Scoop Black History SCOOP USA MEDIA Celebrating 59 Years of Community News ScoopUSA Black History Corner by Adelaide Abdur-Rahman [email protected] Bricktop Smith singer and salon-keeper (Chez Bricktop), dies in New York, NY. AQUARIUS - January 20 - February 18 1987 Austin Jarrell Jackson, Major League Baseball player, is born in Denton, TX. Aquarius – The Sweetheart 1989 Paul Robi, singer with The Platters, dies. Optimistic and honest. Sweet personality. Very 1990 Saalim Abdul Hakim, National Football League independent. Inventive and intelligent. Friendly player, is born in Atlanta, GA. and loyal. Can seem unemotional. Can be a bit 1999 St. Clair Pinckney, saxophonist and member of the rebellious. Very stubborn, but original and unique. Attrac - James Brown Orchestra, dies. tive on the inside and out. Eccentric personality. 2003 Mongo Santamaria, percussionist, dies in Miami, FL. Amethyst is the stone for the month of February 2003 Michael Phillip Anderson astronaut, dies in the In the Middle Ages Amethyst was thought to encourage space shuttle Columbia over Texas. celibacy, and as a result became important in the ornamen- 2007 (Solomon Charles) Crown Prince Waterford jazz tation of churches. Amethyst, according to Leonardo Da singer dies in Jacksonville, FL. Vinci, is able to increase intelligence and dissolve evil 2012 David Peaston, singer (Two Wrongs Don’t Make it thoughts. Catherine the great was very fond of amethysts. Right), dies in St. Louis, MO. They adorn the British Crown Jewels and were coveted by 2012 (Donald Cortez) Don Cornelius, television show Egyptian royalty. Rosaries in Tibet are often made from host (Soul Train), dies in Sherman Oaks, CA. amethyst, a gemstone considered to be sacred to Buddha. 2013 (Helene Eleanor Hilyer) Helene Hale first woman Ancient Greeks believed amethyst would protect against to serve as a mayor in Hawaii, dies in Hawaii. drunkenness (“amethystas” is a Greek word meaning “not Benjamin L. Hooks 2014 Floyd Adams, Jr., mayor of Savannah, Georgia, drunken”) and therefore carved wine goblets from it. Ame- dies in Savannah, GA. thyst is believed to purify the mind, increase tranquility and February 1 alleviate anxiety. You have strong and definite emotions. You make a February 2 January 31 staunch and loyal friend, but a bitter enemy. You speak brusquely sometimes, without intention. You should learn You have a strong personality, much charm and are ca- You are ambitious but can be easily discouraged. You to guard against jealousy. Take care that your desire for pable of great good or evil. You like to dream too much and give up to easily where you might accomplish many things. revenge does not spoil your happiness. You love your home so waste valuable time. You are an excellent conversation- You are kind, just, generous and have an artistic tempera- and family life. alist and enjoy culture and refinement. Your work should 1902 Langston Hughes ment. Cultivate perseverance and confidence in your abil- (James Mercer) , novelist, be active, and you will be very successful if you stick to it. ity. You are fond of children. playwright and poet (The Negro Speaks of Rivers), is born th 1904 Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel singer, is born in 1865 The US House of Representatives pass the 13 in Joplin, MO. Rolling Fork, MS. 1904 Amendment to the Constitution. “Neither slavery or invol- (Joe) Tricky Sam Nanton, trombonist with the 1917 Alexander Walters, bishop of the African Methodist untary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof Duke Ellington Orchestra, is born in New York, NY. Episcopal Church, dies in Liberia. 1928 the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within Calvin Coolidge Sampson, physician and former 1921 (William Sumpter) W.S. McIntosh, director of the the United States nor any place subjected to their jurisdic- editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association, Dayton, Ohio chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality tion. is born in Cambridge, MD. (C.O.R.E.), is born in Dayton, OH. 1937 1904 Henry Johnson, Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Garrett Gonzalez Morris, actor (Jamie Foxx Show), 1922 James Leroy Usry, first African American mayor Honor recipient, dies. is born in New Orleans, LA. of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is born in Athens, GA. 1938 Sher- 1906 Roosevelt ‘The Honey Dripper’ Sykes, bluesman 1924 (Edward Boatner, Jr.) Sonny Stiff, jazz saxophonist, man Hensley (The Night Time Is the Right Time), is born in Elmar, AR. , is born in Boston, MA. 1914 Arnold Cream ‘Jersey Joe’ Walcott, boxer, is born actor (The Jeffer- 1932 Carl Wright, comedian and actor (Big Momma’s in Merchantville, NJ. sons), is born in House), is born in Orland, FL. 1919 Ted Corbitt, long distance runner, is born in Dun- Philadelphia, PA. 1935 Clara Smith, blues singer “Queen of the Moaners,” 1939 barton, SC. (Joseph dies in Detroit, MI. 1919 John