Scoop Black History SCOOP USA MEDIA Celebrating 59 Years of Community News ScoopUSA Black History Corner byby AdelaideAdelaide Abdur-RahmanAbdur-Rahman (Daughters of Africa), dies in New York, NY. [email protected]@comcast.net 2012 Martin G. ‘Marty’ Barnes, first African American Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, dies in Pennsylvania. CAPRICORN - December 22 - January 19 2013 (Etta Drucille) Sheila Guyse, singer and actor (Sepia Cinderella), dies in New York, NY. CAPRICORN – The Go Getter 2013 (Glenn Thomas) Doe B, rap artist (Trap Life), dies Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambi- in Montgomery, AL. tious. Tends to be good-looking. Humorous and funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved, often pes- December 29 simistic. Capricorns tend to act before they think and can be unfriendly at times. Hold grudges. Likes competition. You are resourceful, original and courageous; competent Gets what they want. in handling details and have considerable executive ability. You love good literature, music and art and are an inter- Turquoise was the stone for the month of December esting and amusing entertainer. Your love is strong and In ancient Mexico, turquoise was reserved for the gods constant. and could not be worn by mere mortals. In the 13th 1900 Willie James Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, is born in century, turquoise was thought to protect its wearer New Orleans, LA. from falling especially from horses. Legend says tears 1905 (Lawrence Leo) Snub Mosley, trombonist, is born of joy combined with rain seeped into mother earth to in Little Rock, AR. become sky stone or turquoise. Native Americans be- John Amos 1913 Anderson Ruffin Abbott, first African American lieve that attaching turquoise to a bow would help the 1829 Canadian to be licensed as a physician, dies in Toronto, arrows hit their mark. In Tibet today, turquoise was by Elizabeth ‘Mumbet’ Freeman, one of the first black slaves to file a freedom suit and great grandmother Ontario, Canada. far the most popular of all materials used for personal 1917 Tom Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles, California is adornment; it also plays an important part in religious of W.E.B. DuBois, dies in Stockbridge, MA. 1866 born in Calvert, TX. ceremonies. Turquoise was discovered by the Egyptians Dennis Bell, Buffalo Soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for is actions in the Spanish-American 1929 Susie Garrett, actor (Punky Brewster), is born in around 3000 B.C. and was used in their finest jewelry Detroit, MI. and ornaments. War, is born in Washington, DC. 1871 (Emanuel) Manuel Perez, jazz cornetist and band- 1930 Walter L. Cohen, Sr., Republican politician and December 27 leader, is born in New Orleans, LA. businessman, dies in New Orleans, LA. 1897 C.V. Richey is awarded patent 596,427 for a fire 1935 Margaret L. Carter, member of the Oregon Legis- You are calm and collected, considerate of others, kindly escape bracket. lative Assembly, is born in Shreveport, LA. and optimistic. You are ambitious, aggressive and deter- 1903 Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, pianist, composer and consid- 1937 (Bertha Bowman) Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic mined; reverses or failure does not discourage you easily. ered the “Father of Modern Jazz Piano,” is born in Duque- Franciscan nun and public speaker, is born in Yazoo City, You are affectionate and demonstrative. You are fond of sne, PA. MS. children and your home ties mean much to you. 1910 Billy Williams, singer (I’m Gonna Sit Right Down 1939 Kelly Miller, mathematician, sociologist and news- 1879 (William Gary) Bunk Johnson, jazz trumpet player, and Write Myself a Letter), is born in Waco, TX. paper columnist and the first African American student to is born in New Orleans, LA. 1914 (Roebuck) Pop Staples, singer, guitarist and father be admitted to Johns Hopkins University, dies in Washing- 1887 Steward and Johnson are awarded patent 375,512 to the Staple Singers, is born in Winona, MS. ton, DC. for metal bending machine. 