grandparents until the age of thirteen, when she left to join her mother who was pursuing a career as a blues and jazz singer in New York City. She has three […]

Categories: All, Jones, Janyce Jackson, March, March 02 • Tags: 1951, Janyce Jackson Jones, March 2, Ubuntu Biography Project

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E. Denise Simmons

October 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

E. Denise Simmons was born on October 2, 1951. She is serving her eighth two-year term on the Cambridge City Council (Massachusetts), and her second term as mayor of Cambridge. In 2008, she became the first openly lesbian African American mayor in the United States. A lifelong resident of Cambridge, Simmons attended public schools before receiving a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a master’s in Psychotherapy from Antioch College. In 1982, she established her […]

Categories: All, October, October 02, Simmons, E. Denise • Tags: 1951, E. Denise Simmons, October 02, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Sylvia Rivera

July 1, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

[Editor’s note: In response to input from our trans community, the following biography (and any applicable bios moving forward) has been edited from the original to remove all references to the honoree’s birth name.] Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2, 1951 (to February 19, 2002). She was an American transgender activist and a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance. She helped found Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group dedicated to helping […]

Categories: All, July, July 02, Rivera, Sylvia • Tags: 1951, Sylvia Rivera, Trans, Ubuntu Biography Project

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