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Scoop Black History SCOOP USA MEDIA Celebrating 59 Years of Community News ScoopUSA Black History Corner by Adelaide Abdur-Rahman player, is born in Houston, TX. [email protected] 1989 Sessilee Lopez, model, is born in , PA. 1998 (Courtney) Coco Jones, singer and actor (Radio CAPRICORN - December 22 - January 19 Disney’s Next Big Thing), is born in Columbia, SC. 2000 John David Milner, Major League Baseball player CAPRICORN – The Go Getter dies in East Point, GA. Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambi- 2004 Jacob Hudson Carruthers, African-centered tious. Tends to be good-looking. Humorous and scholar, dies in , IL. funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved, often pes- 2011 Grady Chapman, lead singer with the doo-wop simistic. Capricorns tend to act before they think and can group The Robins, dies. be unfriendly at times. Hold grudges. Likes competition. 2013 Richard A. Long, historian and author (Black Gets what they want. Americana), dies. Garnet is the stone for the month of January 2014 Stuart Orlando Scott, sportscaster and anchor on Jewelry from dating back as far as 3100 B.C. con- ESPN, dies in Avon, CT. tained garnet stones. It was believed garnet would protect January 5 its wearer from enemies and could illuminate the darkness. Noah reportedly used a garnet lantern to illuminate the ark You are exceedingly honest, kind-hearted, loving and and guide it safely through the darkness of night. Accord- fond of children. You adapt yourself readily but should ing to legend, East Indiana rubbed garnet on themselves to Willy Ribbs, Jr curb your tendency to criticize other. Your love is deep and obtain glowing qualities. Garnet is to symbolize happiness 2004 (Beatrice Lucille Williams) Beatrice Winde, actor your home dear to you. and deep enduring friendships and to spark creativity. Gar- (Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death), dies in New York, 1864 George Washington Carver, scientist, botanist and net is believed to rid the body of negative energy and emo- NY. educator is born into slavery in Diamond, MO. tions. It is thought to stimulate the desire and fortitude that 2010 Eunice Walker Johnson, wife of Ebony publisher 1905 Donald Anderson Edwards, physicist and founding it takes to connect to decisions. Native American tribes be- John H. Johnson, dies in Chicago, IL. chair of the Physics Department at North Carolina A&T lieved garnet had medicinal powers. They also used garnet 2015 Edward William Brooke, III, first African Ameri- College, is born in Calhoun, AL. in jewelry and to decorate shields, dream catchers and can popularly elected to the US Senate, dies in Coral 1906 Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones, actor comedian (The many other items. Gables, FL. Lawless Nineties), is born in North Carolina. 1916 Sam Lucas, actor and the first African American January 3 January 4 man to star as Uncle Tom in the film, dies in Los Angeles, CA. You are too apt to procrastinate and should practice dili- Yours is an energetic nature. You like to be doing things 1924 (Beatrice Lucille Williams) Beatrice Winde, actor gence and perseverance because you are capable of and seeing them well done. You have a faculty for making (Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death), is born in greater things. You are friendly and enjoy meeting new money, are shrewd and have good business ability. Those Chicago, IL. people and have a strong personality. The friends you make to whom you give your confidence will prove constant. 