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“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” Psalms‬ ‭51:10-12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!“ 2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭NIV

When walking into your new life with God, you have to clean the house. You can’t hold on to traditions that are not rooted in Christ. Renew a fresh spirit. God wants to restore you to the original greatness He created in you. God will remove the impurities from your mind, body, and soul. Seek God First, study His Word, pray, praise, worship, repent, listen, celebrate, meditate, observe, believe, ask, surrender, fellowship, forgive, give, and be grateful and obedient.

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Cheslie Corrinne Kryst (April 28, 1991 – January 30, 2022) was a television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2019. She was an attorney and a correspondent for Extra (2009-22). She was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards.

She was born in Jackson, Michigan, to an African-American mother and a Polish-American father. She had four brothers and a sister. Her mother, April Simpkins, competed in pageantry and was crowned Mrs. North Carolina US when she was a child. The family moved from Michigan to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was young and settled in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where attended Northwestern High School. The family moved to Fort Mill, South Carolina, after transferring to Fort Mill High School.

After high school, she moved to Columbia, South Carolina, and attended the Honors College at the University of South Carolina. She graduated cum laude from the Darla Moore School of Business with a BS in Marketing and Human Resource Management. She was a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, the Gamecocks women’s track and field team, and the mock trial.

She enrolled in Wake Forest University School of Law, graduating with a JD/MBA.

She was licensed to practice law in both North Carolina and South Carolina and began working as an attorney in civil litigation at Poyner Spruill LLP. She worked pro bono not only for clients who were low-level drug offenders but with Brittany K. Barnett of the Buried Alive Project, to free a client sentenced to life imprisonment. She was the founder of the fashion blog White Collar Glam, dedicated to helping women dress professionally in white-collar jobs.

She interviewed actor Terrence Howard and broke the news that he was retiring from acting after the final season of Empire. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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The Watts Truce was a peace agreement among rival Blood and Crips street gangs mainly in the neighborhood of Watts. The Watts Truce occurred days before the Rodney King Riots. This truce was a significant factor in the decline of street violence in Los Angeles after the 1990s. The Crips Street Gang was founded by Raymond Lee Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams. Several independent gangs, including the Brims, Pirus, Bishops, Bounty Hunters, Athens Park Gang, and Denver Lanes, created a coalition to fight back against them. That coalition became the Bloods.

Both groups recruited members heavily in South Central Los Angeles, Watts, and in neighboring Compton. As both gangs grew into thousands of members, the war between the two gangs intensified, going from fist fighting to using guns during gang feuds. The introduction of crack cocaine and the gangs’ access to high-power weapons intensified the conflict. The two gangs had a combined membership of more than 50,000.

A peace summit was organized by Rev. Charles Mims Jr. Nation of Islam leader Louis Abdul Farrakhan came to Los Angeles and made his “Stop the Killing” speech. He made a second speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, where hundreds of Bloods and Crips members were in attendance, but the intergang violence continued.

Blood and Crip gangs from the Watts neighborhood came together to negotiate a peace. Four gangs had significant involvement in the truce. The Bounty Hunters Bloods from the Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects, Grape Street Watts Crips from the Jordan Downs Housing Projects, Hacienda Village Bloods from the Hacienda Village Projects, and PJ Watts Crips from the Imperial Courts Housing Projects. On April 28, 1992, a peace treaty was established among the gangs. The rival gangs vowed to challenge police brutality and reduce violence in their communities.

Richard “Tweedy Bird Loc” Johnson and Ron “Ronnie Ron” Phillps produced a hip hop studio album, Bangin on Wax by Bloods and Crips. The album features the singles “Piru Love,” “Steady Dippin,” and “Bangin on Wax.” Bangin on Wax sold over 500,000 units and was certified gold. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Iyeoka Okoawo (born April 28, 1975) is a Nigerian-American poet, recording artist, singer, activist, educator, and TEDGlobal Fellow. Her music includes elements from soul, R&B, rock, hip-hop, and jazz.

A first-generation Nigerian-American, she was a practicing pharmacist before launching her musical career.

She began her musical career by founding the group The Rock by Funk Tribe, a collective of musicians that enabled her to interweave her poetry with jazz, blues, funk, and gospel. She released her first solo full-length album of poem songs, called Black and Blues, through Phanai Records. Then she began to tour and appeared on other artists’ albums, including The Press Project’s Get Right album and Memoirs of the Tempo by Tempo Valley.