1918 George Henry White, US Congressman from North 1941 Willie Albert Williams, National Football League 1910 Aris T. Allen, first African American Chair of the Carolina, dies in Philadelphia, PA. player, is born in Atlanta, GA. Maryland Republican Party, is born in San Antonio, TX. 1921 (Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes) Johnny Otis, singer 1944 Bobby William Austin, sociologist and writer 1931 Ruth Carol Taylor, first African American flight at- and songwriter (Every Beat of My Heart), is born in Los (Wake Up and Start to Live: An Analysis of a Gallop Poll tendant in the US, is born in Boston, MA. Angeles, CA. and a Statistical Profile of African American Men, 1990- 1931 John ‘Buddy’ Bailey, singer with The Clover 1925 Apolo Milton Obote, socialist and Prime Minister 2000), is born in Bowling Green, KY. (Devil or Angel), is born in Washington, DC. who led Uganda towards independence from the British 1948 (Jacqueline Cullum) Jacky Cullum Chisholm, gos- 1936 (Benjamin) Ben Kinchlow, co-host of The 700 colonial administration, is born in Apac District, Uganda. pel singer, is born in Detroit, MI. Club, is born in Uvaide, TX. 1926 Donna Lubertha Hightower, singer (This World 1950 (Joseph Wiley) Joe Gilliam, National Football 1939 John Amos, actor (Good Times), is born in New- Today is a Mess), is born in Caruthersville, MO. League player, is born in Charleston, WV. ark, NJ 1932 (Grace Dell) Nichelle Nichols, actress (Uhura on 1951 Yvonne Marianne Elliman, singer (If I Can’t Have 1939 Carl Fisher, singer with The Vibrations (Stranded Star Trek), is born in Robbins, IL. You) and actor (Jesus Christ Superstar), is born in Hono- In The Jungle [recorded under the name The Jay Hawks]), 1938 (Frank Isaac Robinson) Sugar Chile Robinson lulu, HI. is born in Quardon, TX. blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer, is born in De- 1952 (James) Fletcher (Hamilton) Henderson, jazz band- 1943 Roy Hilton White, Manor League Baseball player troit, MI. leader, dies in New York, NY. and coach, is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1938 Charles Neville, singer and saxophonist with the 1953 (Jo Anne Hart) Mother Love, television host (For- 1949 (Thelonious Sphere Monk, III) T.S. Monk group The Neville Brothers, is born in New Orleans, LA. give or Forget), is born in Cleveland, OH. drummer, composer, bandleader and son of Thelonious 1940 Alvin Singleton, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra res- 1953 Charlaine ‘Charlayne’ Woodard, actor and Sphere Monk, II, is born in New York, NY. ident composer, is born in New York, NY. playwright (In Real Life), is born in Albany, NY. 1953 Sheila Ann Dixon, Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, 1940 Lonnie Liston Smith, keyboardist, is born in Rich- 1953 Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, co-founder of the Crips, is born in Baltimore, MD. mond, VA. is born in New Orleans, LA. 1953 David ‘Pic” Conley, bassist with Mandrill, is born 1949 Ivie Anderson, big band vocalist, dies in Los An- 1959 Mervyn ‘Swervin Mervyn’ Fernandez, National in Newark, NJ. geles, CA. and Canadian Football League player, is born in Merced, 1959 Andre Bernard Tippett, National Football League 1949 John David Milner, Major League Baseball player, CA. player, is born in Birmingham, AL. is born in Atlanta, GA. 1962 (Devon Markes White) (Whyte), Devo Major 1960 Fred Hammond, gospel singer and bass guitar 1953 Martha Wash, singer as Two Tons of Fun later re- League Baseball player, is born in Kingston, Jamaica. player, is born in Detroit, MI. named The Weather Girls (It’s Raining Men), is born in 1964 Kimberly Russell, actor (Head of the Class), is 1964 Theresa Randle, actor (Bad Boys II), is born in Los San Francisco, CA. born in Brooklyn, NY. Angeles, CA. 1954 Denzel Washington, actor, is born in Mount Ver- 1967 (Anthony Lewis) Tony Tolbert, National Football 1966 Willis Laurence James, investigator of Black non, NY. League player, is born in Tuskegee, AL. Sacred Music and cofounder of the Fort Valley State Col- 1954 Gayle King, co-anchor of CBS This Morning and 1968 William Thomas Valerio Fontaine, philosopher and lege Folk Festival, dies. editor-at-large for The Oprah Magazine, is born in Chevy