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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. United States writer, political and labor movement activist Frank Marshall Davis Born (1905-12-31) December 31, 1905 Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. Died July 26, 1987 (1987-07-26) (aged 81) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Pen name Frank Boganey Occupation Journalist, poet Genre Social realism ...
Barack Obama first met Wright in the late 1980s, while he was working as a community organizer in Chicago before attending Harvard Law School. [7] Wright officiated at the wedding ceremony of Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as at their children's baptisms.
Wright was born on September 22, 1941. [7] He was born and raised in the racially mixed area of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [8] His parents were Jeremiah Wright Sr. (1909–2001), a Baptist minister who pastored Grace Baptist Church in Germantown from 1938 to 1980, [9] and Mary Elizabeth Henderson Wright, a schoolteacher who was the first Black person to teach an academic subject ...
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Charles Ogletree, the civil rights attorney and Harvard Law School professor who mentored the Obamas and represented clients including Anita Hill, Tupac Shakur and the victims of the 1921 Tulsa ...
Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist.His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety.
Valerie June Jarrett (née Bowman; born November 14, 1956) [1] is an American businesswoman and former government official, who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. [2]
November 5, 1996: Barack Obama begins his political career. Barack was elected to the Illinois State Senate, kicking off the Obamas' political life. July 4, 1998: Malia Obama is born.