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Jericho Brown

April 14, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jericho Brown was born on April 14, 1976. He is an award-winning poet and beloved college professor, LGBTI activist, and community builder. Jericho Brown was born Nelson Demery, III in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Nelson Demery, Jr. and Neomia Lenoir Demery, who made their living cutting lawns and cleaning homes and other buildings. His sister is the filmmaker, Nequella Demery. Because of his family moving so often and his own behavior, Brown was expelled several times, attending five grade schools and two middle schools. […]

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Darnell L. Moore

January 24, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Darnell L. Moore was born on January 24, 1976. He is a writer, activist, editor-at-large at CASSIUS, and formerly a senior correspondent at Mic, where he hosted “The Movement,” a digital series focused on issues of social, cultural, and political importance. Moore is the author of the forthcoming memoir, “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America” (Nation Books, 2018). Darnell L. Moore grew up in a single-parent home in Camden, New Jersey, with his hardworking and loving mother, […]

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Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga

December 2, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga, known by many as Mleuben Maccarthy, was born on December 2, 1976. He is Christian teacher and pastor in Uganda who founded and serves as executive director of St. Paul’s Voice Centre of Uganda (SPAVOC). Rev. Mukajanga has been committed to the LGBTI in struggle in Uganda, including human rights and HIV/AIDS health advocacy. Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga grew up in a village setting in the Kiruhura district with family and neighbors that were supporting, but […]

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Waddie Grant

August 25, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Waddie Grant was born on August 25, 1976. He is a community advocate, event producer, and blogger of The G-Listed. We look forward to publishing his biography in 2018.

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Jericho Brown

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Rev. Patrick Leuben Mukajanga

Waddie Grant