She released her second album of poetry and music fusion, Hum The Bass Line, again on Phanai Records. She made a cover of U2's hit song “Desire” for a compilation of U2 covers called In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2. The album featured Grammy Award-winning/nominated African artists, including Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Vieux Farka Touré, Vusi Mahlasela, and the Soweto Gospel Choir.

She released her new album, Say Yes, containing nine songs and two poems, through the Underground Sun artist development company. The first song, “The Yellow Brick Road Song”, was featured in an episode of How To Make It in America. “The Yellow Brick Road Song” is being used as the theme song for the series “Fairly Legal”.

She was nominated in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for her song “This Time Around” in the R&B Song category.

She is touring in support of the new album and her poetry. She has toured in support of artists such as Femi Kuti, Zap Mama, and Soulive, as well as playing at musical festivals, including Bonnaroo. The buzz surrounding her poetry has garnered her national attention through performances at the TBS Trumpet Awards, the Sullivan Honors Awards at the Kennedy Center, and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Isaac Thompson Carree III (born April 28, 1973) is a gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1990, with the Gospel legend John P. Kee, yet his solo career commenced in 2011, with the release of Uncommon Me by Sovereign Agency. His second album, Reset, was released by Door 6 in 2013. Both albums charted on The Billboard 200 along with chartings on the Gospel Albums and Independent Albums charts.

He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina as Isaac Thompson Carree III to Pastor Nancy Wilson of New Beginnings Community Outreach Church in Greensboro and father Isaac Thompson Carree, Jr.

His music career got started in the early 1990s as a member of New Life Community Choir, being featured on the song “Wave It Away.” He left the NLCC to begin work with the gospel music group Men of Standard, a group that has recorded five projects that charted on Billboard’s Gospel Albums Chart. He won a Stellar Award for his debut solo album. The album charted on all three of the aforementioned chart with the album placing at #41 on The Billboard 200, #1 on the Gospel Albums, and Independent Albums at #10.

He is married to Dietra, and they have a daughter, a son, and a daughter together. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Gabriel Casseus (born April 28, 1972) is an actor and screenwriter from Roosevelt, New York.

He was born in New York City and is of Haitian descent.

He was nominated for the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in the film New Jersey Drive. He has appeared in the films Get on the Bus, Fallen, and Black Dog.

He had roles as pool-playing Freddie in Before I Self Destruct (2009), as Elliot’s cellmate in Bedazzled, and as Army Ranger Kurth in Black Hawk Down.

He has appeared on television shows including Grey’s Anatomy, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Practice, Law & Order, and 24. He is a co-writer of Takers. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966) known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort) is a rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip hop, he was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late 1980s. His lyrics were often based on pimping and promiscuity, but drug culture and street survival; exemplified respectively in his most popular singles “Blow the Whistle” and “The Ghetto.” He is one of few acts to have worked with both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. during the height of their respective careers.

A pioneer of West Coast rap, he began recording in 1983.

He was born and grew up in Los Angeles, and he and his family moved to Oakland. He was a drummer in the band at Fremont High School in Oakland.

He along with a high school friend Freddy B produced custom songs locally on cassette for people in Oakland and the Bay Area. In 1985, he started his solo career and released his debut album, Don’t Stop Rappin’ on Oakland record label 75 Girls Records And Tapes. He and Freddie B. formed the label Dangerous Music to regionally distribute his music, and with others formed rap group the Dangerous Crew. Dangerous Music became Short Records, and then Up All Nite Records.

He came out of retirement, he released new albums You Nasty (2000), Chase the Cat (2001), What’s My Favorite Word? (2002), and Married to the Game (2003).

For his next album, Blow the Whistle (2006), he now took advantage of the new Hyphy rap music that was emerging out of his original home base in Oakland. This saw somewhat of a resurgence for Too Short as it peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200, much better than each of his previous three releases.

He runs his record label—Up All Nite Records. Artists on the label include the Pack, Dolla Will, Boo Ski, Li’l J & Boi Payton, and FX. He has been a mentor at Youth UpRising, a group serving at-risk youths for several years. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Judge Paulette Brown (born April 28, 1951) is the first African American woman and the first woman of color to head the American Bar Association. She was born in Baltimore to Wilbur Brown and Thelma Brown. She graduated from Howard University with a BA in Political Science and earned a JD at the Seton Hall University School of Law.

