North America-St. Lucia
Philip J. Pierre (1954/1955- )
Philip Joseph Pierre is a politician from Saint Lucia who has served as Prime Minister of that island nation since...
Fred Degazon (1913-2008)
Frederick Eutrope Degazon was a Dominican politician who served as the country’s first president from 1979 to 1980. He was...
John Compton (1925–2007)
Sir John George Melvin Compton was a Saint Lucian politician who became the nation’s first Prime Minister after independence in...
Botham Shem Jean (1991-2018)
On September 6, 2018, Botham Shem Jean was killed in his Dallas, Texas apartment by off-duty police officer Amber Renee...
Theodore R. Britton Jr. (1925- )
Ambassador Theodore Roosevelt Britton, Jr. was born on October 17, 1925 in North Augusta, South Carolina. In 1936, he and...
Castries, St. Lucia (1650- )
Castries, capital of St. Lucia, is also the largest city on the island. The latest estimates show its population as...
Larry L. Palmer (1949- )
On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the...
Emmanuel Francis Joseph (1900–1979)
“Image Ownership: Oakland Public Library & African American Museum” Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer...
Roland Wentworth Boniface Bullen (1944- )
Roland Wentworth Bullen was born on Carriacou, one of the six islands that comprise the nation of Grenada. The product...
