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Carmen McRae

April 8, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Carmen McRae was born on April 8, 1920 (to November 10, 1994). She was jazz vocalist, composer, pianist, and actress, and one of the most influential jazz stylists of the 20th century. McRae recorded more than 60 albums, and performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Carmen Mercedes McRae was born in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem to Jamaican immigrant parents, Osmond and Evadne McRae. She was fortunate enough to have been raised by a family prosperous […]

Categories: All, April, April 08, McRae, Carmen • Tags: 1920, 1994, April 8, Carmen McRae, November 10, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Thomas Glave

November 10, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Thomas Glave was born on November 10, 1964. He is an award-winning Jamaican-American essayist and author who is also widely respected as an influential cultural critic. Thomas Glave was born in the Baychester section of the Bronx, and lived there with his parents, but was frequently shuttled to family in Kingston, Jamaica, in the hope that he would be “as much Jamaican as American.” Both he and his late sister were educated in private and Catholic schools in New York […]

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Skye O’neal Adrian

November 9, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Skye O’neal Adrian was born on November 10, 1995. He is an LGBTQ youth advocate and HIV prevention activist based in New York City. Born in St. Andrew, Jamaica, Adrian came to New York City in 2015 to be with his parents, but was kicked out after he came out to them as gay. “I felt like when I came from Jamaica I was running from one problem and came to a whole other world of problems,” he told “Metro” […]

Categories: Adrian, Skye O'neal, All, November, November 10 • Tags: November 10, Skye O'neal Adrian, Ubuntu Biography Project

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