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Sojourner Truth ( / soʊˈdʒɜːrnər, ˈsoʊdʒɜːrnər /; [ 1] born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. [ 2] Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom ...
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her ...
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( / ˈɛlɪnɔːr ˈroʊzəvɛlt / EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. [ 5][ 6] She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt 's four terms as president, making her the longest ...
Farrakhan, who is Black, [15] was born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933 in The Bronx, New York City. [1] He is the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (1900–1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Anglo-Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts, while his father was Jamaican.
Triplets Janie, Wright and Luke Hilbert found out their birth order on their 18th birthday in a moment shared on TikTok. Their parents explain to TODAY.com why they waited to tell them.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the 18-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has filed a request with the court to allow her to drop her father's surname from her own hyphenated surname, a source ...
Nearly 20,000 fans helped Madonna celebrate the 18th birthday of her daughter Mercy. The Material Girl, 65, brought her dancers on stage to join her and Mercy, who was playing piano, during a show ...
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...