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Harlem Columbia Grad Ursula M. Burns First Black Woman CEO Of A Fortune 500 Company
Ursula M. Burns, born September 20, 1958, is an American businesswoman. She is the chairman of VEON, a senior advisor to Teneo, and a non-executive director of the beverage company Diageo since April 2018, among other directorships such as Uber. Continue Reading →
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Aretha Franklin, “The Queen Of Soul,” 1942 – 2018 (Video)
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter. Continue Reading →
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Theodore Stent, Harlem Doctor, Columbia Faculty Member, And Investor Passes
Theodore “Teddy” Robert Stent, M.D., passed away peacefully at 94 years of age on April 29, 2018, surrounded by his cherished wife Jean and his loving family reports a source. Continue Reading →
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Harlem’s Norman Rockwell, An American Master, 1894 – 1978
Central Harlem’s Norman Perceval Rockwell, February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978, was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. Continue Reading →
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Harlem Pastor Thomas Of Harlem’s Presbyterian Church, A Friend Of Dr. King And An Enemy Of Trotsky
Norman Mattoon Thomas, November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968 was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. Continue Reading →
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Harlem Columbia Grad Billionaire Man Robert F. Smith (Video)
Robert Frederick Smith, born December 1, 1962 -, graduated from Columbia Business School in West Harlem, is an American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist. Continue Reading →
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Harlem Native Dr. Paul G. Falkowski Wins Nobel Prize For The Environment
Dr. Paul G. Falkowski, born 1951, is an American biological oceanographer in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Continue Reading →
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Harlem’s Maya Angelou, America’s Best Autobiographer
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Maya Angelou born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called “America’s most visible black female autobiographer” by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. Continue Reading →
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“The New Negro: The Life Of Alain Locke,” Who Believed Art Was Key To Black Liberation
A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro – Continue Reading →
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Harlem’s Yaphet Frederick Kotto New York 1939 –
Yaphet Frederick Kotto, born November 15, 1939, is an American actor, known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. Continue Reading →
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Billy Dee Williams Born In Harlem NY 1937
William December “Billy Dee” Williams Jr., born in Harlem on April 6, 1937 -, is an American actor, artist, singer, and writer. Continue Reading →
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