Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our humanity through the act of writing.

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  Roman Emperor

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• Henry Ford

  Industrialist

  Thursday, Jul 30, 1863
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• Donald Trump

  45Th President Of The United States

  Friday, Jun 14, 1946
  

• Socrates

  Philosopher

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970

• Leonardo Da Vinci

  Painter

  Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
  Friday, May 02, 1519

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• George Orwell

  Novelist

  Thursday, Jun 25, 1903
  Saturday, Jan 21, 1950

• Les Brown

  Author

  Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
  

• Bob Marley

  Singer

  Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
  Monday, May 11, 1981

• Carrie Fisher

  Actress

  Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
  Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016

• W. Edwards Deming

  Statistician

  Sunday, Oct 14, 1900
  Monday, Dec 20, 1993

• Carl Sagan

  Astronomer

  Friday, Nov 09, 1934
  Friday, Dec 20, 1996

• Theodore Roosevelt

  26Th U.s. President

  Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
  Monday, Jan 06, 1919

• Plato

  Philosopher

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970