Exhibit of Artwork by Yvette Hardy and Irene M. Epie
March 4 - April 24, 2006
Opening Reception: March 4, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
Kiaca Gallery
941 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43201
(614) 298-0028 ...
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Ruby Dee
(Ruby Ann Wallace)
actress
Born: 10/27/1924
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Emmy Award-winning stage, film and television actress whose Broadway and Off-Broadway performances include A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Purlie Victorious (1961) ...
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Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo” (Daniel Louis Armstrong), 1901–1971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. New Orleans. He learned to play the cornet in the band of the Waif's Home in New Orleans, and after playing with Kid Ory's orch ...
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Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944–, African-American political activist, b. Birmingham, Ala. She taught philosophy (1969–70) at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her membership in the Communist party ...
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Aaron, Henry Louis (Hank Aaron), 1934–, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder noted for his powerful wrists, Aaron was among the first blacks to play a full career in the major leagues (1954–76). In 1974 he broke Babe Ruth's lege ...
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Angelou, Maya , 1928–, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess (1954–55), then sang in New York City nightclubs, joined the Harlem Writers Guild, and t ...
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Owens, Jesse, 1913–80, U.S. track star, b. Alabama. He was also called John Cleveland Owens, although his original name was said to be simply J. C. Owens. After his family moved to Cleveland he excelled at track and field events in high school. He wo ...
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The USDA Forest Service is committed to ensuring that its future work force reflects our nation's increasingly diverse labor force. Thus, the National Multicultural Recruitment Initiative Program at Alabama A&M University is one strategy the USDA F ...
Posted Monday, February 20th 2006 at 6:16PM
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Gibson, Althea , 1927–2003, African-American tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national black women's singles championships. She was the first African American to play in the U.S. grass court championships at For ...
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Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth, 1917–2000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans. She grew up in the slums of Chicago and lived in that city until her death. Brooks's poems, technically accomplished and written in a variety of forms including quatrains, free v ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2006 at 9:04AM
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Mitchell, Arthur, 1934–, American dancer, b. New York City. Mitchell studied in New York City and appeared on Broadway and with various companies at home and abroad. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1956, becoming a soloist in 1959. The first bl ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2006 at 8:50AM
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Billie Henderson is a Tennessee State University student and model who was seriously injured in a car accident and has been hospitalized since Jan.9th.
A benefit is being held in her honor on Feb.18,2006. The benefit will take place on Tennessee St ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2006 at 2:56PM
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Simmons, Ruth, 1945–, American educator and college president, b. Grapeland, Tex., grad. Dillard Univ. (B.A., 1967) and Harvard (A.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1973). As a scholar she was primarily concerned with the francophone literature of Africa and the Cari ...
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Second Ebenezer Church
presents their: Ninth Annual City-Wide
Historically Black Colleges and Universities College Fair
For Grades 8-12
Theme: “Knowledge Is Power"
Saturday, April 1, 2006 - 8 AM
Second Ebenezer Church
2760 E. Grand Blvd. @ ...
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