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Taana Gardner — Singer, best known as a disco and post-disco vocalist August Alsina — R&B singer and songwriter Redfoo (LMFAO) — Rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, record producer and dancer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) — R&B singer, member of Jagged Edge B.G. (Hot Boys) — Rapper and songwriter, member of the Hot Boys ----------------------------------------------- 1781📚Los Angeles, CA, was founded by 44 settlers of at least 26 were descendants of Africans. Among the Black sett

Taana Gardner — Singer, best known as a disco and post-disco vocalist August Alsina — R&B singer and songwriter Redfoo (LMFAO) — Rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, record producer and dancer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) — R&B singer, member of Jagged Edge B.G. (Hot Boys) — Rapper and songwriter, member of the Hot Boys ----------------------------------------------- 1838📚Frederick Douglass escaped slavery dressed in a sailor's uniform, carrying identification papers provided by a

• Katt Williams – Comedian & Actor • K-Ci Hailey (Jodeci) – Singer & Songwriter • Damson Idris – Actor & Producer • Syleena Johnson – Singer, Songwriter & Television Personality • Billy Preston – Singer, Songwriter, Keyboardist & Musician — Died 2006 • Lennox Lewis – Former Professional Boxer & Heavyweight Champion • Nate “Tiny” Archibald – Former Professional Basketball Player & Basketball Hall of Famer • Eric Dickerson – Former Professional Football Player & Pro Football Ha

• Zendaya – Actress & Singer • Ron O’Neal – Actor, Director & Screenwriter — Died 2004 • Archie Bell – Singer & Songwriter • Tim Hardaway – Former Professional Basketball Player & Basketball Hall of Famer ----------------------------------------------- National Forgiveness Day 1904📚George Coleman Poage becomes the 1st Black American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning 2 bronze medals (200-meter and 400-meter hurdles ) at the 1904 games in St. Louis 1926📚Ari

• Chris Tucker – Actor & Comedian • Char Jackson – Actress & Singer • Joe Budden – Rapper, Broadcaster & Podcaster • Edwin Moses – Olympic Track & Field Athlete • Jalen Brunson – Professional Basketball Player • Eldridge Cleaver – Writer, Political Activist & Black Panther Party Leader — Died 1998 ----------------------------------------------- Happy New Edition Day 1920☆International Day for People of African Descent: One of the most significant events in Black history is th

• Robert Parish – Former Professional Basketball Player & NBA Hall of Famer • Michael Michele – Actress & Producer • Robin Harris – Comedian & Actor (d. 1990) • Maino – Rapper & Songwriter • Fred Hampton – Civil Rights Activist & Black Panther Party Leader (d. 1969) • Gerald Albright – Jazz Saxophonist & Multi-Instrumentalist • Trevor Jackson – Actor, Singer & Songwriter ----------------------------------------------- Happy New Edition Day 1881■W. S. Campbell patents the Self

• Roxie Roker – Actress • Quvenzhané Wallis – Actress & Author • Kyle Massey – Actor, Rapper & Singer • Talia Jackson – Actress & Singer ----------------------------------------------- 1955📚Emmett Till (14) kidnapped & lynched in Money, MS When white woman Carolyn Bryant Donham accused him of grabbing her. She later admitted she lied. She died in 2023 at 88 without any accountability 1963📚Martin Luther King Jr leads march on Washington & delivers his signature "I Have A Dr

• Michael Jackson – Singer, Songwriter, Dancer & Entertainer • Meshell Ndegeocello – Singer, Songwriter, Rapper & Bassist • Dinah Washington – Singer & Pianist • Isabel Sanford – Actress & Comedian • Pebbles – Singer, Songwriter & Music Executive • Mario Winans – Singer, Songwriter & Record Producer • AJ Calloway – Television Host & Entertainment Reporter -------------------------------------------------------------- 1957📚Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the 1st

Keke Palmer — Actress, singer, television host and producer Evan Ross — Actor and singer Valerie Simpson — Singer, songwriter and producer; one-half of Ashford & Simpson James Harden — Professional basketball player Katherine Johnson — NASA mathematician whose calculations helped make U.S. human spaceflight possible (died 2020) Cordae — Rapper, singer and songwrit Mike Colter — Actor, best known for playing Luke Cage Cassie — Singer, actress, model and dancer Branford Marsali

Walter Williams — Singer, songwriter, founding member of The O’Jays Shock G — Rapper, musician, producer, founder/frontman of Digital Underground (died 2021) China Anne McClain — Actress and singer Terminator X — DJ and producer, DJ for Public Enemy Blair Underwood — Actor, director and producer -------------------------------------------------------------- 1908📚52 nurses lead by Martha M. Franklin formed the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, to improve the st