She worked for Fortune 500 companies including Prudential Insurance and National Steel Corporation. She left to establish a private firm. She co-founded Brown & Childress in East Orange, New Jersey, and expanded it to a 13-lawyer firm: Brown, Lofton, Childress & Wolfe. She was a partner at the firm of Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP in Newark. She joined Locke Lord LLP in Morristown. She served as the firm’s chief diversity officer and a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice.

She was elected to a three-year term as president of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey. She was elected president of the National Bar Association. She took a delegation to South Africa to monitor its first democratic, multiracial post-apartheid elections. She served for fifteen years as a municipal court judge in Plainfield, New Jersey. She successfully sued the city of Plainfield for $100,000 for violating her civil rights when she was arrested on an invalid warrant for criminal trespass.

She has been an active member of the American Bar Association. She was a state delegate in the Young Lawyer’s Division. She chaired the ABA’s Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice and was co-chair of the Commission on Civic Education in the Nation’s Schools. She became the first African American woman and the third African American president of ABA.

She served as president of the YWCA of Central New Jersey, a member of the Board of Visitors of Seton Hall University, and an Advocate for the Boys & Girls Club. She has been identified by U.S. News as one of America’s “Best Lawyers” and Ebony magazine’s “Power 100.” #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #deltasigmatheta

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Francine “Peaches” Hurd Barker (born April 28, 1947 - August 13, 2005) was born in DC and received the name “Peaches” during her childhood. The duo Peaches and Herb was created in 1966. There have been a series of female vocalists who have followed her as “Peaches” including Marlene Mackle. Mackle returned in 2011 and remains part of the duo.

The duo has experienced a successful career with a string of hit singles and albums, beginning with the single “Let’s Fall in Love” which peaked at #21 on the Billboard 100 Chart and #11 on the R&B chart. They released four compositions: “Close Your Eyes,” which reached #8 on the Billboard 100 chart and #4 on the R&B chart; “For Your Love,” #20 on the Billboard 100 and #10 on R&B; “Love Is Strange,” which reached #13 on the Billboard 100 and #16 on the R&B chart, while “Two Little Kids” peaked at #32 on the Billboard 100 and #25 on the R&B chart. The single “The Ten Commandments of Love” from Peaches & Herb’s Greatest Hits album peaked at #55 on Billboard and #25 on R&B.

They released “Shake Your Groove Thing” which peaked at #26 on the Billboard 100 and remained there for 10 weeks, becoming their first 1 million seller. They reached the top of the charts again with the single “Reunited” from the album 2 Hot. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 100 chart waited there for 13 weeks and became both their second 1 million-selling record and their biggest hit.

They released a third album, Twice the Fire, which reached #31 on the Billboard album chart. The ballad “I Pledge My Love” from that album was their first international hit, reaching #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, #2, in Canada, and #19 on the US Billboard chart.

“Shake Your Groove Thing” returned to the charts, reaching #99 on the Billboard 100 but remained charted for only one week. It reached #123 in the UK. This was the last charted hit for the duo.

Herb Fame and Wanda Makle continue to perform soul and R&B, maintaining the legacy of Peaches and Herb. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Madge Dorita Sinclair (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me, Convoy, Coming to America, Trapper John, M.D., she received three Emmy nominations for her work on the show and Roots for which she received her first nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa’s wife, and Simba’s mother, in The Lion King. A five-time Emmy Award nominee, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series for her role as Empress Josephine in Gabriel’s Fire.

She studied at Shortwood College for Women. She worked as a teacher in Jamaica. She left for New York to pursue her career in acting. She began acting with Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre. She portrayed Clytemnestra in the New York Shakespearean Festival production of The Wedding of Iphigenia.

She made her film debut as Mrs. Scott in Conrack, a role which earned her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.

She played the role of Lally in The Orchid House and received critical praise for her supporting role in Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted. She came to London to appear on stage at the Cochrane Theatre in The Lion. She played a supporting role in Me and the Boys. In her brief role as the captain of the USS Saratoga in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, is commonly cited as the first female Starfleet starship captain to appear in Star Trek. She played Geordi La Forge’s mother, captain of the USS Hera, in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Interface”. Her final acting role was in an episode of the sitcom Dream On, which first aired one month before her death. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Dr. Olatunji Akin Euba (April 28, 1935 – April 14, 2020), was a Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist.

He received a BA and MA from UCLA. He held a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Ghana, Legon.

