Olga Bourlin
Editor of The Human Prospect
Bachelor of Science degree is from San Francisco State University
Olga Bourlin is editor of The Human Prospect, a journal published by the Institute for Science and Human Values. Having grown up in China and Brazil before emigrating to the United States at age 9 has given her an abiding love of history and a relentless curiosity about cultures around the world. Her Bachelor of Science degree is from San Francisco State University. She has written for Free Inquiry, Apogee, The Secular Humanist Press, and The Examiner (the newsletter for African Americans for Humanism (AAH)). A lifelong reader and big fan of the First Amendment, Olga was a co-founder and co-chair of the Northwest Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce.
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Carmen Paula de Lavallade (1931- )
Legendary dancer, choreographer, and actor Carmen de Lavallade came to prominence in the early 1950s when black artists came into...
Gail Fisher (1935-2000)
Gail Fisher was already a popular model in African American newspapers and magazines, as well as a theater actress when,...
Donyale Luna (1945-1979)
Before the Civil Rights Movement in America, African American models were visible in Black magazines such as Jet and Ebony,...
Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge, Jr. (1944-1966)
Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge Jr. was a 21-year-old civil rights activist who was shot to death on January 3, 1966...
George Marion McClellan (1860-1934)
African American poet, writer, minister, and educator George Marion McClellan was born in Belfast, Tennessee on September 29, 1860 to...
Simmie Lee Knox (1935- )
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” In 2004 former President Clinton’s and former First Lady Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s official oil portraits...
Geoffrey Lamont Holder (1930-2014)
“Image Ownership: Nightscream” Geoffrey Lamont Holder, acclaimed choreographer and legendary figure in the dance world, was also a respected actor,...
Robert “Bobby” Waltrip Short (1924-2005)
Recording artist and three-time Grammy award nominee Bobby Short, a self-taught piano prodigy during his childhood, was regarded as the...
Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1919-2004)
Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a medical pioneer, educator, and community leader. In 1948-1949 Brown became the first African American...
Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti (1749- )
Port-au-Prince is the capital, largest city, commercial center, and chief port of the Republic of Haiti. Some 90% of Haiti’s...
Mabel Alice Wadham Mercer (1900-1984)
Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing...
William James Raspberry (1935-2012)
“Image Ownership: Washington Informer” William James Raspberry, who wrote a prominent public affairs column for The Washington Post for nearly...
