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On June 19, 1939, 500 white rioters vandalized and burned down their home. Lee was twelve years old at the time. [ 11 ] Recalling it years later, she said, "The fact that it happened on the 19th day of June has spurred me to make people understand that Juneteenth is not just a festival."
June 19 is the 170th day ... 1785 – The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, ... club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (d. 1904 ...
Born June 19, 1954, in Springfield, Missouri, [6] to Patsy (née Magee) [7] and Allen Richard Turner, a U.S. Foreign Service officer [7] who grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather had been a Methodist missionary), Turner is the third of four children, and the only one to be born in the United States. [8] She has a sister, Susan, and ...
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) [2] is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. [3]
June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
Phylicia Rashad (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː ʃ ə r ə ˈ ʃ ɑː d / fih-LEE-shə rə-SHAHD) (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress.She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. [1]
Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor.He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983).
Her first book was Angels Along the Way: My Life from Help Above was released by G. P. Putnam's Sons and was released in 1997. Co-written by Franklin Lett and Mim Eichler, the book was a biography of Reese's life up to that point. [72] In 1999, Reese released a fictional children's book about spirituality called God Inside of Me. [73]