Archive | July 20, 2011
Okot p’Bitek

July 20th in African American History – Okot p’Bitek

July 20, 1982 Okot p’Bitek, internationally recognized Ugandan poet, died. Okot was born in 1931 in Gulu, Uganda. He was educated at King’s College, Budo and later studied education at the University of Bristol and then law at the University of Wales. In 1963, he earned his Bachelor of Letters degree in social anthropology at […]

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Everett Frederick Morrow

July 20th in African American History – Everett Frederick Morrow

July 20, 1994 Everett Frederick Morrow, businessman and the first African American to hold an executive position at the White House, died. Morrow was born April 20, 1906 in Hackensack, New Jersey. Morrow graduated from Bowdoin College in 1930 and was employed by the National Urban League and the NAACP as field secretary before entering […]

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