Black History

Myrlie Evers Williams delivers the invocation at the second inauguration of Barak Obama as President of the United States, becoming the first woman and first layperson to do so.

Birthdays

January 17, 1964

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama First Lady was born.

April

April 15, 1894

Bessie Smith American Blues Singer was born.

Birthdays

November 30, 1924

Shirley Chisholm the first black female Congresswoman and Presidential nominee was born.

Birthdays

September 10, 1982

Misty Danielle Copeland American Ballet dancer was born.

April

April 15, 1960

Ella Baker leads a conference at Shawn University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Birthdays

July 25, 1955

Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid otherwise known as Man a Somali-American Fashion Model, Actress, and Entrepreneur is born.

Birthdays

February 10, 1927

Mary Violet Leontyne Price an American soprano is born.

Black History

January 27, 1961

Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Il Travatore. The final ovation lasted over 35 minutes, one of the longest in the history of the Met.

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