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Ethel Waters

October 31, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Ethel Waters was born on October 31, 1896 (to September 1, 1977). She was an American blues, jazz, and gospel vocalist. As an actress, Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the first Black woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award. Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, a result of the rape of her mother, Louise Anderson, at age 13 by John Waters, a pianist and family acquaintance from a mixed-race […]

Categories: All, October, October 31, Waters, Ethel • Tags: 1896, 1977, Ethel Waters, October 31, September 1, Ubuntu Biography Project

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George M. Johnson

October 31, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

George M. Johnson was born on October 31, 1985. He is a journalist and HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ activist. George Matthew Johnson was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, one of four children of Gregory Johnson, a police officer (now retired), and Kaye Johnson, a beautician. When he was 14, Johnson started working at a summer camp in Plainfield, even as he grappled with his sexuality and fitting in. “As a young boy, I struggled with what I was feeling inside,” Johnson […]

Categories: All, Johnson, George M., October, October 31 • Tags: 1985, George M. Johnson, October 31, Ubuntu Biography Project

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