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Norris Herndon

July 15, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Norris Herndon was born on July 15, 1897 (to June 7, 1977). He was the second president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, founded by his father, Alonzo Herndon, in 1905. He was an important philanthropist, and an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first collegiate-level fraternal organization for African American men. Norris Bumstead Herndon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the only child of Alonzo Herndon, who had been born into slavery, and Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil, a graduate […]

Categories: All, Herndon, Norris, July, July 15 • Tags: 1897, 1977, July 15, June 7, Norris Herndon, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Rashod Ollison

July 15, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Rashod Ollison was born on July 15, 1977. He is an award-winning music and culture critic, journalist and gifted author. A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Rashod D. Ollison is the son of Raymond Ollison Jr., who was a factory worker for Reynold’s Aluminum, and Dianne Ollison, an executive assistant. Rashod and his two sisters grew up in Hot Springs and later Little Rock, Arkansas. He attended Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas, where he graduated in 1996. Following high […]

Categories: All, July, July 15, Ollison, Rashod • Tags: 1977, July 15, Rashod Ollison, Ubuntu Biography Project

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