Dave Chappelle — Comedian, actor, writer, producer Reggie Miller — Former NBA player, basketball analyst Jeffrey Daniel (Shalamar) — Singer, dancer, choreographer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) — Singer, musician, founding member of The Chi-Lites Ava DuVernay — Film director, producer, screenwriter Rocky Johnson (d. 2020) — Professional wrestler Justine Skye — Singer, songwriter, actress Sofia Richie Grainge — Model, fashion designer, social media personality🎶 -----------

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) — NBA basketball legend, entrepreneur & philanthropist 🏀 Seth Curry — NBA basketball player 🏀 Bone Crusher — Rapper, songwriter & record producer 🎤 Lil Yachty — Rapper, singer & songwriter 🎤 Jason Dirden — Actor 🎭 Annie Ilonzeh — Actress 📺🎬 Michael Taliferro (1961–2006) — Actor & former football player 🎬🏈 Sky Blu (LMFAO) — Rapper, singer, DJ & record producer 🎧🎤 Bilal — Singer, songwriter & musician, known for R&B and neo-soul 🎶 -----------

Christopher Williams — R&B singer and actor James DeBarge — R&B/soul singer and musician, member of DeBarge GZA — Rapper, songwriter and founding member of Wu-Tang Clan Beenie Man — Jamaican dancehall/reggae artist and DJ Keith Powers — Actor and model Vernon Reid — Guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Living Colour Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje — British actor, director and former fashion model Regina Taylor — Actress, playwright and director ----------------------------------

Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999) — Professional basketball player; NBA legend; actor and author Kelis — Singer, songwriter and chef Loretta Devine — Actress and singer Usain Bolt — Olympic sprinter; track-and-field athlete and entrepreneur Melvin Van Peebles (1932–2021) — Filmmaker, director, actor, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer Cleo King — Actress Dr. Umar Johnson — Psychologist, author, speaker and educator -----------------------------------------------------

Okay, THIS is the kind of history Lady Red likes reporting. Because Black women aren't just standing in front of the camera this Emmy season. Baby, they're behind the camera yelling: “CUT! RUN IT BACK! AND SOMEBODY FIX THAT LIGHT!” 😂🎬 The 78th Emmy Awards nominations have put Black women directors in a historic spotlight, with Salli Richardson-Whitfield pulling off something no Black woman has ever done in the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series category: SHE GOT NOMIN

Lil’ Cease — Rapper 🎤 KRS-One — Rapper, songwriter, producer & activist 🎤 Don King — Boxing promoter 🥊 Al Roker — Television weather presenter, journalist & author 🌤️📺 Isaac Hayes (1942–2008) — Singer, songwriter, musician, composer & actor 🎶🎬 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1619📚The Dutch brought the 1st Black slaves to Point Comfort (not Jamestown) on a ship called WHITE LION in the James River. They were traded for food to the English

Nate Dogg (1969–2011) — Rapper, singer & songwriter 🎤 Paula Jai Parker — Actress, comedian & voice actress 🎭 Romeo Miller — Rapper, actor & entrepreneur 🎤🎬 Tracie Thoms — Actress & singer 🎭🎶 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1791📚Benjamin Banneker made history when he sent a letter to then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson with a copy of his 1st almanac. Banneker was a free Black American mathematician, astronomer, farmer, & surveyor. By

Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Actor Roberto Clemente — MLB Baseball player Marvin Isley — Musician, The Isley Brothers Parker McKenna Posey — Actress Reg E. Cathey — Actor Glenn Plummer — Actor Masta Killa — Rapper, Wu-Tang Clan -------------------------------------------------------------- 1968📚James Meredith, graduates marking a significant moment in the Civil Rights Movement. He is the 1st Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi. He also led the "March Against Fea

Marcus Garvey — Political activist, Black nationalist leader, publisher Dave Hollister — R&B singer, songwriter, former Blackstreet member Posdnuos (Plug 1) — Rapper, songwriter, De La Soul founding member Tammy Townsend — Actress, singer Joyner Lucas — Rapper, songwriter, record producer -------------------------------------------------------------- 1968📚The 1st Miss Black America Pageant was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlantic City, NJ. The pageant was created by J. Morri

Angela Bassett — Actress, director and producer Young Thug — Rapper, singer and songwriter Charli Baltimore — Rapper and songwriter James “J.T.” Taylor — Singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead singer of Kool & the Gang Seth Carr — Actor, known for roles in Black Panther, The Main Event and Bosch Carol Moseley Braun — Politician, attorney and diplomat; former U.S. Senator from Illinois and the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate -------------------------