Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 13 Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 14 Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., trumpeter, music conductor and arranger, record producer, and film composer, was born in Chicago, Illinois. In… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 15 Robert Carlos De Large was born on March 15, 1842, in Aiken, South Carolina. Although some records indicate De Large… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 16 March 16, 1995 Mississippi became the last state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which abolished… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 17 March 17, 1933 Myrlie Beasley (Myrlie Evers-Williams), civil rights activist, was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. While attending Alcorn A&M College,… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 18 Charley Frank Pride, country music singer, was born in Sledge, Mississippi. Pride’s initial love and life-long dream was to become… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 19 Loretta Mary Aiken (Jackie “Moms” Mabley), stand-up comedienne, was born in Brevard, North Carolina. At the age of 15, Mabley… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. A… Read More