1926 Hosea Lorenzo Williams, ordained minister and are lasting ones. 1890 Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, first African American scientist and member of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s inner cir- 1838 Alonzo Jacob Ransier, first African American Lieu- president of Howard University, is born in Paris, TN. cle, is born in Attapulgus, GA. tenant Governor in South Carolina, is born in Charleston, SC. 1904 Mary Ellen Pleasant, Underground Railroad 1926 Claude Henry Keystone ‘Buddy’ Young, the first 1902 (James) Preston (McDonald) Jackson, jazz trom- worker, dies in San Francisco, CA. member of the Colts to have his number retired bonist, is born in New Orleans, LA. 1905 Tommy McClennan, blues singer and guitarist, is and later became the first African American executive in 1932 Frederick K.C. Price, founder and pastor of Cren- born in Durant, MS. the National Football League, is born in Chicago, IL. shaw Christian , is born in Santa Monica, CA. 1906 (William Frank) Frankie Newton, jazz trumpeter, 1929 (Ernest Joseph) Tabby Thomas, blues musician, is 1934 Alonzo Jacob Ransier, first African American Lieu- is born in Emory, VA. born in Baton Rouge, LA. tenant Governor in South Carolina, is born in Charleston, 1908 William Schieffelin Claytor, third African Ameri- 1929 Wilbert Harrison, singer (Kansas City), is born in SC. can to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics, is born in Norfolk, VA. Charlotte, NC. 1939 Percy Anthony Pierre, electrical engineer and pres- 1911 Charlotte E. Ray, first African American woman 1930 Frederick Charles Tillis, jazz saxophonist poet and ident of Prairie View A&M university, is born in St. James lawyer, dies in Woodside, Long Island, NY. composer (A Symphony of Songs), is born in Galveston, Parrish, LA. 1916 (Bulee) Slim Gaillard, singer, songwriter and pi- TX. 1940 George Malone, singer with The Monotones (The anist, is born in Pensacola, FL. 1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer and dancer, is born in Book of Love), is born in Newark, NJ. 1919 Edward Garfield High, biochemist and director of Rogers, TX. 1948 Peggy Ann Quince, justice of the Supreme Count the Laboratory of the Biochemical Research at Prairie 1933 Bob Armstrong, boxer ‘King of the Battle Royal,’ of Florida, is born in Norfolk, VA. View A&M College, is born in Indianapolis, IN. dies in Chicago, IL. 1952 Harriette Simms Moore, teach, civil rights worker 1926 Mary Eliza Mahoney, first African American to 1938 Ngügî wa Thiong’o, author and candidate for the (wife of Harry T. Moore, founder of the first branch of the study and work as a trained nurse in the US, dies in Boston, Nobel Prize in Literature, is born in Kaminithu, Kenya NAACP in Brevard County, Florida), dies in Mims, FL. MA. Colony. 1955 (William Theodore) Willy Ribbs, Jr., racecar 1935 Floyd Patterson, boxer is born in Waco, NC. 1940 George Malone, singer with The Monotones (Book driver, is born in San Jose, CA. 1937 Willie Jeffries, first African American head coach of Love), is born. 1958 S(teven) Torriano Berry, producer, writer and di- of a NCAA Division 1-A, is born in Union, SC. 1943 George Washington Carver, scientist, botanist, ed- rector (Noh Matta Wat), is born in Kansas City, KS. 1937 Gaynel Hodge, pianist and songwriter (Earth ucator and inventor, dies in Tuskegee, AL. 1958 Marc Haydel Morial mayor of New Orleans, LA, Angel), is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1947 (Eugene Edward) Mercury Morris, National Foot- is born in New Orleans. 1937 Grace Bumbry soprano, is born in St. Louis, MO. ball League player, is born in Pittsburgh, PA. 1963 (Andy Hernandez) Coati Mundi vibraphone play 1946 Arthur Conley, singer (Sweet Soul Music), is born 1948 (Theodore William) Ted Lange, actor (The Love with Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Dr. Buzzard’s Orig- in McIntosh County, GA. Boat), is born in Oakland, CA. inal Savannah Band, is born in New York, NY. 1951 Bruce A. Harris, lawyer and mayor of Chatham 1949 George ‘Funky’ Brown, drummer with Kool and 1964 (Alphonso) Buck Johnson, Jr., National Borough, , is born. the Gang, is born in Jersey City, NJ. Association player, is born in Birmingham, AL. 1952 Michele Wallace, author (Black Macho and the 1953 (Dwight Braxton) Dwight Muhammad Qawi, pro- 1964 Cheryl D. Miller, National Basketball Association Myth of the Superwoman), is born in New York, NY. fessional light and boxer, is player, is born in Riverside, CA. 1954 (Celestine Ann) Tina Beyincé, known for her born in Baltimore, MD. 1966 (Samuel) Sammy Younge, Jr. a college student in House of Deréon fashion brand and Beyoncé Knowles 1953 (Haras Fyre) Patrick Grant, songwriter (Supernat- Tuskegee, Alabama is shot by a gas station attendant, fol- mother is born in Galveston, TX. ural Thing), is born in Newark, NJ. lowing a dispute over a ‘whites only’ rest room. 1958 Lurita Alexis Doan, first African American woman 1954 (Alexander) Alex English, National Basketball As- 1969 James Carte, jazz musician, is born in Detroit, MI. Administrator of the US Genereal Services Administration, sociation player, is born in Columbia, SC. 1971 Marc Veasey, US Representative for , is born is born in New Orleans, LA. 1956 Leslie Byron Dunner, composer and conductor, is in Fort Worth, TX. 1958 Archie Alphonso Alexander, mathematician, engi- born in New York, NY. 1973 Ariel Williams Holloway, poet (Shape Them into neer and governor of the US Virgin Islands, dies in Ot- 1958 Jerry McNeil, singer with The Whispers, is born Dreams), dies in Plainfield, NJ. tumwa, IA. in San Francisco, CA. 1978 Liya Kebede, model, clothing designer and actor 1959 (Denise Mathews aka D. D. Winters) Vanity singer 1959 (Milton Bernard) Milt Thompson, Major League (Black Gold), is born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. and actor (Purple Rain), is born in Niagara Fall, Ontario Baseball player, is born in Washington, DC. 1978 Kimberly Dawn Locke, singer, songwriter, model Canada. 1966 Tananarive Priscilla Due, educator and author (The and participant on American Idol 2003, is born in 1960 Angela Turner Quigless, Missouri Court of Appeals Black Rose), is born in Tallahassee, FL. Hartsville, TN. judge, is born in , FL. 1975 (Donald Edward) Don Wilson, Major League 1980 Mary Wineberg (Danner) Olympic competitor in 1963 Daryl Lamont Boston, Major League Baseball Baseball player, dies in Houston, TX. the 400m races, is born in Brooklyn, NY. player, is born in Cincinnati, OH. 1926 (Robert) Guy Torry, comedian and actor (The 1980 David Mikel Tyree, National Football League 1967 Leslie Maxie, track and field athlete and television Strip), is born in St. Louis, MO. player, is born in Livingston, NJ. broadcast journalist, is born in San Francisco, CA. 1978 Patrice Fisher, actor (Zane’s Sex Chronicles), is 1980 Amos Milburn, singer (One Scotch, One Bourbon, 1969 Paul Chambers, jazz bass player, dies in New York, born in Del Rio, TX. One Beer), dies in Houston, TX. NY. 1979 Charles Mingus, bassist and composer, dies in 1983 Angela Yee, radio personality (The Breakfast 1970 James Edward, actor (Home of the Brave), dies in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Club), is born in Brooklyn, NY. San Diego, CA. 1981 Brooklyn Sudano, actor (My Wife and Kids), is 1985 Nicole Beharie, actor (Sleepy Hollow), is born in 1973 Ray Mickens, National Football League player, is born in Los Angeles, CA. West Palm Beach, FL. born in Frankfurt, Germany. 1985 Tra Battle, National Football League player, is born 1986 Lloyd (Polite, Jr.) singer (Southside), is born in 1974 Christopher Alan Stewart, music producer (Single in Forsyth, GA. New Orleans, LA. Ladies [Put a Ring On It]), is born in Markham, IL. 1994 Harold ‘Hal’ Lucas, Jr., singer with The Clovers 1989 (Lonnie Kimble) Skeme, rap artist (Alive & Liv- 1975 Jill Marie Jones, actor (Girlfriends), is born in Dal- (One Mint Julep), dies in Washington, DC. ing), is born in Inglewood, CA. las, TX. 2000 Ida Goodson, classic blues and jazz singer plus pi- 1989 Christian Ballard, National Football League player, 1979 (Mel Jason Smalls) Drag-On, hip hop recording anist, dies in Pensacola, FL. is born in Newport News, VA. artist (Opposite of H2O and actor (Exit Wounds), is born 2004 Charles (Charlie) Everett Dumas, high jumper in 1989 Eddie Heywood, pianist and composer (Canadian in The Bronx, NY. the 1956 Olympic and the first person to clear 7 feet, is Sunset), dies in Miami Beach, FL. 1979 Jeannie Mai, host on the style network and The born in Compton CA. 1995 Cassietta George (Baker) gospel singer with The Real, is born in San Jose, CA. 2010 Willie Mitchell, music arranger and record pro- Caravans, dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1982 Jason Jerrod Bourgeois, Major League Baseball ducer dies in Memphis, TN. 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