Related Research Articles
The People's National Party (PNP) is a social democratic political party in Jamaica,founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives,as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.
Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican ska,rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members,in 1963,were Bob Marley,Peter Tosh,and Bunny Wailer.
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller is a Jamaican former politician. She served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from March 2006 to September 2007 and again from 5 January 2012 to 3 March 2016. She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice,from 2007 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017.
Jamaica College is a public,Christian,secondary school and sixth form for boys in Kingston,Jamaica. It was established in 1789 by Charles Drax,who was the grand-nephew of wealthy Barbadian sugar planter James Drax.
Kimberly-Ann Robinson-Walcott is a Jamaican poet and editor. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Jamaica Journal since 2004 and editor-in-chief of the Caribbean Quarterly since 2010. Robinson-Walcott is the author of a study of the white Jamaican novelist Anthony Winkler,titled Out of Order! (2006).
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company,LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories with 29,158 rooms,in addition to 46 hotels with 8,755 rooms planned for the future.
The White House chief usher is the head of household staff and operations at the White House,the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States of America. The position is currently held by Robert B. Downing.
Highland Ralph Dobson OD was a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer,nicknamed "The Loving Pauper" after one of his best known songs.
Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco is an American author,podcaster,spokeswoman,and former government official. She served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2014. She was the youngest woman to hold that position. She was later President of Global Communications Strategy &Talent at A&E Networks and the chief operating officer of Vice Media. She has also been a contributing editor at Marie Claire magazine. Since 2017,Mastromonaco has been a podcaster with Crooked Media.
Stephen W. Rochon is an American political staffer who served as the director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher from 2007 to 2011. He was the first African-American White House Chief Usher.
Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013,after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. The incident attracted national and international media attention and brought increased scrutiny to the status of LGBT rights in Jamaica.
The Grio Awards are annual national awards bestowed in a number of categories by TheGrio (theGrio.com),an American news website geared toward African Americans. The Grio is a division of the MSNBC cable channel. Begun in 2010,the Grio's list of 100 "History Makers in the Making" honors those who are shaping American's future today;its award winners are selected not only from the African American community,but from all sections of America.
Maymie de Mena was an American-born activist who became one of the highest-ranking officers in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). She has been credited with keeping the organization alive after Marcus Garvey's conviction for mail fraud and deportation from the United States.
Marie Grace Augustin,OBE,commonly known as Grace Augustin,was a Saint Lucian businesswoman and politician. After attaining a nursing and midwifery degree,she studied law,but was refused permission to take a bar examination based on her gender. Instead,Augustin became the first woman in Saint Lucia to manage a large estate,becoming a planter. She was the first woman to be nominated as a parliamentarian in St. Lucia and become the first female member of the legislature.
John David McEntee II is an American political advisor,entrepreneur and former football player who served in the Trump Administration. He has been a Trump loyalist during and after the Trump presidency. He began as a body man and personal aide to the president but was dismissed by White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly in March 2018 after failing a security clearance background check,which had found that he was under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for issues related to gambling.
Newark Vocational High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school in Newark,in Essex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,serving students in ninth through tenth grades,and operating as part of the Newark Public Schools.
Christopher Beauregard Emery is an American author and former government official. He was a White House Usher during the Reagan,George H. W. Bush,and Clinton administrations. Emery later served as the chief information officer of the United States Department of Justice National Security Division and the Architect of the Capitol. He was chief enterprise architect of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Emery is the author of the memoir White House Usher:Stories from the Inside (2017).
Paula Reid is an American journalist and attorney who is the CNN chief legal affairs correspondent. She joined CNN in March 2021 after working at CBS News. She is based in Washington,D.C.
References
- 1 2 3 Parker, Ashley (May 5, 2017). "White House fires its chief usher — the first woman in that job". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "White House Announces New Chief Usher, Angella Reid". whitehouse.gov . 4 October 2011 – via National Archives.
- ↑ TheGrio's 100: Angella Reid, from The Ritz-Carlton to the White House as first female chief usher (theGrio.com-January 31,2012)
- ↑ Vega, Cecilia; Santucci, John; Mallin, Alexander; Fishel, Justin; Stryuk, Ryan (6 May 2017). "First female White House chief usher fired due to 'issues' with staff, sources say". Archived from the original on 8 May 2017.
- ↑ Silvera, Janet (5 October 2011). "Jamaican named White House chief usher". jamaica-gleaner.com. The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited. A member of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ↑ Nayer, Melanie (5 October 2011). "White House taps Ritz-Carlton GM for "Chief Usher"". Archived from the original on 9 December 2011.
