Cheryl White is the nation’s first black female horse jockey. White was born on October 29, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Raymond White, was an African American horse trainer, and her mother, Doris, was a Polish American racehorse owner. The family owned 80 acres of land in Rome, Ohio, and several thoroughbred horses. White began riding when she was […]

Racialized immigrant parents in a study had to find ways to navigate the education system as newcomers, while also addressing intended and unintended effects of special education programs for their children. (Mche Lee/Unsplash) The Ontario Ministry of Education’s special education policy and resource guide provides instructions to school boards and schools on administering special education programs. It also emphasizes the […]

Offiong Ekanem Ejindu is a Nigerian architect, philanthropist, and businesswoman born in Ibadan, Nigeria in June 1962 to Professor Sylvester Joseph Una and Obonganwan Ekpa Una. Princess Fifi, reputedly a billionaire, is an influential philanthropist, “ranked as one of the African female pioneers in the fields of Architecture and Business,” as well as the great-granddaughter of King James Ekpo Bassey, […]

Gary Dwayne Payton II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. Payton II was born on December 1, 1992 to parents NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton and Monique James in Seattle, Washington. As a junior and senior playing college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers, Payton was named first-team ALL-Pac […]

Reggie ‘The Regginator’ Fils-Aimé, who spearheaded the creation of Nintendo Direct, is a first-generation American who was born on March 25, 1961, in New York City and reared on Long Island by Haïtien parents. A 1979 graduate of Brentwood High School, he received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in […]

Writer Gary Younge was born in January 1969 in Hertfordshire in England to Barbadian parents. He grew up in the town of Stevenage, which had a very small black population at the time. Gary and his two elder brothers, Pat and Wayne, were brought up by their mother, Reba, after his father, Patrick Younge, deserted the family home when Gary […]

Amar’e Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball player and coach, actor, and entrepreneur born in Lake Wales, Florida on November 16, 1982. After a successful career in the National Basketball Association, he moved to Israel to explore his Jewish identity. Stoudemire was born to Hazell and Carrie (née Palmorn) Stoudemire on November 16, 1982. The couple divorced when he was […]

Master guitarist, paralanguage hummer, and singer Joseph T. Spence was born on August 3, 1910, in Small Hope, Andros Island, Bahamas. Spence had one sister, Edith Pinder, who sang with him, and four half-brothers. However, there was no available information regarding the names of his parents or any offspring. His father was a preacher. When Spence was nine, his uncle, […]

American jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader Grant Green, who recorded more than 30 albums, was an only child born to John Green and Martha Green in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 6, 1935. Grant’s early music lessons on the guitar were from his father, who was also a guitarist who bought young Grant a Harmony guitar and amplifier at an […]

The Chicago Sit-In, also known as the Jack Spratt Coffee House Sit-In, occurred on May 15, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. The newly formed Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized the sit-ins at the Jack Spratt Coffee House in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The sit-in was inspired a year earlier, in 1942. One afternoon in 1942, members of […]