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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
“People see God every day, they just don’t recognize him. ” – Pearl Bailey
EUR BIRTHDAYS
Aug. 16: Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 66. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 65. Actress Angela Bassett is 60. Rapper Young Thug is 27.
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.





















