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Hace 12 horas · Born in 1912: Dorothy Height was born on March 24, 1912, in Richmond, Virginia. She grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania. Early Activism: Height began her activism in high school, fighting against lynching and racial discrimination. Scholarship Winner: She won a scholarship to Barnard College but was denied entry due to a racial quota.
Hace 12 horas · SEE ALSO | Reading with Robert: 7News visits Dorothy Height Elementary in northwest DC "It's important to me...it's important that we see a Black male image because then it allows the son to have ...
Hace 2 días · Early life Garland's birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career. Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She was the youngest child of Ethel Marion Gumm (née Milne; 1896–1953) and Francis "Frank" Avent Gumm (1886–1935).Her parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theater ...
Hace 4 días · Early life Two-year old Taylor, mother Sara Sothern, and brother Howard, in 1934. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on 27 February 1932, at Heathwood, her family's home at 8 Wildwood Road in Hampstead Garden Suburb, northwest London, England.: 3–10 She received dual British–American citizenship at birth as her parents, art dealer Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968) and stage actress Sara ...
Hace 3 días · Sir Roger George Moore KBE (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. Moore's seven appearances as Bond, from Live and Let Die to A View to a Kill, are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.
Hace 5 días · Helen Ruth died in a fire in 1929, and Babe Ruth then married Hodgson that same year. The couple formally adopted Dorothy Ruth, and Ruth adopted Hodgson’s daughter, Julia. From 1926 through 1932, Ruth averaged 49 home runs per season, had a batting average of .353, and won three World Series.
Hace 5 días · In 19 years, they have attracted role models including the late Katherine Graham of The Washington Post; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; journalists Christiane Amanpour and Charlayne Hunter Gault;...
