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Vincent Johnson

March 17, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Vincent Johnson was born on March 16, 1964. He is a personal training coach, a SilverSneakers coach, a group training specialist, a senior exercise specialist, and an entrepreneur. Vincent Dwayne Johnson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Corrine Fults, who was a homemaker. He attended South Shore High School, graduating in 1982. Following high school, Johnson enrolled at Robert Morris University, where he obtained his Master of Management degree with a major in higher education administration. He then […]

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Geofrey Mashala

March 12, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Geofrey Mashala was born on March 11, 1984. He is a respected Tanzanian human rights activist and empowerment program director. Geofrey Leonard Mashala was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s important commerce hub and Indian Ocean port. He is the son of Leonard Mashala, who was a certified accountant, and Elizabeth Mashala. Geofrey Mashala attended Baptist Secondary School, where he was a leader on the student government board as a minister of entertainment. He focused on arts courses at Midlands High School, before […]

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Dane Joseph

March 1, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dane Joseph was born on March 1, 1984.  He is an award-winning writer and producer. Dane Joseph is the son of Janice Harbin, a dentist, and Wayne Joseph, an orthodontist, of Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2002, and went on to pursue his Bachelor of Arts degree at Seton Hall University. Joseph followed up by earning his Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 2010, having earned a Seton Scholar Scholarship and graduating magna cum laude (with the Economics Honors […]

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Venton C. Hill-Jones

January 31, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Venton C. Hill-Jones was born on January 31, 1984. He is a community organizer, non-profit administrator, and a respected specialist in public health communications committed to advancing civil rights, equality, and social justice for the African American and LGBTQ communities. Venton Carlos Hill-Jones was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Venton Carlos Jones and Stephanie Miller. He has three siblings, LaTrice Jones, Ladonna Jones, and Erica Jones. Hill-Jones attended Lancaster High School, where he graduated in 2002. While in school, he […]

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Akil Patterson

January 23, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Akil Patterson was born on January 23, 1984. He is a government relations professional, consultant to Athlete Ally, five-time Greco-Roman, All-American wrestler, football player, coach, motivational speaker, and youth and social justice advocate. Akil Sadiki Patterson grew up in Buffalo, New York, one of four children born to Keith Patterson, a real estate broker and property manager, and Rhonda Patterson, a professor of health. Patterson says his parents are all the role models he ever needed, and that they raised their family with little money while his mother attended […]

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Dwight Allen O’Neal

January 9, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dwight Allen O’Neal was born on January 9, 1984. He is a model, actor, producer, celebrity makeup artist, and LGBTQ activist. Dwight Allen O’Neal was born the youngest of three children in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Dwight O’Neal, who is a cowboy, and his mother, Christell O’Neal, who works in the medical field. He attended John L. McClellan Magnet High School, where he graduated with honors in 2002. O’Neal was active as the vice president of the student council, the treasurer of […]

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Antron-Reshaud Olukayode

November 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

On September 14, 2017, Ubuntu Biography Project honoree Antron-Reshaud Olukayode had an Instagram chat with the Project’s Mark Zustovich, expressing how grateful he was that the biographies and Stephen Maglott’s legacy would live on. The next day, we sent an email to Antron-Reshaud, providing instructions on how to update his bio, and with the note: “You don’t have to update now, since your birthday is in April, but this will give you a jump.” As it would turn out, we […]

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Dennis Wamala

October 27, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dennis Wamala was born on October 27, 1984. He is director of programs at IceBreakers Uganda (IBU), and a human rights activist who is passionate about the lives, livelihoods, and health of LGBTI people around the world. Wamala Dennis Mawejje was born in Kampala, Uganda. During his schooling, Wamala was active in clubs, and held several leadership positions. He attended Busoga College Mwiri in Jinja, Uganda, and received his bachelors of economics at Makerere University in Kampala. Wamala is inspired […]

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Jimmy Daniels

June 28, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jimmie Daniels died on June 29, 1984. He was an acclaimed cabaret performer, actor, model, nightclub host and owner. Daniels’ music primarily included the songs of the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and Harold Arlen. He worked in New York, Paris, London and Monaco. James Lesley Daniels was born in Laredo, Texas, in 1908, but grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the 1920s, he left Arkansas for New York at the height of the Harlem Renaissance to attend […]

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Laverne Cox

May 29, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Laverne Cox was born on May 29 (some sources cite birth year as 1984, others as 1972). She is an actress and LGBTQ advocate who became the first openly transgender person to be featured on the cover of “Time” magazine, and the first nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. Laverne Cox was born a twin in Mobile, Alabama, and raised by her single mother, Gloria, and grandmother. Cox attempted suicide at the age of 11, and […]

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Lena Waithe

May 17, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Lena Waithe was born on May 17, 1984. She is an actress, producer, and screenwriter who made history in 2017 by becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Lena Waithe was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised on the city’s South Side. Her parents divorced when she was only three. From an early age, Waithe knew she wanted to write for television, a dream supported by her single mother and […]

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Monica Motley

April 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Dr. Monica Motley was born on April 23, 1984. She is a self-described Black, lesbian, and gender-fluid scholar, activist, scientist, daughter, and lover that fights for and believes in the lived experience and best quality of life for people residing in small cities, towns, and rural areas. Dr. Monica Motley was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the daughter of Dr. Fred Motley, an activist, artist, writer, and poet, and Rev. Dr. Virginia Motley, an ordained minister, activist, and retired […]

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Terrance Laney

March 6, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Terrance Laney was born on March 6, 1984. He is an accomplished organizer, activist, and political operative. Laney’s work has centered on building movement to win policy changes for Black people, particularly the LGBTQ/SGL community. Terrance Laney was born in McDonough, Georgia to Denise Mains and Danny Laney, and was raised by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Tanner. As a child, he was deeply impacted by issues surrounding his sexual orientation, and the pressures caused by growing up in poverty and […]

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