Afro-Asian
Afro-Asian or African-Asians are of mixed heritage, Asian and African. AKA Blasian.
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Founded by artist Latosha Stone in 2013, the skateboarding lifestyle brand Proper Gnar is experiencing a precipitous rise in popularity and product orders following its recent feature on performing artist Beyoncé Knowles’ Black Parade Directory of Black Owned Businesses.
Read more "Proper Gnar"Amanda Gorman born 1998. First person to be named “National Youth Poet Laureate”.
Thelma Harper
Thelma Harper 1940 – 2021. First Black Woman elected to the Tennessee legislature in 1989.
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Cheri Beasley born in 1966, in 1989 became the the first Black woman to be Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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François Clemmons born 1945 best known as “Officer Clemmons” on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
Read more "François Clemmons"Ianne Fields Stewart
Ianne Fields Stewart Black, queer, transfeminine storyteller in theatre/activism.
Read more "Ianne Fields Stewart"Wilmington Massacre of 1898
White supremicist riot in Wilmington, NC in 1898.
Read more "Wilmington Massacre of 1898"Lorna Mahlock
Lorna Mahlock born 1969, first Black women to become a US Marine Corps General officer.
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Baby Esther born Esther Lee Jones 1918 – 1921, date of death unknown. Singer and child entertainer in the 1920s.
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