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by Adelaide AbSdur-Rcahmoan opUSA Black Historthye Un ivCersal Loife Inrsurannce Ceompr any dies in Memphis, [email protected] TN. 2007 Nellie Lutcher, pianist and singer (He’s A Real GEMINI - May 21 - June 21 Gone Guy) dies. Smart and witty. Outgoing, very chatty. Lively, ener- getic. Adaptable but needs to express themselves. Ar- June 9 gumentative and outspoken. Like change. Versatile. Busy, sometimes nervous and tense. Gossips. May You are charming, gracious and have a sweet disposi - seem superficial or inconsistent. Beautiful physically and men- tion. You have a keen and active mind, determined and tally. concentrated in your work and have a goodly amount of executive ability. You are a good entertainer and are The Pearl is the stone for the month of June popular in your own social circle. Pearls are symbolic of modesty and purity; they inspire 1877 Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, artist and sculptor is honesty, innocence and love. Pearls were often thought to bring martial bliss to their wearers. The oldest known born in Philadelphia, PA. Her former home was located pearl necklace is more than 4,000 years old; it was found at 254 South 12th Street. in the sarcophagus of a Persian princess who died in 520 1888 Peter Marshall Murray, the first African Ameri - BC. An old legend says pearls were formed when dew - can member of the American Medical Association’s drops filled with moonlight fell into the ocean and were House of Delegates is born in Houma, LA. swallowed by oysters. It is said that pearls can help one 1895 (David) Dave Brown, Negro League Baseball gain self-knowledge and feelings of self-worth and en - player is born in Leon County, TX. able one to accept love. In the Hindu religion, the pres - 1902 (Nehemiah Curtis) Skip James, blues singer, gui - entation of an undrilled pearl has become part of the Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks tarist and pianist is born in Bentonia, MS. marriage ceremony. Until the beginning of the 19th cen- 1921 Vernon L. Odom, Sr., civil rights leader is born tury pearls were extremely rare. It was considered to be June 8 in Biscoe, AR. a good harvest if, out of 100 oysters, one pearl was found. 1929 (John Marshall Alexander, Jr.) Johnny Ace. Take care that your shrewdness does not turn into Singer (Pledging My Love) is born in Memphis, TN. June 7 cunning ways. At times, you are stubborn in your view - 1934 (James) ‘Wild’ Jimmy Spruill, session guitarist points. You are just and ambitious, like to read and is born in Fayetteville, NC. You are impulsive, act quickly and are easily discour - travel and apt in forming new friendships. aged, although you are a loyal friend and always anx - 1934 (Jack LeRoy) Jackie Wilson, singer “Mr. Excite - 1868 Robert Robinson Taylor, first accredited African ious to help those in need. You are sympathetic and ment” (Lonely Teardrops) is born in Detroit, MI. American architect in the US is born in Wilmington, sensitive, love with your whole heart and suffer deeply 1936 June Millicent Jordan, journalist, novelist and NC. if love is not returned to you with equal strength. dramatist (I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw 1900 Lena Baker, maid who is executed for killing her 1887 Granville T. Woods is awarded patent 364,619 The Sky) is born in Harlem, NY. white employer is born in Cuthbert, GA. 1940 Richard Wallace, singer with the Mighty Clouds for a relay instrument. 1907 (Wilhelmina Goodson) Billie Pierce, jazz pianist 1892 of Joy is born. George T. Sampson is awarded patent 476,416 and singer is born in Marianna, FL. for a clothes dryer, a heating device operated by a motor 1943 Kenny Barron, jazz pianist is born in Philadel - 1911 Roy E. Partlow, Negro Baseball League player phia, PA. extracting moisture from clothing. is born in Washington, GA. 1898 J.A. Sweeting is awarded patent 605,209 for a 1950 Fred Jackson, college football player and coach 1912 Robert Penn, US Navy sailor and recipient of is born in Baton Rouge, LA. combined knife and scoop. the Medal of Honor dies in Las Animas, CO. 1898 A.L. Ross is awarded patent 605,343 for a bag 1951 Dave Gene Parker, Major League Baseball 1923 George Kirby, comedian and actor (The George player is born in Calhoun, MS. closure. Kirby Show) is born in Chicago, IL. 1909 1952 (William R.) Billy Knight, National Basketball A. Maceo Walker, businessman and president of 1925 Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, member of the the Universal Life insurance Company is born in Indi - Association player is born in Braddock, PA. Tuskegee Airmen is born in Augusta, GA. 1954 Alain Locke, writer and “Father of the Harlem anola, MS. 1929 Edward Joseph Perkins, US Ambassador to 1917 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks, poet and author Renaissance” dies in Harlem, NY. Liberia is born in Sterlington, LA. (A Street in Bronzeville) is born in Topeka, KS. 1957 (Thomas Dexter) T.D. Jakes, Sr., author and 1937 Toni Harper (Dunlap) dancer and singer (Candy 1931 David C. Driskell, art historian and curator of minister is born in South Charleston, WV. Store Blues) is born. 1964 Gloria Reuben, singer and actor (ER) is born in African American art exhibits is born in Eaton, GA. 1938 Barbara A. Robinson, member of the Maryland 1943 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Yolande