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Melvin Jay “Mel” Reynolds (1952- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 18, 2025 - Politician, scholar and professor, Mel Reynolds was born on January 8, 1952, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, to parents J.J. and Essie May Reynolds. Reynolds...
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield (1952- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 26, 2025 - Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the new United States Ambassador to the United Nations, a Cabinet-level post in the President Joseph Biden Administration. Born in...
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Louis T. Wright (1891-1952) | BlackPast.org
Dec 12, 2024 - Louis Tompkins Wright, medical researcher, war hero and political activist, was born to former slaves in La Grange, Georgia on July 23, 1891. He earned a...
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Evan B. Forde (1952- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 7, 2025 - An internationally-recognized oceanographer, Evan B. Forde became the first African American scientist to complete research dives in a submersible when he...
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