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Scoopusa Black History Corner by Adelaide Abdur-Rahman Abdurrahman19@Comcast.Net PISCES - February 19 - March 20 Pisces – the Dreamer Generous, Kind and Thoughtful ScoopUSA Black History Corner by Adelaide Abdur-Rahman [email protected] PISCES - February 19 - March 20 Pisces – The Dreamer Generous, kind and thoughtful. Very creative and imaginative. May become secretive and vague. Sensitive. Don’t like details. Dreamy and unrealistic. Sympathetic and loving. Kind. Unselfish. Good Kisser. Beautiful. Amethyst is the stone for the month of February In the Middle Ages Amethyst was thought to encourage celibacy, and as a result became important in the ornamen- tation of churches. Amethyst, according to Leonardo Da Vinci, is able to increase intelligence and dissolve evil thoughts. Catherine the great was very fond of amethysts. They adorn the British Crown Jewels and were coveted by Egyptian royalty. Rosaries in Tibet are often made from amethyst, a gemstone considered to be sacred to Buddha. Ancient Greeks believed amethyst would protect against Bubba Smith Lupita Nyong’o drunkenness (“amethystas” is a Greek word meaning “not drunken”) and therefore carved wine goblets from it. Ame- 2011 Peter John Gomes, minister, dies in Boston, Mas- a heating apparatus. thyst is believed to purify the mind, increase tranquility and sachusetts. 1905 Benjamin J. Smith, jazz alto and tenor saxophonist alleviate anxiety. 2014 Ophelia DeVore, first African American model in and clarinetist, is born in Memphis, TN. the US who helped established the Grace Del Marco 1911 Walter Davis, blues singer and pianist, is born in February 28 Agency, dies. Grenada, MS. 1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison, author (Invisible Man) is You are spiritually inclined and your interest in religion February 29 born in Oklahoma City, OK. is absorbing, but your analytical mind will not let you ac- 1924 Wilmer Joseph Harris, Negro League Baseball cept any doctrine, or follow any sect without understanding You are gentle and sympathetic and considerate of player, is born in Philadelphia, PA. it. You are loving and sincere, fond of travel and outdoor others; easily influenced, and like a change of environment. 1925 Homer Plessy, American plaintiff in the US Su- sports. Your love of literature colors your conversations so that preme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, dies in New 1849 Catalina Berroa Ojea, pianist and composer (Song, you are in great social demand. You can readily adapt your- Orleans, LA. The Trinity), is born in Cuba. self to circumstances. You like attention and your love is 1927 (Harold George) Harry Belafonte, Jr., actor and 1899 Albert C. Richardson is awarded patent 620,362 for true. singer, is born in New York, NY. an insect destroyer. He also patent a casket-lowering de- 1756 Primus Hall, (son of Prince Hall), is born a slave 1928 Willie L. Mitchell, record producer and arranger vice. in Boston, MA. (Hi Records label), is born in Ashland, MS. 1905 Louis Metcalf, jazz cornetist and trumpeter, is born 1840 William Harvey Carney, Medal of Honor recipient, 1930 Raymond St. Jacques actor (Cotton Comes to Har- in Webster Groves, MO. is born in Norfolk, VA. lem) is born in Hartford, CT. 1928 John Albert Ewell, III, mathematician, is born in 1860 George 1932 Oliver Sain, saxophonist, bandleader and Newelton, LA. Augustus Polg- songwriter (Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing), is born in Dun- 1931 (Leonard E. Weir) (Humza Al-Hafeez) Leonard reen Bridge- dee, MS. 12X, the first African American Muslim New York Police tower, violinist, is 1939 Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer and Department officer and founder of the National Society of born in Biala in guitarist, is born in Havana, Cuba. Afro-American Policemen, is born in New York, NY. Galicia. 1939 Warren Davis singer with The Monotones (Book 1934 (William Correa) Willie Bobo, percussionist and 1892 (Augusta of Love), is born in Newark, NJ. vocalist, is born in New York, NY? Christine Fells) 1945 (Winston Rodney) Burning Spear, reggae singer 1939 Charles Gayle, jazz saxophonist, is born in Buffalo, Augusta Savage, and musician, is born in Saint Ann, Jamaica. NY. sculptor, is born 1947 Norman Connors, drummer and composer (You 1939 Charles Brown, Olympic bronze medalist feather- in Green Cove Are My Starship), is born in Philadelphia, PA. weight boxer, is born in Cincinnati, OH. Springs, FL. 1948 (Winston Rodney) Burning Sphere, Reggae and 1943 Barbara (Jean) Acklin, singer (Love Makes A 1932 Reri Rastafari singer, is born in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Woman), is born in Oakland, CA. Grist, coloratura 1952 Mercedes Gilbert, novelist and actor (Moon Over 1945 (Charles Aaron) Bubba Smith, National League soprano, is born Harlem), dies in New York, NY. Football player and actor (Police Academy movie series), in New York, NY. 1952 Steven Barnes, science fiction writer (Andromeda), is born in Orange, TX. 1940 Robert is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1946 Ysaye