Cornelia) Nikki Giovanni, educator House of Delegates is born in Alexandria City, AL. and poet (Black Feeling, Black Talk) is born in 1964 Wayman Lawrence Tisdale, National Basketball 1938 (Arturo Alfonso) Arthur Schomburg, historian Association player and bass guitarist is born in Fort Knoxville, TN. and collector for the basis of the Schomburg Center for 1944 Melvin Parker, drummer with James Brown Worth, TX. Research in Black Culture dies in Brooklyn, NY. 1966 Tamela J. Mann, gospel singer and actor (Meet (brother Maceo Parker) is born in Kinston, NC. 1939 (Bernard Terry) Bernie Casey, actor (I’m Gonna 1944 Cazzie Lee Russell, National Basketball Asso - the Browns) is born in Fort Worth, TX. Get You Sucker) is born in Wyco, WV. 1973 Keesha Sharp, actor (Girlfriends) is born in ciation player is born in Chicago, IL. 1943 John Richard Bryant, Senior Bishop and Presid - 1945 Napoleon Murphy Brock, singer, saxophonist Brooklyn, NY. ing Prelate of the Fourth Episcopal District of the 1973 Brandon Massey, writer of thriller fiction (Thun - and flute player is born. African Methodist Episcopal Church is born. 1945 derland) is born in Waukegan, IL. Kaahumanu, III, queen consort of King Kame - 1943 (William D.) Willie Davenport Olympic medal - hameha and Kamehameha II and mother of another 1974 (Dwight Randolph) Randy Winn, Major League ist (hurdling event and bobsleigh) is born in Troy, Ala - Baseball player is born in Los Angeles, CA. King dies in Pohukaina, Honolulu Hawaii. bama. 1956 (Antonio) L.A. Reid, record executive, co- 1983 Dwayne Clinton Jones, National Basketball As - 1958 Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, pro - sociation player is born in Morgantown, WV. founder of LaFace Records is born in Cincinnati, OH. ducer and writer (In Living Color) is born in New York, 1958 Prince (Rodger Nelson) singer, guitarist (Purple 1993 Arthur Bernard Alexander singer (You Better NY. Move On) dies in Nashville, TN. Rain) is born in Minneapolis, MN. 1960 Stephen Jones, Canadian Football League player 1961 Kym Elizabeth Whitley, comedienne and actor 1995 Lincoln Johnson Ragsdale, Sr., member of the is born in Flint, MI. Tuskegee Airmen and first African American funeral (Deliver Us From Eva) is born in Shaker Heights, OH. 1962 William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite, writer, 1964 home owner in Arizona dies in Paradise Valley, AZ. (Meade Anderson Lewis) Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, poet and literary critic (The New York Times) dies in pianist and composer (Honky Tonk Train Blues) dies in 1995 Vivienne Malone Mayes, first African American New York, NY. woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics dies in Waco, Minneapolis, MN. 1963 (Kenneth Dwayne) Kenn Whitaker, actor (Life) 1966 Heath ‘Heathcliff’ Slocumb, Major League TX. and brother of Forest Whitaker is born in Longview, TX. 1998 Lois Mailou Jones, artist dies in Haiti. Baseball player is born in Jamaica, NY. 1964 (Robert) Rob Pilatus, singer (half of Milli 1967 Terance Mathis, National Football League 2000 Jacob Lawrence, artist dies in Seattle, WA. Vanilli) is born in New York, NY. 2004 (Roosevelt) Rosey Brown, National Football player is born in Detroit, MI. 1968 (Robert Ross) Black Rob, rap artist (Life Story) 1971 Billy Louis Williams, National Football League League dies in Mansfield Township, NJ is born in Buffalo, NY. Birthday: Mark Middleton, singer with Blackstreet. player is born in Alcoa, TN. 1968 Anthony Bonner, National Basketball Associa - 1974 Sunshine Anderson, singer and songwriter (Your tion player is born in St. Louis, MO. Woman) is born in Winston-Salem, NC. 1970 Troy Darnell Vincent, National Football League 1975 Allen Ezail Iverson, National Basketball Asso - player is born in Trenton, NJ. ciation player is born in Hampton, VA. 1970 (Nichole) Nicci Gilbert, singer with Brownstone 1979 Bryan Thomas, National Football League player (If You Love Me) is born in Los Angeles, CA. is born in Birmingham, AL. 1970 Kwame Malik Kilpatrick, mayor of Detroit, 1979 Damaine Anthony Radcliff, actor (Glory Road) Michigan is born in Detroit, MI. is born in The Bronx, NY. 1971 Marvin Lee Eastman, mixed martial artist and 1988 (Samuel) Vernon Washington, actor (The Last kickboxer is born in Merced, CA. Starfighter) dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1972 (James Andrew) Jimmy Rushing, vocalist with 1994 Willie James Humphrey, jazz clarinetist dies in the Count Basie Band dies in New York, NY. New Orleans, LA. 1977 Kanye Omari West, rap artist is born in Atlanta, 1995 Herman Russell Branson, physicist and chemist GA. best known for his research on the alpha helix protein 1982 Leroy ’Satchel’ Paige, Negro League Baseball structure and president of Central State University and player dies in Kansas City, MO. Lincoln University dies. 1983 (Terrall Brent) T.J. Rushing, National Football 1997 Arthur Prysock, singer dies. League player is born in Pauls Valley, OK. 1998 James Byrd, Jr. is murdered in Jasper, Texas 1989 Glenn Allen Love, Jr., National Football League after being dragged three miles behind a pick-up truck. player is born in Champaign, IL. 2012 (Melvin Vernell, III) Lil Phat, rap artist (Life of 1994 A. Maceo Walker, businessman and president of a Yungsta) dies in Sandy Springs, GA. Know your History and Cul ture. If you do not know where you come from, you cannot and will not know where you can go.