A page to spark motivation, find out who’s getting older, and learn more about our history.
EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved
EUR BIRTHDAYS
Aug. 16: Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 64. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 63. Actress Angela Bassett is 58.
BLACK HISTORY
Aug. 16, 1963: On sale this day was a stamp designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was designed by George Olden, which made him the first African American to design a U.S. postage stamp.
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