Showing posts with label historical icon birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical icon birthday. Show all posts
Thursday, June 04, 2020

Happy Heavenly Birthday Nikki!

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Today would have been the 45th birthday of my homegirl Nikki Araguz Loyd.   It was always easy for me to remember it because she shared th...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Happy 100th Birthday Nelson Mandela!

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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others'...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Happy 82nd Birthday, April Ashley!

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Today is the 82 birthday of British trans icon and pioneer April Ashley.  She has led an amazing life as a Vogue model,  received an MBE ...
Saturday, July 02, 2016

Happy 65th Birthday, Sylvia Rivera!

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Today would have been the 65th birthday of trans human rights icon Sylvia Rivera had we not lost her to cancer back in 2002.   At the ti...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Happy 87th Birthday, Dr King!

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Today is what would have been the 87th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest Americans our people have ever ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Happy 86th Birthday Dr. King!

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Today is what would have been the 86th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, a man that as Tavis Smiley once called him, the grea...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Rev. Dr. MLK Jr's 85th Birthday

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Today would have been the 85th birthday of the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.   An assassin's bullet took him away from us far too so...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Happy 95th Birthday, Nelson Mandela!

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'The very fact that racism degrades both the perpetrator and the victim commands that, if we are to be true to our commitment to protect...
Monday, February 04, 2013

It's Rosa's 100th Birthday

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Today would have been the 100th birthday of iconic civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who was born on this date in Tuskegee, AL in 1913. Sh...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Happy Birthday, Miss Major!

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This is a post I'm so happy to write because at times she's had a challenging year.   One of the highlights of my trip to Cha...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

MJ-Gone Too Soon

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Today would have been Michael Jackson's 54th birthday.   There's a celebration going on in his hometown of Gary, IN today.  While ...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Happy Birthday, Malcolm X

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"I've had enough of someone else's propaganda. I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who i...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy 100th Birthday Bayard Rustin

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Today is the 100th birthday of civil rights warrior Bayard Rustin, who was born on this date in West Chester PA in 1912.  Rustin was an...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

It's Barbara Jordan's Birthday

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Today would have been the 76th birthday of a trailblazing Houstonian in Rep. Barbara Charline Jordan. I wrote about my shero on the occasi...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

It's Caroline's Birthday!

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The Caroline I'm speaking of who is having a birthday today is British born trans woman Caroline Cossey .  She broke ground as a fas...
Monday, July 18, 2011

It's UN International Mandela Day

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Today is the 93rd birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela, and it is also the second observance of UN Nelson Mandela I...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

Happy Birthday Thurgood Marshall!

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Today would have been the 103rd birthday of the late Supreme Court justice and civil rights warrior Thurgood Marshall, who was born on thi...