Virginia Hamilton
March 12, 1934 . February 19, 2002
Hamilton was raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio. This area has been the home to her mother’s side of the family since the late 1850s, where Virginia’s grandfather Levi Perry, was brought there as an infant on the Underground Railroad. As an adolescent, Hamilton graduated at the top of her high school class, where she received a full scholarship to Antioch College in Ohio. She transferred to Ohio State University and majored in literature & creative writing. It wasn’t too long after, that Virginia Hamilton relocated to New York City, pursuing her aspirations of being a published writer. Hamilton attended the New School for Social Research to study fiction writing.
While devoting her efforts to writing, she met poet Arnold Doff, whom she married in 1960. Virginia Hamilton has written and published 41 books in several genres from picture books to biographies. She has been deemed America’s MOST honored writer of books for children.
Roy Wilkins
August 30, 1901- September 8, 1981
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Roy Wilkins was raised by his aunt and uncle in St. Paul, Minnesota. He worked as a journalist for the Minnesota Daily and as an editor of the African-American newspaper, St. Paul Appeal.
In 1923, he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a sociology degree. After graduating, he became the editor of the Kansas City Call. In 1929, he married social worker Aminda Badeau. Roy Wilkins was an active member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People); in 1931- 1934.. he was the assistant NAACP secretary under Walter Francis White. When W.E.B. Dubois left in 1934, Wilkins replaced him as editor of Crisis, the NAACP official magazine.
In 1950, Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Arnold Aronson found the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. LCCR has become the first civil rights coliaiton and coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957. He continued with success in the following years: 1955- ames the executive secretary (title changed to executive director in 1964) of the NAACP and in 1967- awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon Johnson.
Akua Lezli Hope
The million dollar question is… when was Akua Hope born?? If you find out… please let me know! Anywho….
Hope was born in Manhattan and raised in New York City. In her length of degrees she holds a Bachelors’ in Psychology from William College, a Masters’ in marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and a Master of Science in Jurisprudence in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
As a founding section leader in the Poetry Forum on Compuserve, she has won severa fellowships such as: Two Artist from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Ragdale United-States Africa, and Creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts. You may find Akua Hope published in numerous amount of magazines and national anthologies including Dark Matter: Anthology of African American Science Fiction, The Blue Light corner, etc.
Matthew Gaines
August 4, 1980- June 11, 1900
Senator and Baptist Preacher, Matthew Gaines, was born on August 4, 1840 as a slave. He escaped to freedom twice, but each time he was caught and returned to slavery. It was there, in the Fredericksburg area, he remained until the end of the Civil War.
Later settling in Burton, where he established himself as a black leader (as minister and politician). During reconstruction, Matthew Gaines was elected as senator to represent the 16th district in Texas legislature. He served in legislature from 1870- 1900.
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