teacher at University of Pennsylvania, dies. 1966 Wendy Cecille Coakley-Thompson, author (What Chase, MD. 1968 (Derek Murphy) Sadat X, rap artist with Brand Nu- You Won’d Do for Love), is born in Brooklyn, NY. 1958 James Brooks, National Football League player, is bian, is born in The Bronx, NY. 1966 Herbert Lewis Hardwick professional welterweight born in Warner Robins, GA. 1970 Dallas L. Austin, songwriter, record producer and boxer (Cocoa Kid), is born in Mayaguex, Puerto Rico. 1966 John Lewis Harvey, National Football League musician, is born in Columbus, GA. 1981 Jay Ellis, actor (The Game), is born in Sumter, SC. player, is born in Spring Valley, NY. 1973 Tomas Orlando Perez, Major League Baseball 1982 Michael Ray Bourn, Major League Baseball 1970 James S. Jett, National Football League player is player, is born in Barquisimeto, Lara State Venezuela. player, is born in Houston, TX. born, in Charles Town, WV. 1974 Emil Quincy Brown, Major League Baseball 1986 Jamaal RaShaad Jones Charles, National Football 1973 Shawn Harrison, actor (Family Matters), is born in player, is born in Chicago, IL. League player, is born in Port Arthur, TX. Los Angeles, CA. 1974 Mekhi Thira Phifer, actor (ER), is born in Harlem, 1986 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, tack and field sprinter, 1976 (Frederick Christian) Freddie King, blues guitarist NY. is born in Kingston, Jamaica. and singer, dies in Dallas, TX. 1977 Laveranues Leon Coles, National Football League 1988 (Kenneth Earl) Junior Hemingway, Jr. National 1977 Karen Farmer becomes number 623-128 and the player, is born in Jacksonville, FL. Football League player, is born in Conway, SC. first African American member of the Daughters of the 1978 LaToya Renee London, actor and singer (third sea- 1990 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, English footballer, is born American Revolution. son of American Idol), is born in San Francisco, CA. in Forest Gate, London England 1978 John Legend, singer and actor, is born in Spring- 1981 Ericka Dunlap, first African America to be 1994 Marjorie Joyner, granddaughter of a slave owner field, OH. crowned Miss Florida and Miss America 2004, is born in and a slave supervised over 200 beauty schools after 1979 (William Leonard) Bill Hall, Major League Base- Orlando, FL. Madam C.J. Walker, dies ball player, is born in Nettleton, MS. 1984 Alan Keith Branch, National Football League 2004 Donald Lee Hollowell, civil rights attorney, dies in 1982 Cedric Myron Benson, National Football League player, is born in Rio Rancho, NM. Atlanta, GA. player, is born in Midland, TX. 1987 Major Culbert, Canadian Football League player, 2008 Roque Cordero, composer and conductor of the 1984 Eddie ‘Bongo’ Brown, musician in the Motown is born in Harbor City, CA. National symphony is Panama, dies in in Dayton, OH. house band, dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1987 Ulysses Kae Williams, deejay, theater and night 2012 Lloyd Charmers (Tyrell) ska and reggae singer and 1999 Roy E. Galpion, Jr., President of the Zulu Social club critic and manager, dies in Philadelphia, PA. keyboard player, dies in London, England. Aid and Pleasure Club and Councilperson, dies in New Or- 1990 Goree Carter, singer and guitarist (Rock Awhile), leans, LA. dies in Houston, TX. December 28 2000 Dannieball Hall, gospel singer (Take Me Back), 2008 Freddie Hubbard, trumpeter, dies in Sherman Oaks, CA. You are energetic, shrewd and diplomatic, courteous and dies. 2006 Dinerral ‘Dick’ Shavers, jazz drummer, educator 2011 Robert Lee Dickey, singing due with James Purify obliging, make friends easily and are generally well liked. (I’m Your Puppet), dies in Tallahassee, FL. You are sincere and frank and do not stoop to gain a point. and founding member of the Hot 8 Brass Band, dies in New Orleans, LA. Birthdays: Gwen Dickey, singer with Rose Royce is You are gentle and patient in your home and endeavor to born in Biloxi, MS and Emanuel LeBlanc, singer with GQ. make it happy and pleasant. 2012 Jayne Cortez, small press publisher and poet Know your History and Culture. If you do not know where you come from, you cannot and will not know where you can go.