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Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Malcolm X
Malcolm Little (born May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska), known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz or Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist.
To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans.
His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history, and in 1998, TIME named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.
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Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Curly Neal
Fred "Curly" Neal (born May 19, 1942 in Greensboro, NC) is an American basketball player best known for his career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act. He played in over 6,000 games and is one of only five player to have their number retired by the Globetrotters.
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Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Grace Jones
Grace Jones (born 19 May 1948 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress. Known for hit songs like "Pull Up to the Bumper" and for her work in films like "Conan the Destroyer" and "James Bond a View to a Kill".
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Monday, May 20th, 2024
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. (born May 20, 1972) better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. Early in his career, he was known for his wild style and fashion, and today is best known for his highly skilled rapping technique, which involves rapping at a much faster rate, and to date has received nine Grammy nominations for his musical work.
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Shirley Murdock
Shirley Murdock (born May 22, 1957, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American R&B singer, who is best known for her 1986 R&B hit single "As We Lay" and for her vocals on Zapp and Roger hit single Computer Love.
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Johnny Gill
Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966) is an American R&B singer-songwriter best known for his romantic ballads and as a member of New Edition.
Gill, was the only member of New Edition who is not from Boston, was raised in Washington DC where he attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations.
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Friday, May 24th, 2024
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holt Edwards (born May 24, 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is an American singer, author and actress. LaBelle spent sixteen years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the disco song, "Lady Marmalade". LaBelle started her solo career shortly after the group disbanded in 1977 and crossed over to pop music with "On My Own", "If Only You Knew", "If You Asked Me To", "Stir It Up" and "New Attitude". She has also recorded R&B ballads such as "You Are My Friend" and "Love, Need and Want You".
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Friday, May 24th, 2024
Heavy Dee
Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), better known as Heavy D, was a Mandeville, Jamaica-born American actor, rapper, record producer, singer and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.
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Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Pamela Grier
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an actress who became famous in the 1970s.
She also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress and other award nominations for her famous roles like Jackie Brown.
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Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Miles Dewie Davis was born to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Dr. Miles Henry Davis, was a dentist. Davis' mother, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, wanted her son to learn the piano; she was a capable blues pianist but kept this fact hidden from her son.
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