Black History & Birthday Facts 9/20
🎤 Yung Joc: Rapper, songwriter and television personality, best known for “It’s Goin’ Down.”
🧮 Dorothy Vaughan: Mathematician and pioneering NASA/NACA computer and programmer, one of the women whose story was highlighted in Hidden Figures. She died in 2008.
🎬 Aldis Hodge: Actor, artist and watch designer, known for Leverage, One Night in Miami... and Black Adam.
👑 Crystle Stewart: Actress, model, television host and Miss USA 2008. (Her first name is spelled Crystle.)
🎙️ Deborah Roberts: Television journalist, correspondent and author.
🎭 Malachi Kirby: British actor and writer, known for Roots and Small Axe.
🎬 Debbi Morgan: Emmy-winning actress known for All My Children, Eve’s Bayou and Power.
🎶 The-Dream: Grammy-winning R&B singer, songwriter and producer behind major records including Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies.”
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1664📚Maryland enacted the 1st anti-amalgamation law to prevent intermarriage of White women & Black men. Others states soon followed Virginia 1691, Massachusetts 1705, North Carolina 1715, South Carolina 1717, Delaware 1721, Pennsylvania 1725
1910📚Dorothy Vaughan was born, a mathematician employed by NASA who made significant contributions to the NASA space program which is depicted in the movie hidden figures. NASA's 1st Black female manager
1984📺The Cosby Show premieres on NBC
1988🎶Marley Marl released the album In Control, Volume 1
1993🎶De La Soul released their 3rd album Buhloone Mindstate
1994🎶Craig Mack released his debut album Project: Funk Da World
All of your black history facts come from the book:
"The Uneraseable Black Book: We Can't Be Erased" By K.D. Garricks on Amazon
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