Shirley Anita Chisholm (née St. Hill) was born to Charles and Ruby St. Hill on November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents had immigrated from the Caribbean: her father, originally from British Guyana, settled in ...
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"Once in a lifetime, a man like that comes along … once in a lifetime."Audrey "Queen Mother" Moore, Black nationalist and activist
On November 29, 1908, in New Haven, Connecticut, Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie Shaffer Powell welcomed a ...
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