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Halle Berry:
Award-Winning Actress And Producer, Halle Berry, Was Born August 14, 1968, In Cleveland, Ohio.
Before Becoming An Actress Berry Entered Several Beauty Contests And Had A String Of Successes. She Won Miss Teen Ohio All-American, Miss Ohio (1985) And Was First-Runner Up In The Miss USA Pageant (1986). She Was Also The First Black Woman To Represent America As Miss World.
She Modeled For A While, Before
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Elijah Muhammad
A New York Times Article Dated August 13, 1962, Read:
"Elijah
Muhammad, a 64-year-old Georgia Negro, told a crowd at Kiel Auditorium
{that} the United States should say: 'I'll give you a nice place to
live and I will help you get started.'"
By 1962, Elijah Muhammad Was Well-Established As The Leader Of The Black Muslims. Known As The "Messenger Of Allah," He Called For A Separate
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Ralph Cooper (With Lena Horne):
On August 10, 1992, In New York, Thousands Of Mourners Passed Through The Lobby Of The Famed Apollo Theater, To View The Body Of Ralph W. Cooper.
For
More Than 50 Years, Cooper Was Master Of Ceremonies Of The Famous
Amateur Night At The Apollo. Cooper First Introduced Amatuer Night In
1934 And Remains A Harlem Tradition Until This Day.
Cooper
Introduced A Number Of Performers To The
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Beverly Johnson:
In August, 1974, Beverly Johnson Became The First African American Model To Appear On The American Cover Of Vogue Magazine.
Born
October 15, 1952, In Buffalo, New York, Johnson Effectively Changed The
Fashion World's Eurocentric Standard Of Beauty. In Addition She
Despeled The Myth That White Women Would Not Buy A Fashion Magazine
Featuring A Black Model On The Cover.
Having Appeared On Hundreds Of Magazine Covers Including, Ebony And Essence, And Making A Fortune In The High Fashion Industry, Johnson Moved Into Acting. Meteor Man, Loaded Weapon 1,
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Illustration Of John Henry:
In Early August 1929, Publisher's Weekly, Announced Guy Benton Johnson's Upcoming Book, John Henry: Tracking Down A Negro Legend.
Johnson's Book Was The Culmination Of His Search Into The Validity Of A Real-Life John Henry. Johnson Wrote From The Institute For Research In Social Science, At The University Of North Carolina:
"All
questions of the authenticity of the John Henry tradition fade into
insignificance before the incontrovertible that for his countless
admirers John Henry is a reality." Johnson Continues, "To them he will always be a
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