Hajja Kali Marcia Fonville N’doye was born in Brooklyn, New York on Sept. 3, 1953, to Lillian Audrey May and Hubert David Fonville. She was the sixth born of seven children. Her parents, both children of the American South, migrated north from North Carolina seeking a better life. They met, married in Brooklyn, New York and raised their family in Coney Island.
