James' World 2

JULY 24, 2022, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: VINCENT CHEN Clifford Wayne Houston is a nationally recognized microbiologist and became the first African American president of the American Society of Microbiology. Houston was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on December 3, 1949, to Mae Frances Hanley and Edgar Houston. He attended Gordon Oaks Elementary and John F. Kennedy Junior […]

CLIFFORD WAYNE HOUSTON (1949- )

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: LAURA MERCER Marie Walker Johnson was a Black Creole civil rights activist in Oakland, California, during the 1960s. A mother of five and a nurse, she also played a crucial role in multiple grassroots groups in the East Bay area. In these organizations, she marched, wrote letters, gave speeches, attended court […]

MARIE CLARA DELPIT WALKER JOHNSON (1921-1974)

FEBRUARY 22, 2023, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: WENDY JONES Josephine Ebaugh Jones was a community activist and possibly the first Black woman in management at a Fortune 500 company. Born to sharecroppers Anna Nance and Scott Ebaugh on July 30, 1920, in Cross Hill, South Carolina, Josephine arrived in New York City in 1946 as a cook in […]

JOSEPHINE EBAUGH JONES (1920-2017)

Professor Charles Ogletree Jr., a prolific lawyer, advocate, scholar, and educator who endeavored to shed light on our nation’s history of racial injustice and its pernicious evolution in the criminal legal system, died today at age 70. Charles Ogletree became a lawyer because, he said, “A jury verdict changed my life.” The first in his […]

EJI Honors the Life and Memory of Charles Ogletree Jr.

The Little Mermaid is a musical romantic fantasy directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1989 animated film of the same name, itself loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same […]

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) – My rating: 9/10

APRIL 28, 2023, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: EUELL A. NIELSEN Diambi Kabatusuila is the traditional Queen of the Bakwa Luntu people of the Kingdom of Luba, located in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. She also holds the title of Mukalenga Mukaji wa Nkashama wa Bakwa Luntu wa Baluba wa Congo, which means “The Woman […]

QUEEN DIAMBI (1970S – )

How can you help?Be there to listen without judgment. In a world where men are classified as weak, it takes a lot of courage for someone to open up about their mental health and struggles. Listening can be one of the most powerful ways to…… continue reading when you click on the link ⬇️ https://www.ladypdiary.com/post/men-s-mental-health-stigma-final-part

Men’s mental health stigma (FINAL PART)

JULY 25, 2022, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: SETH WEISBERG Kay Coles James is a conservative political figure who has served in various government and executive roles. She was most notably the first African American president of the Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank. James was born June 1, 1949, and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Hampton University, an HBCU […]

KAY COLES JAMES (1949- )

MAY 3, 2023, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: OTIS ALEXANDER John S. Moorhead was a physician, surgeon, federal public health officer, and the first local Commissioner of Health in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Moorhead was born on October 2, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Alexander and Justine Moorhead, both from St. Croix, Danish West Indies. When he was seven […]

JOHN S. MOORHEAD (1905-2008)

Barbie is a fantasy comedy directed by Greta Gerwig, who wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie and Ken on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. Because […]

BARBIE (2023) – My rating 9.3/10