Houston A. Baker, Jr. Houston Alfred Baker Jr. (born March 22, 1943 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American scholar specializing in African American literature and currently serving as a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University in the English department.Baker served as president of the Modern Language Association, editor of the journal American Literature, and has authored several books. Houston_A._Baker,_Jr.
Toshikazu Kase Toshikazu Kase (kanji:kana:12 January 1903 - 21 May 2004) was a Japanese civil servant and career diplomat. During World War II he was a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official.Kase was born in Chiba, Japan. After passing his Foreign Service Examination in 1925 he left Tokyo Higher Commercial College (later Hitotsubashi University) and attended Toshikazu_Kase
1969 York Race Riot 1969 York Race Riot refers to a period of racial unrest in York, Pennsylvania in 1969, sparked by the murder of a black resident and culminating in the murder of Lillie Belle Allen, an out-of-town visitor.The York race riots began July 17, 1969, after Taka Nii Sweeney, 17, was shot by an unseen gunman (possibly a white gang member) when Detective George Smith stopped him and friends for violating the city’s youth curfew. White and black gangs began rumbles that afternoon. 1969_York_Race_Riot
Edna Guy Edna Guy (1907–1982) was an African-American Modern Dance pioneer. Born in 1907 in Summit, New Jersey, Guy lived at a time when blacks and whites did not appear on stage together. At the age of fifteen she begged her mother to take her to a dance concert in Greenwich Village where she watched Modern Dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis perform the Incense Dance. From that point onwards Guy developed a life-long relationship with modern dance world, especially in the African- American context. Edna_Guy
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media personality, Academy Award nominated actress, producer, literary critic and magazine publisher, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. Oprah_Winfrey