He was a professor and director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of Lagos and served as a senior research fellow at the University of Ife in Nigeria. He served as head of music at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was a research scholar and artist in residence at IWALEWA House, the African studies center of the University of Bayreuth in Germany. He was the Andrew Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Emeritus in music; the founder and director of the Centre for Intercultural Music Arts, London, and director emeritus of the Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

His scholarly interests included the musicology and ethnomusicology of modern interculturalism. He organized regular symposia on music in Africa and the Diaspora at Churchill College, Cambridge as well as the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. These events featured such notable composers and scholars as J. H. Kwabena Nketia and Halim El-Dabh. With his Elekoto Ensemble, he brought together musicians from Nigeria, China, India, Germany, Malta, and the US.

His compositions involve a synthesis of African traditional material and contemporary classical music. His most ambitious composition is the opera Chaka: An Opera in Two Chants, which blends West African percussion and atenteben flutes with a twelve-tone technique. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Calvin Coolidge Hernton (April 28, 1932 - September 30, 2001) poet, author, teacher, mentor, and literary critic was born in Chattanooga to Virgil and Magnolia Jackson Hernton. He is known for his seminal work Sex and Racism in America, which gives a bold historical and sociological analysis of how slavery and interracial sex affected relations between African Americans and white Americans.

He attended Talladega College. He spent his summers in New York to be closer to the burgeoning arts movement where he met Langston Hughes. Phylon published his first poem “Remigrant.” He graduated with a BA in Sociology from Fisk University. His MA thesis analyzed letters and editorials written to newspaper editors about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

He took short-term teaching positions at several HBCUs in the South before returning to New York to pursue a Ph.D. in Sociology at Columbia University. He showcased his talents as a poet at Les Deux Megots coffeehouse. He co-founded The Umbra Workshop with a group of fellow poets and aspiring literary figures. The group established the literary magazine Umbra.

He moved to London to study at the London Institute of Phenomenological Studies. He took part in the Antiuniversity of London. He returned to the US and was a poet-in-residence for a year at Central State University before becoming a writer-in-residence at Oberlin College.

He published Coming Together: Black Power, White Hatred, and Sexual Hangups. Oberlin named him professor of Black Studies and Creative Writing. He taught courses in African, African American, and Caribbean literature. He became Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Oberlin. He became a scriptwriter for the television sitcom A Man Called Hawk.

He published Sexual Mountains and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life. Cancer forced him to retire in 1999. He took part in a major conference on Hip Hop at Oberlin College.

He married Mildred Webster (1958) and they had one son. He married Mary Garvey O’Callaghan. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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President Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda (born April 28, 1924 - June 18, 2021) known as KK, is a Zambian former politician who served as the first President of Zambia.

He is the youngest of eight children born to an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, an immigrant from Malawi. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula’s leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party. He was the first President of independent Zambia. In 1973 following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the Choma Declaration. He oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced him to change the rules that had kept him in power. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Brigadier General George A Jones (April 28, 1923 - September 2, 2016) was born in Midtown, New York. He has spent nearly his entire life serving his country and community.

His service began in 1939 when he enlisted in the 369th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard, the famed “Hellfighters” who terrorized German Soldiers in WWII. He entered the regular Army in 1941, rose to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1942, and fought in both the European and Pacific Theaters during WWII. He returned to the National Guard in 1946 but reentered active duty for the Korean War, commanding an artillery battery. He returned to the National Guard, where he served another 18 years before retiring as a Brigadier General.

He was a 20-year member of the New York City Fire Department and the first president of the Vulcan Society, the nation’s first organization of African-American firefighters. He spent over 30 years working for Nassau County, promoting employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for minorities and individuals with disabilities. He served 18 years as Board Chairman of the Urban League of Long Island.

A decorated veteran, he earned the following awards: the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Medal with 2 stars; Japan Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal with 2 brass stars; and U.N. Service Medal. He wrote a book, “The Character of Leadership” which chronicles his combat experiences.

He and his wife, Eunice were proud parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Attorney Jewel Stradford Rogers Lafontant-Mankarious (April 28, 1922 - May 31, 1997) civil rights leader, high-ranking US Presidential appointee, and lawyer was born in Chicago to Aida Arabella Cartera and attorney C. Francis Stradford.

She graduated from Oberlin College, receiving her BA in Political science. She became a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality. She attended the University of Chicago Law School and became the first African American woman to receive a JD from that institution.

She married John W. Rogers (1946-1961) a juvenile court judge. They had a son, John W. Rogers Jr., who became the founder of Ariel Capital Management. She married H. Ernest Lafontant (1961-1976). She remarried Naguib S. Mankarious (1989-1997).

