musical excerpts, fyi. randye
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Munirah Chronicle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Today in Black History - September 25 *
1968 - Will Smith is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will become a
rapper at the age of 12 and will be know for his hits "Nightmare on
My Street" and "Parents Just Don't Understand." In 1990 he will
start his acting career with a six-year run as the "Fresh Prince of
Bel Air." He will go to become a major motion picture box office
attraction, starring in "Six Degrees of Separation," "Made in
America," "Independence Day," "Men In Black," and "Wild, Wild West."
* Today in Black History - September 26 *
1937 - Bessie Smith joins the ancestors in Clarksville, Mississippi, after
succumbing to injuries sustained in car crash. She was one of the
nation's greatest blues singers and was nicknamed "the Empress of
the Blues." In 1925, Smith and Louis Armstrong made the definitive
rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," and in 1929 she
made her only movie appearance in the movie of the same name.
1998 - Grammy-winning jazz singer Betty Carter joins the ancestors in New
York City at age 69.
______________________________________________________________
Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj
Archives: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html>
______________________________________________________________
Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in
association with CODE One Communications.
><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><
. | * Randye Jones |
. |) . aka the singin' one | Hate
. /| . [EMAIL PROTECTED] | IS NOT
. ( | ) . Listowner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | a family value
. . | . http://www.afrovoice.com |
