Jussie Smollett Takes The Stand For Six Hours In His Criminal Trial

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Jussie Smollett Takes The Stand For Six Hours In His Criminal Trial

Jussie Smollett took the stand on day 5 of his criminal trial in Chicago, Illinois where he is accused of orchestrating the hate attack he claimed to be a victim of in January 2019. During his six hours of testimony, the former "Empire" actor stated that he did drugs and "made out" with one of the two brothers accused of attacking him.

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Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, the first African American Woman dentist, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on March 4, 1867. She became an orphan when her mother, Jennie Gray, died in her early teens. Rollins’ white father, whose name is not known, played no role in her childhood or education. After

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1952

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1931

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1928

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12

1951

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Born: 7/25/1941 Chicago, IllinoisDied: 8/28/1955 Money, MississippiEmmett Till was an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14, after reportedly flirting with a white woman.Till was from Chicago, Illinois, and visiting relatives in Money, a small town in the

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12

1951

Ving Rhames is one of the celebrated African American film artists. He is best known for his work in Pulp Fiction, Con Air, Dawn of the Dead, Mission: Impossible film series and Bringing Out the Dead. In 1998, he was awarded Golden Globe for his remarkable performance in a TV miniseries, Don

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1959

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27

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