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1932
African actress and singer Miriam Makeba born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1962
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee
TRACK & FIELD
Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois
March 3, 1962 -
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is part of the Joyner family of American
track-and-field stars. Jackie first gained national attention by winning 4 consecutive National Junior Pentathlon Championships. She set the heptathlon world record (7,291 points) at the 1988 Olympics. In 1988, she was the first woman selected Athlete of the Year by the Sporting News. This impressive female athlete earned the U.S. record and won the World Championship for the long jump twice (1987 and 1991). In 1992, she became the first winner of back-to-back gold medals in the heptathlon event. Jackie retired from track and field, and joined one of the new women's professional basketball leagues.
1988
Juanita Kidd Stout becomes the first African American woman to serve on a state supreme court when she is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Her husband (upon her bequest) established the Juanita Kidd Stout Scholarship in her memory for study in the area of Criminal Justice for graduate and undergraduate study. It is given to Deltas only.
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I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. ~ Jill Scott
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