Rachel Dolezal
American civil rights activist
Rachel Anne Dolezal (born November 12, 1977), also known as Nkechi Amare Diallo, is a self-proclaimed black American woman who was assigned white at birth.
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Born | Rachel Anne Dolezal November 12, 1977 Lincoln County, Montana, U.S. |
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Education | Belhaven University (BA) Howard University (MFA) |
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Relatives | Joshua Dolezal (brother) |
She is a former college instructor and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president.
References
change- ↑ Rivero, Daniel (June 12, 2015). "Rachel Dolezal's art blog is something to behold". Fusion. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
The name of the piece Dolezal presented (under her married name Rachel Moore) was 'Hypocrisy: A Form of Godliness.'
- ↑ "Former Washington NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal gets new name". Associated Press. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ Oluo, Ijeoma (April 19, 2017). "The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black". The Stranger.
- ↑ "Because the truth matters". CDA Press. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ↑ Malkin, Bonnie (July 21, 2015). "Rachel Dolezal making a living braiding hair". London: telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved July 21, 2015.