Little Richard shatter racial divisions in the music industry. Little Richard was born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia. He was the third of twelve children of Leva Mae (née Stewart) and Charles "Bud" Penniman. His father was a church deacon who sold bootlegged moonshine on the side and owned a nightclub, the Tip In Inn. His mother was a member of Macon's New Hope Baptist Church. Initially, Little Richard's first name was supposed to have been "Ricardo" but an error resulted in "Richard" instead. The Penniman children were raised in a neighborhood of Macon called Pleasant Hill.
Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman the War of 1812, the family removed back to Burlington. Penniman's herbarium was established in 1814 or 1815. The location was familiar to Burlington people, as the trolleys passed it on the way out to Fort Ethan Allen. The Penniman home formerly stood opposite St. Michael's College at the top of the hill just above the High Bridge. The home was spacious and hospitable. Penniman was famous for her skill in gardening and her garden was stocked with a rare variety of plants and shrubs. And it was here that two herbaria were made by Mrs. Penniman and her youngest