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Sanford E. Gaylord

April 20, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Sanford E. Gaylord was born on April 20, 1965. He is an actor, award-winning writer, and creative activist. He has more than twenty years of expertise in the field of public health with expertise in social services, civic engagement, HIV biomedical/behavioral research, implementation of federal programs, and policy priority initiatives. Sanford E. Gaylord was born in Asheville, North Carolina, to Sanford Gaylord, an airman in the U.S. Air Force, and Joyce Newman-Gaylord, a homemaker. He is close to his sister, […]

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Robert Reid-Pharr

April 4, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Robert Reid-Pharr was born on April 4, 1965. He is an influential writer, critical essayist, and Distinguished and Presidential Professor of English and American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is considered an authority on both African American writing and twentieth century American literature, especially poetry, literary history, criticism, and theory. Robert Fitzgerald Reid-Pharr was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Robert Lyons Pharr and Joanna Reid Pharr. He attended Garinger High […]

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Curtis Lipscomb

March 23, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Curtis Lipscomb was born on March 23, 1965. He is a Black gay artist, publisher, scholar, community organizer, developer, advocate, mentor, devoted friend, and executive director of LGBT Detroit. Curtis Alexander Lipscomb was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Lester L. Lewis and Mary K. Salley. He attended and graduated from Cass Technical High School, where, under the direction of his beloved teacher, Marion Stephens, he excelled academically and was encouraged to pursue his creative dreams. Following high school, Lipscomb enrolled at […]

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Sherry D. Harris

February 27, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Sherry D. Harris was born on February 27, 1965. She is a groundbreaking former Seattle public official, engineer, scholar, writer, philosopher, teacher, and interpersonal relations consultant. Sherry D. Harris was born in one of Newark, New Jersey’s toughest neighborhoods, and is the daughter of Dorothy Harris, who was a loving single mom. She was an only child, and vividly recounts the 1967 riots that destroyed much of her neighborhood. Harris’ mother, Dorothy Harris, became her daughter’s role model with her […]

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Jamil Fletcher

January 5, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jamil Fletcher was born on January 5, 1965. The accomplished publisher of “SWERV” magazine is also an entrepreneur, community activist, and philanthropist. Jamil Ali Fletcher was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the beloved son of Wilbert and Betty Fletcher. Wilbert was a recognized community planner and activist, while Betty was a registered nurse who specialized in surgical services. The youngest of four children in a loving home, Jamil Fletcher grew up surrounded by talented siblings. His eldest brother, Wilbert, Jr., was […]

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Jide Macaulay

November 4, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jide Macaulay was born on November 4, 1965. He is a pastor and ordained minister, an LGBTQ, human rights, and HIV/AIDS activist, community builder, queer theologian, lawyer, and parent. Macaulay founded House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s first house of worship catering to the LGBTQ community, and currently serves as its executive director. Rowland Ayoola Babajide Macaulay was born in London, England. Macaulay’s father, August Olakunle Macaulay, is a theologian, principal, the founder of United Bible University, and the president of the Association of Christian Theologians in […]

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Keith Boykin

August 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Keith Boykin was born on August 28, 1965. He is a CNN political commentator, a New York Times best-selling author, assistant adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University, journalist, actor, and public speaker. Keith Boykin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to William Boykin, a bus driver, salesman and businessman, and Shirley Hayes, a federal government employee; he has a sister, Krystal. Although the couple separated when Boykin was just a boy, the family remained close, and Boykin was […]

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

Tag: 1965

Sanford E. Gaylord

Robert Reid-Pharr

Curtis Lipscomb

Sherry D. Harris

Jamil Fletcher

Jide Macaulay

Keith Boykin