Growing list of those born or died on August 21 in any year
John Amos
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John Allen Amos Jr. (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. His other well known roles were as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots(1/9)
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Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.
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Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. ...The child of a sharecropper family, Hayes grew up working on farms in the Tennessee counties of Shelby and Tipton.
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Growing list of those born or died on August 19 in any year
John Lester Nash Jr.
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John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020)[2] was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now"Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_N… youtube.com/watch?v=lJErpOGN-H…
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now — (Official Video)
Music video by Johnny Nash performing I Can See Clearly Now. © 1972 EpicWeedy Weed Smoker (YouTube)
On August 19, 1916, a mob of white people in Alachua County, Florida, lynched five Black individuals—Andrew McHenry, Bert Dennis, John Haskins, Mary Dennis, and Stella Young—while a Black [Man] named James Dennis was also
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Growing list of those born or died on August 18 in any year
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Gail Fisher
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Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000) was an American actress who was one of the first Black [Women] to play substantive roles in American television. ...Her father died when she was two years old, and she was raised by her mother,
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The New Cross Fire killed 13 young Black people during a birthday
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Growing list of those born or died on August 17 in any year
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association(1/8)
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Growing list of those born or died on August 16 in any year
Aretha Louise Franklin
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Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time....Aretha's mother died of a
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Growing list of those born or died on August 15 in any year
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a [Black] Canadian jazz pianist and composer
Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr.
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Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. He survived a(1/4)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S04E04
refers to Greek civilisation omitting that:
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Nausicaa released in 2018describes the mediterranean as the cradle of civilisation omitting that Black civilisation preceded that; so I rated it 1.
Successive civilisations etc steal from the previous and present them as their own just as
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The Springfield race riot of 1908 consisted of events of mass racial violence committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white Americans and European immigrants in Springfield, Illinois, between August 14 and 16, 1908.
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All About Rita Conway, One of Marvel's First Black Woman Characters
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Young Washington released in 2026
He is excluded from school because of prejudice against tenant farming and yet he and his family fail to realize any understanding around the enslaved.
The enslaved are not brutalized in this film reinforcing the
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Growing list of those born or died on August 13 in any year
Slick Woods
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Simone Marie Thompson (born August 13, 1996), better known as Slick Woods, is an American fashion model, known for her bald head, gapped teeth, and tattoos. Woods is a part of the "Social Media Modeling" or(1/7)
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For 97 years, the Bud Billiken Parade has shown up for Chicago youth
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The Bud Billiken Parade has spent nearly a century creating a place where young people are supported, celebrated, and seen.Ashley Chappell (Chicago Reader)
The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians,
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Master's thesis included doll experiments that investigated way African American children's attitudes toward race & racial self-identification were affected by segregation. According to study, children who attended segregated schools preferred playing with white dolls over black.
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Growing list of those born or died on August 11 in any year
Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer.
Mamie Phipps Clark
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Master's thesis included doll experiments that investigated way African American children's attitudes toward race & racial self-identification were affected by segregation. According to study, children who attended segregated schools preferred playing with white dolls over black.(1/16)
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Growing list of those born or died on August 10 in any year
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
Kangol Kid
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Shaun Shiller Fequiere (August 10, 1966 – December 18, 2021), known by his stage name Kangol Kid, was an American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer,(1/9)
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Nausicaa released in 2018
describes the mediterranean as the cradle of civilisation omitting that Black civilisation preceded that; so I rated it 1.
Successive civilisations etc steal from the previous and present them as their own just as
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Growing list of those born or died on August 8 in any year
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley
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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist...Early life and career
Elementary school classmates called him "cannonball" (i.e., "cannibal") after his voracious appetite...(1/5)
The Mangrove Nine were a group of [british] Black activists tried for inciting a riot at a 1970 protest against the [pig] targeting of The Mangrove, a Caribbean restaurant in
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Growing list of those born or died on August 9 in any year
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer, and record producer.
Bernie Mac
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Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), known professionally as Bernie Mac, was an American stand-up comedian, actor and film producer... Mac joined Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley as one of the "Big Four" comedians in the film The Original Kings of Comedy.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_M…
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations
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Growing list of those born or died on August 7 in any year
Harold Perrineau
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Harold Perrineau (born August 7, 1963) is an American actor. His breakout role was in the independent film Smoke (1995), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He went on to appear as(1/3)
Growing list of those born or died on August 5 in any year
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) was an American novelist and editor.
Bill Richmond
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Bill Richmond (5 August 1763 – 28 December 1829) was a [british] boxer, born into slavery in Richmondtown, New York. Although born in Colonial America, he lived for the majority of his life in [england], where all his boxing contests(1/10)
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Bill Richmond (5 August 1763 – 28 December 1829) was a [british] boxer, born into slavery in Richmondtown, New York. Although born in Colonial America, he lived for the majority of his life in [england], where all his boxing contests
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Growing list of those born or died on August 4 in any year
Barack Hussein Obama II
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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_O…
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Julius LeVonne Chambers (October 6, 1936 – August 2, 2013) was an American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator…
Personal life
Chambers was married to Vivian Giles Chambers and had two children, Derrick and
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Growing list of those born or died on August 2 in any year
Julius LeVonne Chambers
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Julius LeVonne Chambers (October 6, 1936 – August 2, 2013) was an American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator…Personal life
Chambers was married to Vivian Giles Chambers and had two children, Derrick and(1/4)
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Growing list of those born or died on August 1 in any year
Henrietta Lacks
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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and(1/6)
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Growing list of those born or died on July 31 in any year
Flora Jean Hyman
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Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, martial artist, author, and film producer.
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Flora Jean Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American volleyball player. She was an Olympic silver medalist and played professional volleyball in Japan.Hyman was the most popular volleyball player in the world due to her talent and charisma.
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[Donald Myrick was executed by pigs.]
...(April 6, 1940 – July 30, 1993) was [a Black] American saxophonist. …he was best known
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Growing list of those born or died on July 30 in any year
Grace Dell "Nichelle" Nichols
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Grace Dell "Nichelle" Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on [US] television. From 1977 to 2015, she volunteered her time to promote NASA's programs and recruit diverse astronauts, including some of the first female and ethnic minority astronauts.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle…
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B.F. Hardy, an African American man, was born around 1859. He lived at 3136 S. Ellis Avenue in Chicago with his wife, Armenta Johnson, whom he married in 1898. Possible siblings of Hardy include Joseph and Thomas
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Growing list of those born or died on July 29 in any year
Monica Calhoun (born July 29, 1971) is an American film and television actress.
Brian Joseph Burton
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Brian Joseph Burton (born July 29, 1977), known professionally as Danger Mouse, is an American musician and record producer.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_M…
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John David Washington
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John David Washington (born July 28, 1984) is an American actor and former professional football player. A son of actor Denzel Washington... Washington's breakthrough role came playing Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee's crime drama BlacKkKlansman (2018)Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dav…
Growing list of those born or died on July 27 in any year
Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian.
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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr.
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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_…
He would have been 85 today.
In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered...
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In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman.www.nps.gov
