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Beverly Ann Johnson [1] [3] (born October 13, 1952) [4] is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first Black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1966.
October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 78 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1066 ...
George Floyd. George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd might have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. [ 3] Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers ...
ISBN. 978-1573929639. 100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley. First published in 1992, Salley's book is ...
Louis Armstrong George Benson Chuck Berry James Brown Ray Charles Nat King Cole John Coltrane Sam Cooke Miles Davis Sammy Davis Jr. Fats Domino Dennis Edwards Duke Ellington Art Farmer Ella Fitzgerald Roberta Flack Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye Dizzy Gillespie Buddy Guy Isaac Hayes Jimi Hendrix Gil Scott-Heron Billie Holiday John Lee Hooker Whitney Houston Michael Jackson Etta James Rick James ...
August 12, 2024 at 9:36 AM. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 18-24: Aug. 18: Actor Robert Redford is 88. Actor Henry G. Sanders (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 82. Drummer Dennis ...
Rebecca Renee Black was born on June 21, 1997, in Irvine, California. [9] She is the daughter of John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly, both veterinarians. [10] [11] Her mother is a Mexican emigrant, [12] and her father, originally from Iowa, [13] is of English, Italian, and Polish descent.
The Associated Press. July 29, 2024 at 8:55 AM. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 4-10: Aug. 4: Actor Tina Cole (“My Three Sons”) is 81. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is 69. Actor Kym Karath ...