In 1947, she was admitted to the Illinois Bar and began working for the Legal Aid Bureau of Chicago. She was not permitted to join the Chicago Bar Association because of her race. She handled more than three thousand cases as a trial lawyer, providing free legal representation for her clients. She was an officer in the Chicago chapter of the NAACP and on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union.

President Dwight Eisenhower named her Assistant US Attorney for Illinois. She was the first African American woman to serve anywhere in the nation in that capacity. She seconded Richard Nixon’s nomination for the Presidency at the RNC.

In 1963, she won her first case before the SCOTUS, the State of Illinois vs. Beatrice Lynn. She was a member of President Lyndon Johnson’s Council on Minority Business Enterprise. President Richard Nixon named her Deputy Solicitor General. President George H.W. Bush appointed her Ambassador-at-Large and US coordinator for refugee affairs in the State Department.

In 1993, she became a partner with the Holleb & Coff law firm in Chicago where she practiced corporate law, labor and employment law, and international relations law. She served on the Boards of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Harvard University, and Oberlin College and several corporate boards including Revlon, Mobil Oil, and Trans World Airlines. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Dr. Margaret Just Butcher (April 28, 1913 - February 7, 2000) activist, writer, and educator was born in DC to Dr. Ernest E. Just, the renowned scientist, Advisor, and Founder of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Ethel Highwarden, one of the first Black female graduates of Oberlin College. She had one brother and a younger sister.

She was poly-lingual (French, Italian, German, and Arabic) graduated from M Street High School, and received the BA from The University of Pennsylvania. She earned a Ph.D. from Boston University and studied at the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

She taught English and Literature at Virginia University for one year. She married Dr. Stanton L. Wormley (1936-1937), Dean of Men and Acting President of Howard University. They had one daughter. She taught in the DC Public Schools. She was a Professor of English at Howard University. She assisted the NAACP legal counsel and future SCOTUS Thurgood Marshall as a special educational consultant. She led demonstrations opposing racial segregation in the District of Columbia.

She married James W. Butcher (1949-1959), a professor of English and Theater at Howard University. She became a Fulbright visiting professor in the humanities at the Université de Lyon and Université Grenoble Alpe.

When her godfather, Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, fell ill, he asked her to complete his planned book, The Negro in American Culture. The book was published on January 1, 1957. She headed the English Language Training Institute in Casablanca.

She was offered the position of assistant cultural attaché at the US Embassy in Paris. She joined the faculty of Federal City College as the “Star Professor of English” until her retirement in 1982.

An active member of the NAACP, she served as a member of the DC Board of Education and a member of the National Civil Defense Advisory Council. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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City Councilwoman Victorine Quille Adams (April 28, 1912 - January 8, 2006) was a Baltimore Public School teacher, business manager of the Charm Center, founder of the Colored Women’s Democratic Campaign Committee, co-founder of Woman Power, Incorporated, and the first African American Baltimore City Councilwoman. She was a native Baltimorean whose contributions sought to improve political participation, economic opportunity, and equity for all.

Born to Joseph Quille and Estelle Tate Quille, she graduated from Morgan State College. After graduating from Morgan he entered the segregated Baltimore Public School system as a teacher. She became one of five women who chartered the National Council of Negro Women, Baltimore section.

She founded the Colored Women’s Democratic Campaign Committee. Their efforts resulted in the election of two African American firsts, attorney Harry A. Cole, the first African American in the Maryland State Senate, and Verda F. Welcome, the first woman state senator in Maryland and the first Black woman elected to a state senate anywhere in the nation.

In 194 opened the Charm Center, the only Black-owned and operated clothing store for women in Baltimore.

Ten years later, in 1958, she and Ethel P. Rich co-founded Woman Power, Incorporated to mobilize Black women for political action/power, community involvement, and educational commitment. Men were welcome to join the Minute Men, an affiliate of the WP. Two notable male members were Carl Murphy, the publisher of the Baltimore Afro-Americannewspaper, and Willard W. Allen, owner of an insurance company.

She ran successfully for the Maryland House of Delegates. She resigned after a year and won a seat on the Baltimore City Council, becoming the first Black woman to serve on that body. She created the Baltimore Fuel Fund, a public-private partnership that raised money to provide impoverished families with financial assistance for heating costs.

She married William Adams (1935). They had no children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence