Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

5 Articles

AR ×

George W. Smith

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Feb 12, 2019 Biographies

George W. Smith was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 5, 1904. He recalled that his mother and father separated when he was about 5 years old. He lived with his grandfather in Helena, Arkansas ...

AR Little Rock United States

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Dera R. Williams (nee Jones) is the oldest child (one brother, one sister) of the late Laybon Jones, Sr. and Vivian Rowland Jones, who met at Philander Smith College...

AR Little Rock United States

Rhoda Cornelius Davis Townsend

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Jun 18, 2011 Biographies

Rhoda Cornelius Davis Townsend was born in Vincent, Arkansas on March 29, 1902, to Fanny and Thomas Davis. Her family moved to Wynne, Arkansas in 1912. Rhoda became a Christian at the age of twelve, a...

AR United States Vincent

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Linda Seay was the first African American to hold the title of Personnel Director (Director of HR) at American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc. Linda F. Seay was born in Little Rock, Arkansas but relocate...

AR Little Rock United States

Luther Burnette

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Jun 14, 2011 Biographies

I was born October 2, 1927, in Brinkley, Arkansas, the youngest of Ellis and Minnie Burnett’s six children. My father died in 1930, just past my third birthday, and I have few memories of him. The lar...

AR Brinkley United States