Ross, Diana

Diana Ernestine Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 26, 1944, the second eldest of six children (three girls, three boys) of brass factory worker Fred Ross and his wife Ernestine (Earle) Ross . The name on the birth certificate was meant to read Diane Ross, but by error it was recorded as Diana. The family lived in a Detroit ghetto, where Diana was a tomboy. Looking back, she said, “I suppose life was difficult, but as a child I...