Mary Frances Berry, historian, lawyer, writer, activist, and professor was born on this day in 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.


James Nathaniel ‘Jim’ Brown was born on this day in 1936 in St. Simons, Georgia. An actor, sports broadcaster and analyst, after his football career, Jim Brown was named by The Sporting News as the ‘greatest professional football player ever’.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on this day in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. By all accounts, including the NBA’s own official website, Michael Jordan is “by acclamation…the greatest basketball player of all time”.


Huey Percy Newton, political theorist, and activist was born on this day in 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966.
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