A page to spark motivation, find out who’s getting older, and learn more about our history.
EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything… that smacks of discrimination or slander. – Mary McLeod Bethune
EUR BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 1: Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 73. Drummer Greg Errico of Sly and the Family Stone is 69. Singer Gloria Estefan is 60. Jazz saxophonist Boney James is 56. DJ Spigg Nice of Lost Boyz is 47. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”) is 46.
BLACK HISTORY
Sept. 1, 1867: The first black person to graduate from Harvard Dental School is Robert T. Freeman.
