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21/12/2023

Happy Birthday, Sam!

"Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing actor of all time.
According to a more recent rating, he is the highest-grossing actor of all time.
In 2022, he received the Academy Honorary Award as "a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".

09/12/2023

Ellen Holly, America's First Black Soap Opera Star, Dead At 92.

Ellen Virginia Holly (January 16, 1931 – December 6, 2023) was an American actress. Beginning her career on stage in the late 1950s, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Carla Gray–Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1968–1980; 1983–1985). Holly is noted as the first African American to appear on daytime television in a leading role.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ellen-holly-dies-one-life-to-live_n_6572afbee4b001ec86a7858d?fbclid=IwAR060yuu5-kBegEdqtSlMt0bT1bbSx9yyVih9F4k73zonVdX01sYLaBn8c4

04/12/2023

Good morning! Happy New Week!!!
Life may be a little hectic this week, but I hope you make time to breathe, relax, be happy and smile. I hope you dance!

30/11/2023

We should never stop learning and teaching.

30/11/2023

Good morning, friends! I'm so happy to see you! Let's try to enjoy this last day of November 2023.

I hope you find 1001 reasons to smile today!

GIVE THANKS ❤️

19/10/2023

Tyler Perry is following through on his offer to support a 93-year-old South Carolina woman who has been at risk of losing her historic home amid an ongoing legal battle with developers.

Perry is building Josephine Wright a new house on the same land where she currently lives and "they expect to break ground in the coming weeks."

https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/tyler-perry-to-build-new-home-for-hilton-head-woman-fighting-for-land/

08/09/2023

Happy Birthday Ruby!

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist.
She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.

22/08/2023

Congratulations to Serena Williams and family! 🎾👶🏽

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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=854337936050430&id=100044226949684&mibextid=I6gGtw

06/07/2023

Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003.)

On July 6, 1957, claims the women’s singles tennis title at and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Gibson retired after winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1958, having earned 56 titles that decade alone.

Gibson not only won the title on July 6, 1957, she was the first African American (male or female) to do so. The Wimbledon title was just the beginning of a long line of Gibson "firsts."
Gibson was thirteen years old when she took her first tennis lesson, and one year later, she won her first tournament. Gibson was a great athlete. She was the first African American to compete for the U.S. Nationals. She won many U.S. and international titles, but Althea Gibson had something much tougher than tennis tournaments to face.

Throughout her career, Gibson struggled against segregation, the practice of separating blacks from whites. Imagine winning a tournament and then not being allowed into the same hotel or restaurant as the other players. It might make you want to quit playing tennis, but Althea Gibson never gave up. She became the first black woman to be named Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press--twice. All those Gibson "firsts" helped pave the way for future champions like Venus and Serena Williams...

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/althea-gibson-is-first-african-american-to-win-wimbledon

04/07/2023

‪I, too, sing America...‬

‪Tomorrow,‬
‪I'll be at the table‬
‪When company comes.‬
‪Nobody'll dare‬
‪Say to me,‬
‪"Eat in the kitchen,"‬
‪Then.‬

‪Besides, ‬
‪They'll see how beautiful I am‬
‪And be ashamed—‬

‪I, too, am America.‬

‪~Langston Hughes‬
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29/06/2023

You can learn how to play African songs anywhere