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Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.

August 8, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., was born on August 8, 1952 (to January 16, 1997). He was a highly educated engineer and urban planner who distinguished himself as a leading African American art dealer, historian, celebrated art broker, philanthropist, and archivist. His Evans-Tibbs Collection, featured in a Smithsonian Institution exhibit, was hailed as one of the most important private collections of African American art ever assembled. Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. was a lifelong resident of Washington, DC, where he was raised […]

Categories: All, August, August 08, Tibbs, Thurlow Evans • Tags: 1952, 1997, August 08, January 16, Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Juliet P. “JP” Howard

August 8, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Juliet P. Howard, a.k.a. JP Howard, was born on August 8. She is a Black lesbian poet, author, educator, activist, wife, “mama,” and curator of Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Howard is also a Cave Canem graduate fellow. Howard was born in New York City to Adolphus Cornelius Howard, a security guard, and Ruth King, a well-known Harlem runway and print model in the 1940s and 1950s, and a clerical supervisor in the New York Courts. “I grew up […]

Categories: All, August, August 08, Howard, Juliet P. "JP" • Tags: August 08, JP Howard, Juliet P. Howard, Ubuntu Biography Project

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