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David Allan Blair

September 20, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

David Alan Blair was born on September 19, 1967 (to July 23, 2011). He was an award winning multi-faceted artist, poet, singer-songwriter, writer, performer, musician, community activist, and teacher. Known simply as “Blair,” David Alan Blair was one of five children born to Hildegard Blair and the late Herbert Blair, and grew up in Newton, New Jersey. Detroit, Michigan became his adopted home, beginning in the 1990s, and he often claimed he was “made in Detroit.” He loved the Motor […]

Categories: All, Blair, David Alan, September, September 19 • Tags: 1967, 2011, David Alan Blair, July 23, September 19, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Charles H. Allen III

July 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

The Honorable Charles H. Allen III, was born on July 23, 1953 (to February 17, 2008). He was a leading political and community leader in New Haven, Connecticut. Known as “Chuck” to his many friends and constituents, Charles H. Allen III was born and raised in New Haven, attended New Haven public schools, and graduated from The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Connecticut, and […]

Categories: All, Allen III, Charles H., July, July 23 • Tags: 1953, 2008, Charles H. Allen III, February 17, July 23, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Ruth C. Ellis

July 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Ruth C. Ellis was born on July 23, 1899 (to October 5, 2000). She was a remarkably inspiring advocate for civil rights, gender equity, and gay and lesbian equality in the later years of the 20th century. Ruth Charlotte Ellis was born in Springfield, Illinois, the only daughter and youngest of four children of Charlie Ellis and Carrie Farro Ellis. Ellis’ mother, like her husband, was born into slavery; she died when Ellis was only a teen. Around the time […]

Categories: All, Ellis, Ruth C., July, July 23 • Tags: 1899, 2000, July 23, October 5, Ruth C. Ellis, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Carl Phillips

July 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Carl Phillips was born on July 23, 1959. He is a celebrated American writer and translator, the highly acclaimed author of 13 collections of poetry, and has served as the Professor of English at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. His thirteenth book of poetry, “Reconnaissance,” was released in September 2015, and he has a new book of poems, “Wild Is the Wind,” coming out in January 2018. Carl Phillips, Jr. was born into a military family in Everett, Washington, […]

Categories: All, July, July 23, Phillips, Carl • Tags: 1959, Carl Phillips, July 23, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Kalup Linzy

July 23, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Kalup Linzy was born on July 23, 1977. He is an acclaimed American video and performance artist whose humor, social criticism, and compelling satire have caught the attention of the art world and audiences on every continent. Kalup Donte Linzy was born in Clermont, Florida, to the late Samuel Avant, Sr., who was a farmer, and his mother, Constance Linzy, who struggled with schizophrenia, and later, drug addiction. He was raised in Stuckey, Florida, in a close-knit rural community by […]

Categories: All, July, July 23, Linzy, Kalup • Tags: 1977, July 23, Kalup Linzy, Ubuntu Biography Project

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