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📚History & Birthday Facts 10/20

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  • Kamala Harris (1964) – Former U.S. Vice President and attorney.

  • Snoop Dogg (1971) – Legendary rapper, actor, and entrepreneur.

  • NBA YoungBoy (1999) – Rapper and songwriter.

  • A$AP Ferg (1988) – Rapper and member of A$AP Mob.

  • Jennifer Freeman (1985) – Actress, My Wife and Kids.

  • Bill Nunn (1952–2016) – Actor, Do the Right Thing and Spider-Man.

  • Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006) – Legendary tap dancer, Nicholas Brothers.

  • Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941) – Jazz pianist, composer, and pioneer.

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  • 1898📚North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company founded by John Merrick and associates in Durham, NC as the 1st Black owned insurance company

  • 1941📚The Southern Conference on Race Relations (SCRR) was held in Durham, North Carolina with more than 50 prominent Black leaders of the South to discuss solutions for inter-racial cooperation. An outcome of the conference was the “Durham Manifesto,” which called for democratic participation of Black Americans through the right to vote, equal pay, employment rights, anti-lynching laws, eradication of poll taxes, and an end to segregation in order to ease current and anticipated racial violence in the South

  • 2009🎶Jay-Z released Empire State Of Mind 

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