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Celebrate Black History 2021 - Dennis Davis
by Dick MacDennis Davis was born in New York City on August 28, 1949, and died of cancer on April 6, 2016, in New York City. He was a drummer, percussionist, and session musician.Davis was a true New...
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Celebrate Black History 2021 - Gordon Parks
by Dick MacGordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on November 30, 1912, and died of cancer on March 7, 2006, in New York City.Gordon Parks was a photographer and film...
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Celebrate Black History 2021 - Jane Bolin
by Dick MacJane Matilda Bolin was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, on April 11, 1908, and died in Queens, NY, on January 8, 2007, at the age of 98, of unspecified causes.Jane Bolin was the first black woman...
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Celebrate Black History 2021 - York
by Dick MacYork was born enslaved some time in the 1770s, the son of Old York and Rose. He died of unknown causes around 1830. York was born to Old York and Rose, slaves of explorer William Clark's...
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Celebrate Black History 2021 - Phillis Wheatley
by Dick MacPhillis Wheatley was born a free woman c.1753, somewhere in West Africa, and died of unknown causes on December 5, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was 31.Phillis Wheatley was purchased...
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Celebrate Black History 2021 - The Future
by Dick MacContemporary black men and women are making history today and will change the world, as people have before them.Shaun King was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, on September 17, 1979. He is...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Andra Day
by Dick MacContemporary women are establishing America's history today and I will start this month's women's history posts by celebrating Andra Day.Andra Day was born Cassandra Monique Batie on...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Ti-Grace Atkinson
by Dick MacTi-Grace Atkinson was born November 9, 1938, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is an author and theorist whose writings and activism in the early days of the National Organization of Women...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Judy Chicago
by Dick MacJudy Chicago (f/k/a Judith Sylvia Cohen) was born on July 20, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. She is a feminist artist, educator, and writer. Her parents were progressive. Her father was a labor...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Marla Gibbs
by Dick MacWhy we don’t celebrate Marla Gibbs the way way we do Betty White?? pic.twitter.com/7JneXKQ5E4— Free Spirited🇭🇹💨🍃 (@StephLDV) February 28, 2021That Tweet came through my feed last week, and I...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Yoko Ono
by Dick MacYoko Ono Lennon was born on February 18, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. She is a multimedia and performance artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist. She is the widow of English...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Ann Richards
by Dick MacDorothy Ann Richards (née Willis) was born in McLennan County, Texas, on September 1, 1933, and died of cancer on September 13, 2006.Richards was an politician who came to the national...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Dick MacRuth Bader Ginsburg (nee Joan Ruth Bader) was born March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, and died on September 18, 2020, in Washington, D.C.Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the associate justice of...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Anita Hill
by Dick MacAnita Faye Hill was born in Lone Tree, Oklahoma, on July 30, 1956. She is a lawyer and educator. She attended Oklahoma State University and received her law degree at Yale. She is currently...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Sojourner Truth
by Dick MacSojourner Truth was born enslaved as Isabella "Belle" Baumfree in Swartekill, New York, around 1797 and died in Battle Creek, Michigan, on November 26, 1883 of unknown causes, attended by...
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Celebrate Women's History 2021 - Gertrude of Nivelles
by Dick MacGertrude of Nivelles was born around 628, in Landen, Kingdom of Austrasia (present-day Belgium), and died on March 17, 659. During this time in history, marriage was used to forge political...
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What is this "Rock 'n' Roll" of which You Speak
by Dick MacIt's the decades-old debate: is that rock and roll? This debate was exacerbated by the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Those who are most vociferous in the "that's not rock and...
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An American In London On That Day
by Dick MacIt was about 1:30 PM, twenty years ago, my lunchtime, and I sat at my desk in an office looking toward The Tower and the Thames, at 1 Undershaft, near St. Mary Axe, in London. This was when...
View ArticleDear David Bowie
by Dick MacGood morning, sailor!Each time I type that I think of the childhood tune that seemed so risqué: “What do you do with a drunken sailor early in the morning?” What do you do with a drunken...
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Dear David Bowie
by Dick MacIt's been seven years since you took the big trip, since you went away. You never write anymore . . . that's how it goes now, I guess.The world has been filthy with tributes to you....
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