During my 56 years…The first black president, Barack H. Obama II was elected, Eleven Presidents have occupied the White House;
The U. S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools;
My Momma and I were put off a train and forced to walk in the dark back to the train station during segregation of public transportation;
I drank from water fountains marked “Colored†and bought food out of the back kitchen door of White-owned restaurants;
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated;
Malcolm X was assassinated;
A war raged in Vietnam;
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a Dream†speech;
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated;
The NC National Guard peppered Scott Hall with bullets during student unrest at NC A & T State University in Greensboro, NC;
Rioting began between patrons and police at Stonewall Inn in NYC;
I survived a lot of nasty tasting home remedies for colds, and anything else that ails ya;
I was the first Black student from my hometown (and an all Black high school) admitted to Duke University (it was a big deal back then);
I was first in my family to join a Black Fraternity;
I was the first in my family to get a graduate degree;
I have owned 17 cars and 2 motorcycles;
Ken Reeves, the first openly gay African American City Council member, was elected mayor of Cambridge by his fellow City Councilors.;
I began a weblog that discusses many issues including gay issues;
I lost someone very close to me to AIDS;
I have worked enough years that I can retire at any time from my job;
I lost 67 lbs. in the last 3 years through diet and exercise (and Hell no, I ain’t sick);
I have met many good bloggers online and/or in person – yo Rashid, no4real4real, jerzeefinest, chosen brotha, Torrid Wind, Keith Boykin, Tim’m West, Chiseledone and all the other great ones!;I have loved and lost...So since I was born 8/17/1952, that makes me…
35 years 9 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 89;
31 years 1 month younger than Nancy Reagan, age 85;
28 years 2 months younger than George Herbert Bush, age 82;
20 years 11 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 74;
18 years 9 months younger than Larry King, age 72;
12 years 6 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 66;
9 years 1 month younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 63;
6 years 1 month younger than George W. Bush, age 60;
1 year 1 month younger than Jesse Ventura, age 55;
3 years 2 months older than Bill Gates, age 50;
8 years 0 months older than Cal Ripken Jr., age 45;
13 years 10 months older than Mike Tyson, age 40;
17 years 11 months older than Jennifer Lopez, age 36;
23 years 4 months older than Tiger Woods, age 30;
29 years 10 months older than Prince William, age 24;
and that I was:
49 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America;
47 years old on the first day of Y2K;
45 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash;
42 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing;
41 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder;
40 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center;
38 years old when Operation Desert Storm began;
37 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall;
33 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded;
31 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh;
30 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space;
28 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.;
27 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began;
23 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July;
21 years old when President Nixon left office;
19 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot;
16 years old at the time the first man stepped on the moon;
15 years old when Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated;
12 years old during the Watts riot;
11 years old at the time President Kennedy was assassinated;
7 years old when Hawaii was admitted as 50th of the United States;
5 years old when the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was launched;
not yet 1 year old at the end of the Korean War.
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