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• 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

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Halle Berry: Actress / producer Magic Johnson: Former NBA player / businessman Jackée Harry: Actress / comedian Antonio Fargas: Actor Marsai Martin: Actress / producer Lamorne Morris: Actor / comedian DJ Kay Slay (d. 2022): DJ / radio personality / record executive Sharon Bryant: R&B singer, former lead singer of Atlantic Starr Larry Graham: Bassist / singer / songwriter, member of Sly and the Family Stone and founder of Graham Central Station Tai Davis: Actress (The Chi) Jos

Kathleen Battle: Opera singer / soprano Tragedy Khadafi: Rapper / hip-hop artist and producer DeMarcus Cousins: Professional basketball player, former NBA All-Star Robbie Pardlo (City High): R&B singer / songwriter, member of the group City High Baby Blue (Pretty Ricky): R&B/hip-hop singer and rapper, member of Pretty Ricky -------------------------------------------------------------- 1881📚The 1st Black nursing school at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. opens because Black A

Sir Mix-a-Lot: Rapper / songwriter / producer Imani Hakim: Actress Kid Creole: Singer / songwriter, frontman of Kid Creole and the Coconuts Del the Funky Homosapien: Rapper / songwriter / producer Antoine Walker: Former NBA player / basketball analyst Yvette Nicole Brown: Actress / comedian / television host LaKeith Stanfield: Actor / musician -------------------------------------------------------------- National Middle Child Day 1903📚After failing to Lynch a Black man, whi

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