Maria Barnwell, singer with the cappella en- Sengstacke Ab- 1953 Thomas ‘Hollywood’ Henderson, National Foot- semble Sweet Honey in the Rock, is born in New York, NY. bott, lawyer and ball League player, is born in Austin, TX. 1949 (John Kenneth) Ken Blackwell, mayor of Cincin- Robert Sengstacke Abbott newspaper pub- 1957 (John Cornelius) Johnny Ray, Major League Base- nati, Ohio and first African American to be a major party lisher (The Chi- ball player, is born in Chouteau, OK. candidate for governor of Ohio, is born in Cincinnati, OH. cago Defender), dies in Chicago, IL. 1965 Claude Vilgrain, National Hockey League player 1949 Arthur T-Boy Ross, songwriter (I Want You), and 1952 Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, journalist and ex- is born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. younger brother of Diana Ross, is born in Detroit, MI. ecutive producer, is born in Greensboro, NC. 1965 (Robert Booker Tio Huffman) Booker T, profes- 1956 Adrian Delano Dantley, National Basketball Asso- 1956 Ronald V. Myers, Sr., physician, Baptist minister, sional wrestler, is born in Houston, TX. ciation player, is born in Washington, DC. jazz musician and founder of Tchula, Mississippi Health 1966 Don Lemon, journalist on CNN, is born in Baton 1957 Anthony Hardy Williams, Pennsylvania State Sen- Center, is born in Chicago, IL. Rouge, LA. ator, is born in Philadelphia, PA. 1964 Mervyn Edwin Warren, singer (Take 6), film music 1968 (Richard Serrell) Richie Rich, rap artist (Don’t Do 1961 Rae Dawn Chong, actor (The Color Purple), is born composer (The Wedding Planner) and music arranger It), is born in Oakland, CA. in Vancouver, Canada. (Sister Act 2), is born in Huntsville, AL. 1970 Yolanda Evette Griffith, Women’s National Bas- 1967 James Anderson, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, dies 1967 Terrance Long, Major League Baseball player, is ketball Association player, is born in Chicago, IL. in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. born in Montgomery, AL. 1970 Lucille Nelson Hegamin, blues singer, dies in New 1968 Juanita Hall, actor (South Pacific), dies in Bay 1968 (Clarence) Chucky Brown, National Basketball As- York, NY. Shore, NY. sociation player, is born in New York, NY. 1972 Jimmy O’Neal Hurst, Major League Baseball 1970 Tangi Miller, model and actor (Felicity), is born in 1972 Saul Stacey Williams, rap artist and actor (Slam), player, is born in Tuscaloosa, AL. Miami, FL. is born in Newburgh, NY. 1973 (Mayce Edward) Chris Webber, National Basket- 1970 James Amos Porter, establisher of the field of Af- 1976 (Jeffrey Atkins) Ja Rule, rap artist (Holla Holla), is ball Association player, is born in Detroit, MI. rican American Art History, dies in Washington, DC. born in Queens, NY. 1974 (Robert Henry) Bobby Timmons, pianist, dies in 1971 Chene Lawson, actor (The Young and the Restless), 1984 Cullen Andrew Jones, Olympic gold medalist in New York, NY. is born. swimming, is born in New York, NY. 1980 Emmitt Littleton Ashford, first African American 1971 Tasha Smith, actor (Why Did I Get Married), is 1992 Jessie T. Usher, actor (You Don’t Know Jack), is Umpire in Major League Baseball, dies in Venice, CA. born in Camden, NJ. born in Maryland 1983 Lupita Nyong’o, director and actor (12 Years a 1977 Eddie ’Rochester’ Anderson actor and comedian, Slave), is born in Mexico City, Mexico. dies in Los Angeles, CA. March 1 1984 Naima Mora, fashion model and the winner of cycle 1978 Eligh (Nachowitz) rap artist (Living Legends), is 4 of America’s Next Top Model, is born in Detroit, MI. born in Los Angeles, CA. You have definite artistic tendencies that should be de- 1986 (Ettore Ewen) Big E Langston, professional wres- 1978 Zara Cully Brown, actor (mother Jefferson on The veloped to your good advantage. You have faith in yourself tler, is born in Tampa, FL. Jeffersons), dies in Los Angeles, CA. and your ability and will be successful. You are honest, 1987 (Frederick William) Freddie Green, jazz guitarist 1981 Curome Cox, National Football League player, is frank, good nature and sincere in your affections. You will (Count Basie orchestra), dies. born in New York, NY. win a deep and lasting love. 1989 Marcus Ryan Harris, National Football League 1986 Eugene Puryear, vice president nominee of the 1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce, the second African American player, is born in Kirkwood, MO. Party for Socialism and Liberation, is born in Charlottes- to be elected to Congress and the first to serve a full term, 2006 Johnny Porter Jackson, drummer for The Jackson ville, VA. is born a slave in Farmville, VA. 5, dies in Gary, IN. 1996 Bobb’e Jaques Thompson, actor (That’s So Raven), 1889 Marguerite Young Alexander, one of the founders 2012 (Melvin Randolph) Randy Primas, Jr., first African is born in Kansas City, MO. of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is born in Springfield, American mayor of Camden, New Jersey, dies in Chapel 1998 Todd Duncan, actor and baritone singer (Porgy and IL. Hill, NC. Bess), dies in Washington, DC.
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