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Virgin Islands American
Stateside Virgin Islands Americans are West Indian Americans who hold US citizenship and who have migrated from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the continental United States and Hawaii, and their descendants. Persons born in the U.S. Virgin Islands are United States citizens, and as a result do not go through the legal immigration procedures a typical West Indies immigrant would. Virgin Islanders in the U.S. are considered part of the Caribbean American community. It is difficult to determine how many Virgin Islanders reside in the United States proper. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there are 15,014 people of U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry residing in the continental United States and Hawaii. However, a count of American residents with "U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry" excludes most U.S. Virgin Islands-born migrants in the United States proper. Because of a high incidence of inter-Caribbean migration throughout the 1960s and 1970s, most native-born Virgin Islanders today are one or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Florida
South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of the continental United States and the only region of the continental U.S. that includes some areas with a tropical climate. South Florida is dominated by the Miami metropolitan area and the Everglades, and contains the Florida Keys, three U.S. national parks (namely Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades), and multiple cities. While the term most commonly refers to the Keys and Greater Miami, interpretations vary on the inclusion of some other parts of Florida within the South Florida region, most commonly the southern parts of the Tampa Bay area, the inclusion of Southwest Florida and its cities, and the Treasure Coast. Composition As with all vernacular regions, South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Brady
Wayne Alphonso Brady (born June 2, 1972) is an American television personality, comedian, actor, and singer. He is a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' He was the host of the daytime talk show '' The Wayne Brady Show'', was the original host of Fox's ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'', and has hosted ''Let's Make a Deal'' since its 2009 revival. Brady also performed in the Tony Award–winning musical '' Kinky Boots'' on Broadway as Simon—who is also drag queen Lola—from November 2015 to March 2016, and as James Stinson on the American TV series ''How I Met Your Mother''. Brady is a five-time Emmy Award winner, winning his first for his work on ''Whose Line?'' in 2003, two more in the next year for ''The Wayne Brady Show'', and two for ''Let's Make a Deal''. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, for his cover of the Sam Cooke song " A Change Is Gonna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midre Cummings
Midre Almeric Cummings (born October 14, 1971) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (-), Philadelphia Phillies (1997), Boston Red Sox ( and ), Minnesota Twins (-2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (), and Baltimore Orioles (). He spent with the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Amateur career Cummings was born and raised in the United States Virgin Islands. Given that there was no high school baseball in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cummings "played in a lot of open leagues, amateur leagues" sometimes against players as old as 21 when he was only 16. In 1987, he played for the St. Croix team which represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 1987 Senior League World Series. Cummings moved to Miami for his senior year of high school so that he could play baseball at Miami Edison Senior High School in the hopes of earning a college baseball scholarship. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively. Beginning in 1903, the two leagues signed the National Agreement and cooperated but remained legally separate entities until 2000, when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. It is also included as one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Baseball's first all-professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was founded in 1869. Before that, some teams had secretly paid certain players. The first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Christopher
Joseph O'Neal Christopher (born December 13, 1935) is a former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through . Listed at 5' 10", 175 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed. Christopher reached the big leagues with the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates, spending three years there before moving to the New York Mets (1962–65) and Boston Red Sox (1966). While in Pittsburgh, Christopher was used as a backup in all three outfield positions for Bob Skinner ( LF), Bill Virdon ( CF), and Roberto Clemente ( RF). Christopher was first called up when Clemente was injured, making his debut in nothing less than Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game, on May 26, 1959. As a member of the 1960 World Series Champion Pirates, Christopher was a utility player, pinch-running in three games and scoring two runs (in games 2 and 5). Christopher became the Mets’ fifth pick in the 1961 MLB Expansion Draft. In 1964, he enjoyed easily his finest season as a major-league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tombi Bell
