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Nell Carter

September 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Nell Carter was born on September 13, 1948 (to January 23, 2003). The star of the hit NBC sitcom “Gimme a Break!” was an acclaimed actress and singer, honored with both a Tony and Emmy for her work. Nell Ruth Hardy was born in Birmingham, Alabama, one of nine children of Horace and Edna Mae Hardy. When Carter was two years old, her father was electrocuted after he stepped on a live power line. As a child, she began singing […]

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Alain LeRoy Locke

September 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Alain Locke was born on September 13, 1885 (to June 9, 1954). He was an important gay, Black writer, philosopher, scholar, and patron of the arts, who is often referred to as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance.” Locke was the first person of African descent to be named as a Rhodes Scholar. Alain LeRoy Locke was the only child of Pliny Locke and Mary Hawkins. Although his parents were both from “old-line Philadelphia families,” they remained engaged for 16 […]

Categories: All, Locke, Alain LeRoy, September, September 13 • Tags: 1885, 1954, Alain LeRoy Locke, June 9, September 13, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Jann Halexander

September 13, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Jann Halexander was born on September 13, 1982. He is a singer, musician, composer, actor, producer, blogger, and activist. Halexander was born Aurélien Makosso-Akendengué in Libreville, Gabon, the son of Léonard Makosso-Akendengué, a Gabonese diplomat, and Anne-Cécile Frébeau, a French national and a teacher of piano and philosophy. Both bi-racial and bisexual, Jann Halexander adopted his stage name from South African artist Jane Alexander, whose sculptures personify unique hybrid beings. Jann Halexander grew up in the Gabonese Republic, a West African nation which gained its freedom from French colonialism in 1960. He has lived in many […]

Categories: All, Halexander, Jann, September, September 13 • Tags: 1982, Jann Halexander, September 13, Ubuntu Biography Project

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