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Phylicia Ayers-Allen was born on June 19, 1948, in Houston, Texas. [5] Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen, was an orthodontist.
Phylicia Rashad and her sister played legendary motherly roles on "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World" respectively for decades. But in real life, it was their own mother, Dr. Vivian Ayers, who has been a major support to them, often photographed with the ladies at awards shows and premieres.
Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist from Chester, S.C. She has published several books of poetry, studied world cultures and astronomy, and founded the Brainerd Institute Heritage.
3 sie 2023 · A literary giant, and the mother of two indisputable icons, just celebrated her 100th birthday. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet and American classicist who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for...
30 sie 2024 · Vivian Ayers Allen is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, activist, and scholar who worked on the Apollo 11 Space Mission in the 1960s. She is the mother of actresses Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen and a Bennett College alumna.
A native of Chester, S.C., Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen is a poet, cultural activist, and American classicist. A 1939 graduate of the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, Dr. Ayers attended Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College.
6 sie 2024 · Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, activist, and scholar, was among the women recognized for their contributions to NASA’s Apollo program. Her poem “Hawk” metaphorically linked the journey into space with the quest for freedom.
