BY WALTER OPINDE On this date, 20th June, we celebrate the birthday of an African-American singer, actor, songwriter, and record producer, Lionel Brockman Richie, born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Richie grew up in the campus of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Born as Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr., he grew to become a music icon and an international […]

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