In case you missed it, the infamous former NAACP leader, Rachel Dolezal gave birth to a healthy baby boy Tuesday February 16th, 2016. While, Dolezal has kept the ethnicity of her baby’s father under wraps, she gave the newborn a name with strong Black roots. Dolezal named her third child, Langston Attickus Dolezal, after black poet and civil rights activist Langston Hughes and “To Kill a Mockingbird’s” Atticus Finch. While many were outraged at her choice of name for the baby, the executor of the Langston Hughes’ estate thinks the name is perfect! Read more below.
(Photo) Rachel Dolezal Gives Birth To A Baby Boy And You’ll Never Guess His Name
The infamous former NAACP leader, Rachel Dolezal gave birth to a healthy baby boy Tuesday February 16th, 2016. Since announcing her pregnancy Dolezal has been hush, hush on the ethnicity of her baby’s father, however she gave him a name with strong black roots. The third child for Dolezal, she named her son Langston Attickus Dolezal. Reports indicate she probably named him after several prominent figures in black history. Langston; after black poet and civil rights activist Langston Hughes. Attickus; after from “To Kill a Mockingbird’s” Atticus Finch, who was a white lawyer who defended a wrongfully accused black man. However, there’s a twist here, she added the letter “K” to the middle name, which may pay homage to Crisups Attucks; a black man who was the first American casualty in the Revolutionary War. Thoughts? Click the gallery for photos.
