Black History & Birthday Facts 8/28
• Roxie Roker – Actress
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Actress & Author
• Kyle Massey – Actor, Rapper & Singer
• Talia Jackson – Actress & Singer
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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 Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial for Jobs and Freedom
1968📚Rev. Channing E. Philips of Washington, D.C., becomes the 1st Black American to be nominated for president by a major national party. Philips was nominated as a candidate by the District of Columbia delegation at the Democratic convention in Chicago
2008📚The Democratic National Convention made Senator Barack Obama the 1st Black American ever nominated by a major party as the party's presidential candidate
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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