By Victor Trammell Photo credits: University of Washington Press Samuel Eugene Kelly, Sr., a U.S. Army serviceman, and scholar came into the world on January 26, 1926, in Greenwich, Connecticut. His father, James Handy Kelly, was a pastor. His mother, Essie Matilda Allen-Kelly, was a housewife. Kelly's education was provided by Greenwich's public school system. […]
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