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Janyce Jackson Jones

March 2, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Janyce Jackson Jones was born on March 2, 1951. She is a beloved mother, grandmother, wife, activist, community organizer, pastor, spiritual leader, and non-profit director. Born Janyce Lorraine Mills, she is a native of Ocala, Florida, the daughter of Alphonso Mills, and Etta Mae Jones. She was raised by her aunt and great grandparents until the age of thirteen, when she left to join her mother who was pursuing a career as a blues and jazz singer in New York City. She has three […]

Categories: All, Jones, Janyce Jackson, March, March 02 • Tags: 1951, Janyce Jackson Jones, March 2, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Ron Simmons

March 2, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Ron Simmons, Ph.D. was born on March 2, 1950. He is an educator, administrator, and photographer as well as an activist. Before retiring in 2016, Simmons served for 24 years as the president and chief executive officer of Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc. (UHU), one of the largest Black gay AIDS organizations in the United States. Isaiah Ronald Simmons was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Isaiah, a garment worker, and Duella, who was a factory worker. He grew up in the Van Dyke housing […]

Categories: All, March, March 02, Simmons, Ron • Tags: 1950, March 2, Ron Simmons, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Shelton Jackson

February 5, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Shelton Jackson was born on February 4, 1978 (to March 2, 2009). He was poet, author, HIV/AIDS educator and activist, inspiring LGBTQ advocate, and founder of a publishing firm. Shelton Samad Jackson was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of two drug addicted parents. He describes his father, the late Shelton Robert Williams, as a functioning addict who worked as a garbage man, and his mother, Lyndale Jackson, as a drug addict and an alcoholic who held sporadic jobs […]

Categories: All, February, February 04, Jackson, Shelton • Tags: 1978, 2009, February 4, March 2, Shelton Jackson, Ubuntu Biography Project

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