Black History Facts & Birthdays 8/11

• Viola Davis • Actress & Producer

• Duane Martin • Actor & Former Professional Basketball Player

• Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly • Rapper & Member of Kris Kross (d. 2013)

• Ali Shaheed Muhammad • DJ, Producer & Member of A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ)

• Alex Haley • Author & Journalist, Roots & The Autobiography of Malcolm X (died 1992)

• Sophie Okonedo • Actress

• Kenny Gamble • Songwriter, Producer & Co-Founder of Philadelphia International Records

• Miguel A. Núñez Jr. • Actor, Producer & Comedian

• J-Boog • Singer, Actor & Member of B2K

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  TODAY IS NATIONAL SON'S & DAUGHTER'S DAY

• 1965📚The Watts riot began, when Lee Minikus, a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer, pulled over Marquette Frye, who Minikus believed was intoxicated. A group of people witnessed the police brutality & began to gather & throw rocks at the police. Over the next 6 days 34 people were reported dead (28 black) 1,072 people were injured, and 4,000 people were arrested. Brutality isnt right.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIP HOP

• 1973🎤DJ Kool Herc threw his Back To School Jam in the park & this event is known as The Birth Of Hip Hop

• 1987🎶LL Cool J's 2nd album, Bigger And Deffer, goes Platinum, making him the 1st rap solo act to do so

• 1992■Anthony Phills patents a ruler template for computer keyboard #5,136,787