Black History Facts & Birthdays 8/7

• Gangsta Boo (2023) — Rapper; former member of Three 6 Mafia.

• DeMar DeRozan — NBA basketball player (forward/guard).

• Harold Perrineau — Actor (known for Lost, Oz, From, and The Matrix films).

• David Mann — Actor, comedian, and gospel singer (best known as Mr. Brown in Tyler Perry productions).

• Chico Benymon — Actor and comedian (known for Half & Half).

• Jalen Hurts — NFL quarterback.

• Brett Gray — Actor and singer (known for On My Block).

• Ralph J. Bunche (1971) — Diplomat, political scientist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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• 1930📚Thomas Shipp & Abram Smith are lynched in Marion, IN. 16 year old James Cameron survives the attack & later founds America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, WI

• 1948📚Alice Coachman became the 1st Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the London games by winning the gold in the high jump event 

• 1960📚Black & white students staged kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches to protest segregation in the South particularly at lunch counters 

• 2001🎶Usher puts out his 3rd album, 8701, the title a reference to the release date

• 2001🎶Jadakiss released his debut album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye

• 2020🎶Juice WRLD released the posthumous single Smile