The first African American mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, James C. Hayes was born in Sacramento, California on May 26, 1946. His parents were Caustella and Juanita Metoyer Hayes. In 1955, after his parents divorced, James and his mother relocated to Fairbanks, Alaska. As a teenager, James attended Austin E. Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. In 1964 he was a member […]

Jayne Kennedy Overton is a model, actress, and corporate spokeswoman. Kennedy was born Jayne Harrison on October 27, 1951, to Herbert and Virginia Harrison in Wickliffe, Ohio. She attended Wickliffe High School in Wickliffe, Ohio, and graduated in 1969. In 1970, Kennedy was crowned the 1970 Miss Ohio USA. Kennedy later competed in the Miss USA national contest that same […]

Jazz singer Betty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on May 16, 1929, in Flint, Michigan, to James Jones, a church musical director, and Bessie Jones, an active member of the NAACP. However, Betty was reared in Detroit and sang in the Hartford Avenue Baptist Church. At 16, she began singing in the choir at the Sidney D. Miller, a […]

Claude William Black Jr. was one of the most important advocates for civil rights and social justice in San Antonio, Texas. He was born on November 28, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas, to Claude William Black Sr., the Vice President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Cora Lee Word Black, a homemaker from Midway, Texas. Claude had a […]

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the first circuit ________________________________________ No. 20–1199. Argued October 31, 2022—Decided June 29, 2023 ________________________________________ Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States. Every year, tens […]