Scoop, April 12, 2019.qxp_Layout 1 copy 4/10/19 10:19 PM Page 1 4 - SCOOP U.S.A . - Friday, April 12, 2019 Celebrating 58 Years of Community News by Adelaide AbSdur-Rcahmoan opUSA Black Historayn Au strCian girol diesr in nFort Leeaver nworth, KS. [email protected] 1960 Rena L. Moran, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives is born in Chicago, IL. ARIES - March 21- April 19 1966 (Wesley Polk) Wes Chamberlain, Major League Aries – The Daredevil Baseball player is born in Chicago, IL. Energetic, adventurous and spontaneous. 1973 (William Rogers Campbell) Sonny Clay, jazz pi - Confident and enthusiastic. Fun. Loves a chal- anist, drummer and bandleader dies in Los Angeles, CA. lenge. EXTREMELY impatient. Sometime self- 1973 Bokeem Woodbine, actor (Crooklyn) is born in ish. Short fuse. (easily angered). Lively, passionate ad sharp Harlem, NY. wit. Outgoing. Lose interest quickly – easily bored. Egotistical. 1978 DeVon Franklin, author (Produce by Faith) and Courageous and assertive. Tends to be physical and athletic. senior Vice President of Production at Columbia Pic - Diamond is the jewel for the month of April tures is born. The world’s first known reference to the diamond comes 1981 Moushaumi Robinson, track and field athlete in from a Sanskrit manuscript written during the Mauryan the 2004 Summer Olympics is born in Hattiesburg, MS. Dynasty, around 321 BC to 185 BC. Cupid’s arrow was 1985 (Tyrone Griffin) Ty Dolla Sign, rap artist (My supposedly tipped in diamonds having a magical effect of Biography.com Cabana) is born in Los Angeles, CA. no equal. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed dia - Barbara Rose Collins 1986 (Dorothy Jeanne Thompson) Dorothy Ashby, monds to be tears of the gods and the splinters from stars. player is born in Tangipahoa, LA. jazz harpist and composer dies in Santa Monica, CA. A home or garden touched in each corner with a diamond 1986 Lorenzo Lamar Cain, Major League Baseball was supposed to be protected from blight, lightening and 1969 Charlotta Amanda Spears Bess, first African storms. A diamond sent in g American woman to own and operate a newspaper dies player is born in Vaidosta, GA. old and worn on the left side 1996 is believed to ward off phantoms and diamonds and drive in Los Angeles, CA. (Charles Alfred) Chief Anderson, Sr., aviator away nightmares. Diamond is derived from the Green 1973 Claudia Jordan, model (Deal or No Deal) is born (The Father of Black Aviation) dies in Tuskegee, AL. world ‘adamas’ meaning invincible. The Romans adorned in Providence, RI. 2000 Cleveland Horne, singer with Fantastic Four themselves with diamonds for strength and courage. For 1975 (Ali He’shun Forney) Luscious, transgender (The Whole World is a Stage) dies. hundreds of years diamonds were thought to have gender. youth counselor and advocate of homeless is born in 2001 Josephine Premice, stage actor (Bubbling Brown In 1568 Francois Ruet described two diamonds producing Charlotte, NC. Sugar) dies in New York, NY. offspring. 1975 Josephine Baker, singer and dancer dies in Paris, 2003 (Ferdinand A.) Fred Facey, radio and television France. announcer (The Today Show) dies in New York, NY. April 12 1981 Joe Louis (Barrow) first African American to 2005 Johnnie Johnson, pianist for Chuck Berry dies in St. Louis, MO. You are naturally very cautious and act only after hold a boxing title for more than ten years, defend his due consideration. Your decision made, you will not title successfully more than 25 times and draw a million April 14 react any part of it and carry all responsibility. You love dollar gate dies in r your home and continually try to make it more pleas - 1989 Herbert Mills, singer with The Mills Brothers You have a strong keen mind, a gentle and kindly ant and attractive. dies. disposition and a good intuitive judgment. You have 1825 Richard Harvey Cain, minister, publisher, US 1989 (Walker Smith, Jr.) Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer good and practical ideas. Your love is generous and Representative from South Carolina and founder of Paul who held the middleweight title five times dies in Culver something extravagant. 1887 Quinn College is Waco, TX is born in Greenbrier City, CA. Flournoy Earkin Miller, actor, author (co-wrote County, VA. 1992 (Medwick N. Veasey) Joe Medwick, blues the book Shuffle Along) is born in Nashville, TN. 1891 1882 James ‘Jimmy’ Winkfield, first African Ameri - singer and songwriter (Further On Up The Road) dies W.B. Abrams is awarded patent 450,550 for the can to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby is born in in Houston, TX. Hame attachment. 1896 Chilesburg, KY. 2001 Theodore A. Jones, president of a trade organi - A.J. Polk is awarded patent 558, 103 for a bicy - 1892 (John M.) Johnny Dodds, clarinet and alto sax zation representing 48 African American owned and op - cle support. 