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Donald Agarrat

February 22, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Donald Agarrat was born on February 22, 1970 (to September 14, 2013). He was a popular Harlem photographer, afrofuturist, technologist, artist, beloved activist, website designer, entrepreneur, musician, and deejay. Donald Andrew Agarrat was born in Hollis, Queens, the son of Delores and Henry Agarrat. He attended various schools and graduated from the talented and gifted program at Eleanor Roosevelt High School of Greenbelt, Maryland in 1988. Agarrat furthered his studies at the University of Maryland in College Park, and immersed […]

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LaWana Mayfield

January 9, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

LaWana Mayfield was born on January 9, 1970. She is a respected community activist, LGBTQ leader, equality advocate, and an admired public servant who was re-elected to serve her fourth term representing the residents of Charlotte, North Carolina’s Third District on the City Council. LaWana Mayfield was born in Ruston, Louisiana to the late Daniel Slack, who was a construction worker, and her mother, the late Ruth Marsh, a teacher who worked for Miami-Dade 311 and was a homemaker. She […]

Categories: All, January, January 09, Mayfield, LaWana • Tags: 1970, January 9, LaWana Mayfield, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Diana King

November 8, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Diana King was born on November 8, 1970. She is a singer and songwriter perhaps best known for her hit 1995 single, “Shy Guy,” and her remake of “I Say a Little Prayer,” which was featured on the “My Best Friend’s Wedding” soundtrack. In 2012, King became the first Jamaican artist to come out publicly as LGBTQ. Diana Eugena King was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, to an Afro-Jamaican father and Indo-Jamaican mother. Growing up, King had a variety of […]

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Charles M. Blow

August 11, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Charles M. Blow was born on August 11, 1970. He is a widely respected columnist for “The New York Times,” a knowledgeable political and social critic, and a CNN commentator. He has also appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and HBO. Charles McRay Blow grew up the last of five brothers in rural and segregated Gibsland, a predominantly Black small town in northern Louisiana. At the age of seven, he was sexually molested by an older male […]

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