📚History & Birthday Facts 10/7
Updated: Oct 11
Toni Braxton: Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for "Un-Break My Heart," "Breathe Again," and "He Wasn't Man Enough."
Nicole Ari Parker: Actress and producer, best known for Soul Food, Boogie Nights, and And Just Like That...
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975): Religious leader, author, and longtime leader of the Nation of Islam. A significant figure in Black American religious history.
Amber Stevens West: Actress, known for Greek, The Carmichael Show, Happy Together, and Run the World.
Omar Benson Miller: Actor, known for 8 Mile, CSI: Miami, Ballers, and The Unicorn.
Jamie Hector: Actor, best known for playing Marlo Stanfield in The Wire and Jerry Edgar in Bosch.
Bryce Wilson (Groove Theory): Music producer, songwriter, actor, and former member of the R&B duo Groove Theory, known for the hit "Tell Me."
Desmond Tutu (1931–2021): South African Anglican archbishop, anti-apartheid activist, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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1890■Harbour H. Reynolds patents Safety Gate for Bridges #437,937
1963📚Alabama troopers & local deputies attacked Black residents of Selma, AL who were trying to register to vote. They also attacked people who were trying to give food and water while they waited in line, some using cattle prods. Please respect the ancestors you don't know what they had to go thru for us to be here
1968🔹️Ellen Holly becomes the 1st Black American on daytime television as Carla on One Life to Live
1971🎶Michael Jackson released "Got To Be There."
1993📚Toni Morrison, 1st Black Woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature
2003🎶Ludacris becomes the 1st "Dirty South" rapper to land a #1 album when Chicken-N-Beer hits the top charts
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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