1919 player is born in Waveland, LA. erated insurance companies dies in Chicago, IL. McCants Stewart, first African American lawyer 1898 Grantley Herbert Adams, first president of Bar - 2004 (Charles Wesley) Chuck Leonard, radio person - in the state of Oregon dies in San Francisco, CA. 1925 bados is born in Colliston, Government Hill, St. Michael ality dies in New York, NY. Bill Harris, instrumental accompaniment with Barbados. Birthday: (Francine Patience) Pattie Howard, gospel The Clovers (Ting-A-Ling) is born in Nashville, NC. 1925 1898 Hosea Hudson, labor leader and author (Black and R&B singer-songwriter is born in Cleveland, OH. (Eugene) Gene ‘Jug’ Ammons, saxophonist is Workers in the Deep South) is born in Wilkes County, You have perseverance, are energetic and versatile. born. 1929 GA. Inez Andrews, gospel singer (Mary Don’t You 1903 Horace Revels Cayton, sociologist and author April 13 Weep) is born in Birmingham, AL. 1931 (Black Metropolis) is born in Seattle WA. Hardy Williams, member of the Pennsylvania 1915 (Theodore Roosevelt) Hound Dog Taylor, blues - You are easy going and when thwarted in your purpose State Senate is born in Philadelphia, PA. 1938 man is born in Natchez, MS. you are resourceful in accomplishing it in other ways. Gloria Randle Scott (Dean), first African Amer - 1925 Prentiss Barnes, blues singer is born in Magno - You are quite and reserved. Uncommunicative and do ican to head the Girl Scouts of the USA is born in Hous - lia, MS. not make friends easily, but hold the few you make. ton, TX. 1939 1927 (Teresa Walker) Terry Timmons, singer is born Your love is sincere and steadfast. Kittie Doswell, singer (Need Your Love So Bad) in Cleveland, OH. 1891 (Nellallitea) Nerlla Marian Larsen, first Africa is born in Houston, TX. 1955 1937 Asie Reed Payton, blues musician is born in American woman recipient of a Guggenheim Fellow - (Cleveland Leigh) Cleve Abbott, football player, Holly Ridge, MS. ship in creative writing (Quicksand) is born in Chicago, coach and educator (Tuskegee, Alabama) dies at 1939 Barbara-Rose Collins, US representative from IL. Tuskegee, AL. 1962 Michigan is born in Detroit, MI. 1913 David Donald Albritton, silver medalist in the Laura Richardson, US Representative from Cal - 1940 (Herbert Jeffrey) Herbie Hancock, keyboardist 1936 Olympic games and the first high jumper to use ifornia is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1963 and composer (Maiden Voyage) is born in Chicago, IL. the straddle technique is born in Danville, AL. Cynthia Lynne Cooper-Dyke, Women’s National 1942 Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South 1915 Francine (Williamson) Everett, actor (Paradise Basketball Association player is born in Chicago, IL. 1966 Africa is born in Inkandia, South Africa. in Harlem) is born in Louisburg, NC. David Christopher Justice, Major League Base - 1942 Gabrielle Kirk McDonald lawyer and jurist serv - 1922 Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzanian politician ball player is born in Cincinnati, OH. 1974 ing as one of three American arbitrators at the US who served as the leader of Tanzania and previously (Shawntae Harris) Da Brat, rap artist (Funkd - Claims Tribunal seated in The Hague is born in Saint Tanganyika is born in Butiama, Tanganyika. fied) is born in Chicago, IL. 1975 Paul, MN. 1934 Horace Kay, singer with The Tams (Hey Girl Antwon Tanner, actor, (One Tree Hill) is born in 1942 Wade Henderson, President of the Leadership Don’t Bother Me) is born in Atlanta, GA. Chicago, IL. 1976 Conference on Civil and Human Rights is born. 1937 (James Roland) J.R. Mitchell, jazz drummer and William Henry Hastie, first African American 1944 (Michael Lockett) Mike Garrett, athletic director educator is born in Philadelphia, PA. appointed to the federal bench dies in East Norriton, PA. 1977 at Langston University, Heisman Trophy winner and 1938 (Olaqale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi) Ola Ro - Cleavant Derricks), pastor, choir director and National Football League player is born in Los Angeles, timi playwright (To Stir the God of Iron) and theatre di - composer (Just a Little Talk with Jesus) dies in CA. rector is born in Llesha, Osum State Nigeria. Knoxville, TN. 1987 1948 (Sandra Delores) Lois Reeves, singer with 1939 Barbara-Rose Collins, US Representative from Dominique Harris, National Football League Martha Reeves & the Vandellas is born in Detroit, MI. the state of Michigan is born in Detroit, MI. player is born in Washington, DC. 1990 1952 Ralph Wiley, sports journalist (Sports Illus - 1940 Lester Chambers, singer with the Chamber Thurston Harris, singer (Little Bitty Pretty One) trated) is born in Memphis, TN. Brothers (Time Has Come Today) is born in Flora, MS. dies in Pomona CA. 1992 1957 Harold Craig Bailey, National Football League 1942 Juma Sultan, musician with Sankofa is born in (Samuel Blythe) Sammy Price, pianist and band - player is born in Houston, TX. Monrovia, CA. leader dies in New York, NY.