Tombi Bates (née Bell; born April 19, 1979), is an U.S. Virgin Islands former professional basketball player. Basketball career High school Bates played for Miami Norland Senior High School, and during her tenure there, was one of the top players in her county. College Bates played for the Florida Gators from 1997 to 2001. She was featured in an April 2001 article for ''The Gainesville Sun''. , - , align="left" , 1997-98 , align="left" , Florida , 25 , , 1 , , 14.7 , , .426 , , .362 , , .672 , , 1.8 , , 1.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 4.1 , - , align="left" , 1998-99 , align="left" , Florida , 25 , , 1 , , 14.1 , , .344 , , .250 , , .619 , , 1.7 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 3.4 , - , align="left" , 1999-00 , align="left" , Florida , 34 , , 34 , , 29.6 , , .371 , , .294 , , .677 , , 3.7 , , 6.0 , , 2.5 , , 0.1 , , 7.1 , - , align="left" , 2000-01 , align="left" , Florida , 28 , , 27 , , 34.2 , , .494 , , .377 , , .705 , , 4.8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Kershaw
Fraser Hart Kershaw Jr. is an American activist from the Virgin Islands in the clean water movement throughout the United States and Latin America. He made his television debut acting as multiple characters in the 2016 televised international feature film ''Behind the Water''. He was a figure in the new industry of filmmaking for the U.S. Virgin Islands. On 26 January 2021, Kershaw was announced as the head coach of the men's soccer program at the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona in the United States. Early life and Fútbol From an early age Kershaw grew up playing under premiere youth teams. Kershaw grew up with the game playing internationally. Throughout his career playing in the United States, The Virgin Islands, Europe and Latin America. Kershaw spent his late teens on the island of St. John, Virgin Islands. On the island, Kershaw would carry a five-gallon tank of drinking water for several blocks up a steep hill in 100-degree heat to his home. His mother worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrine Steffans
Karrine Steffans (born August 24, 1978) is an American author, most notably of the ''Vixen'' series of books. She has worked as an actress and as a video vixen, having appeared in more than 20 music videos. In 2007 and 2008, Steffans visited a number of college campuses to speak about her involvement in the hip hop industry and its expectations of women. Early life Steffans was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and moved to Florida when she was 10 years old. She has written about her troubled childhood: she grew up in poverty, suffered emotional and physical abuse at the hands of an alcoholic mother and indifferent father, and was raped when she was 13. She ran away at 16, and began working as an exotic dancer. She lived on the streets for a month. She lived in New York and Arizona, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1999. She currently resides near Hollywood. When she was 17, Steffans moved in with rapper Nathaniel Wilson, better known as Kool G Rap, with whom she had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin St
Jasmin may refer to: Plants *''Gardenia jasminoides'', also called gardenia *'' Jasminocereus'', a genus of cacti *'' Jasminum officinale'', the flowering plant commonly called jasmine *'' Solanum laxum'', syn. Solanum jasminoides People * Jasmin (given name), a given name derived from Jasmine, the flower * Jasmin (singer) (born 1977), Russian pop singer, actress, model, and TV presenter * Jasmin, French name for Jacques Jasmin (1798–1864), French poet * Jasminka Domaš (born 1948), Croatian writer, journalist and scientist *Victoire Jasmin (born 1955), French politician Other uses * Jasmin (Paris Métro), a train station on Line 9 of the Paris Metro * Jasmin, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * JASMIN, a super-data-cluster operated by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis in the United Kingdom See also * Jasmine (other) Jasmine is a flowering shrub of the genus ''Jasminum''. It may also refer to: Plants Several other plants unrelate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (born September 4, 1953) is an American actor and singer. Best known for playing Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington in ''Welcome Back Kotter'' (1975–79), he has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, including ''Claudine'' (1974), ''Cooley High'' (1975), ''Roots'' (1977), ''Bangers and Mash'' (1983), ''Alien Nation (TV series)'' (1989–90), '' The Jacksons: An American Dream'' (1992), and '' 31'' (2016). Life and career Hilton-Jacobs was born in New York City, New York, the fifth of nine children of parents Hilton Jacobs (died 2000) and Clothilda Jacobs (died 2008). He began his acting career in the summer of 1969 and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971. He attended Wilkes University for a short time before his acting career took off. Afterward, he studied acting with the Negro Ensemble Company and the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. In 1975, he won the role of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the ABC hit comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