Roosevelt ‘Jackie’ Robinson, Major League Leslie) Joe Sam- 1937 (Donald Alvin) Don Buford, Major League Base- Baseball player, is born in Cairo, GA. ple, keyboardist ball player, is born in Linden, TX. 1921 Carol Elaine Channing, singer comedienne and (Street Life), is 1937 Martina Arroyo, operatic soprano, is born in New actor (Hello Dolly), is born in Seattle, WA. born in Houston, York, NY. 1925 Benjamin L. Hooks, (FCC) first African American TX. 1937 Duane Jones, actor (1968: Night of the Living 1944 Criminal Court Judge in Tennessee, is born in Memphis, (Harold) Dead), is born in New York, NY. TN. Hal King, Major 1948 Remi Adefarasin, cinematographer, is born in Lon- 1926 Thomas Edison Alston, Major League Baseball League Baseball don, England. player, is born in Greensboro, NC. player, is born in 1948 Al McKay, guitarist with Earth, Wind and Fire, is 1928 Chuck Willis, singer (C. C. Rider) and songwriter, Oviedo, FL. born in New Orleans, LA. 1944 is born in Atlanta, GA. Paul L. 1949 Katie Geneva Cannon, Christian theologian and au- 1931 Ernest ‘Ernie’ Banks, Major League Baseball D. Blair, Major thor (Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community) player and executive, is born in Dallas, TX. League Baseball (aunt of actor Nick Cannon), is born in Kannapolis, NC. 1939 Damu King, actor and assistant director (Shaft), is player, is born in 1951 (Leonard Norris) Leo Foster, Major League Base- born. Cushing, OK. Langston Hughes ball player, is born in Covington, KY. 1948 1946 Glynn Turman, actor (Cooley High), Is born in (James 1951 Alphonso Johnson, bassist with Weather Report, is New York, NY. Ambrose born in Philadelphia, PA. 1951 Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr., double bass player Johnson) Rick James singer and composer (Super Freak) 1959 Dexter Manley National Football League player, is and subject of the book The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Un- is born in Buffalo, NY. born in Houston, TX. 1949 likely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music, is Jimmy Lee Thorpe, professional golfer, is born in 1962 Terry Hornbuckle, convicted rapist and pastor of born. Roxboro, NC. Agape Christian Fellowship, is born in Texas. 1951 1960 (Roderick Dwayne) Rod Higgins, Major League Aaron Albert Mossell, first African American to 1966 Michael Eugene Misick, Premier of the Turks and Baseball player, is born in Monroe, LA. graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Caicos Islands, is born in Bottle Creek, North Caicos. 1964 Louis Allen, farmer is shot to death after witnessing dies in Cardiff, Wales. 1968 Cedric McKinnon, Arena Football League player, 1952 the murder of a civil rights activist and approaching federal Tawanna Phyllis Gaines, US Representative in the is born. authorities, in Liberty, MS. Maryland House of Delegates, is born in Washington, DC. 1975 Donald Jerome Driver, National Football League 1955 1965 Timothy Stickney, actor (One Live to Live), is born Babbie Yvett Robie Wade Mason, gospel singer player, author and season 14 Dancing with the Stars cham- in Wilmington, DE. and television talk-show host, is born in Jackson, MI. pion, is born in Houston, TX. 1955 1970 (James Moore) Slim Harpo blues harmonica player, Leo James Terrell, lawyer and talk radio host, is 1977 Jean -Luc Grand Pierre, National Hockey League dies in Port Allen, LA. born in Los Angeles, CA. player, is born in Montreal, Quebec Canada. 1956 1974 Jomo Gamal Thomas, founder and chairman of J.G. (Sherman A.) Abdul Hakim Jackson, author (Is- 1980 (Radric Davis) Gucci Mane, rap artist (The Appeal: Thomas & Associates, P.C. and commentator and host on lamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence Georgia’s Most Wanted), is born in Birmingham, AL. Legal Power Talk, is born in The Bronx, NY. of Shihab al Din al-Qaraft), is born. 1984 Cortland Temujin Finnegan, National Football 1957 1975 (Jacqueline Elaine) Jacque Reid, new anchor of Dennis Emmanuel Brown, reggae singer, is born League player, is born in Fayetteville, NC. The BET Nightly News, is born in Atlanta, GA. in Kingston, Jamaica. 1988 Obi Pius Ezeh, National Football League player, is 1959 1976 Buster Brown, singer (Fannie Mae), dies in New Madame Sul-Te-Wan, actor (King Kong), dies in born in Grand Rapids, MI. York, NY. Woodland Hills, CA. 1999 Marie Van Brittan Brown, inventor of a home se- 1969 1977 Kerry Washington, actor (The Last King of Scot- Joshua Redman, saxophonist, is born in Berkeley, curity system patent number 3,482,037 dies in Queens, NY. land), is born in The Bronx, NY. CA. 2001 Lloyd ‘Mooseman’ Roberts heavy metal bassist, 1972 1979 Grant Green, jazz guitarist, dies in New York, NY. Leymah Roberta Gbowee, peace activist respon- dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1986 Carlos Armour, Canadian Football League player, sible for leading a women’s peace movement that helped 2002 Claude Brown, author (Manchild in the Promise is born in Memphis, TN.