September 29, 1979 Sir William Arthur Lewis became the first black person to win a Nobel Prize in a category other than peace. Lewis was born January 23, 1915 in Saint Lucia. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in 1937 and Ph.D. in 1940 from the London School of Economics, he lectured at the […]
Archive | September 29, 2011
September 29th in African American History – Gloria Foster
September 29, 2001 Gloria Foster, stage and film actress, died. Foster was born November 15, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. She made her Broadway debut in 1961 in “A Raisin in the Sun.” In 1963, she won her first Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Award) for her performance in “In White America.” In 1965, she won her […]