Selita Ebanks (Irish, Native American, Afro-Caribbean) [American (Born in the Cayman Islands)]

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Known as: Professional Fashion Model (Modeled for/in Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Aldo, Clinique, DKNY, Levis, Maybelline, Victoria’s Secret; Appeared on the third season of “Celebrity Apprentice”)

 
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Michael DeLorenzo (Puerto Rican/Italian) [American]

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Known as: Actor, Director & Musician (Performed in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” & “Thriller” music videos)

TV: “New York Undercover”, “Head of the Class”, “Resurrection Blvd.”, “Fame”

Movies: “A Few Good Men”, “Alive”, “High Hopes”, “Fame”, “My Family”, “Fatal Beauty”, “Gun Shy”

 
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Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Manuel Woodson, contortionist extraordinaire

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Emanuel (Manuel) Woodson was born Nov. 1, 1865, the son of a registered freeman of color and a mother who was described as mulatto in St. Louis, MO. The Woodson family was a talented family of performers.

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Brook Lopez (Cuban/White) [American]

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Known as: Professional Basketball Player (Plays Center for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; Twin brother of Robin Lopez)

Awards/Accodlades: 2013 NBA All-Star, 2009 NBA All-Rookie First Team

More Information: NBA: Brook Lopez, CBS Sports: Behind the Screen: Brook Lopez, the man with two minds, Brook Lopez’s Wikipedia page

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Flashback Thursday: Rashida Jones (African-American/Jewish) [American]

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Known as: Film & TV Actress (Sister of Kidada Jones; Daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton)

TV: “Parks and Recreation”, “The Office”, “Boston Public”, “Wanted”, “Unhitched”, “Chappelle’s Show”, “NY-LON”

Movies: “The Social Network”, “I Love You, Man”, “Celeste & Jesse Forever”, “Our Idiot Brother”

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Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Mance Lipscomb, Blues Great

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Mance Lipscomb was born April 9, 1895 in Texas. His father was African-American and had been enslaved. His mother was mixed-race: African-American and Choctaw. He took the name Mance from a family friend.

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confessions

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1) This one’s a confession of sorts because since the Adam Lambert debacle I have not really watched any reality contestant type t.v.  And by “really” I mean never seen a full episode.  One can’t a…

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Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Pompey Factor, Decorated Army Scout

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Born in 1849, Pompey Factor was a Black Seminole. His family fled to Mexico in the 1850s featuring enslavement after the Second Seminole War. He lived in Mexico until 1870 when he was recruited to serve as a US Army…

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James Duval (Vietnamese, French, Irish, Native American) [American]

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Known as: Film Actor

Movies: “Totally Fucked Up”, “The Doom Generation”, “Nowhere”, “Independence Day”, “Donnie Darko”, “May”, “Go”, “Gone in Sixty Seconds”, “Sushi Girl”
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Yara Shahidi (Iranian/African-American) [American]

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Known as: TV & Film Actress

Movies: “Alex Cross”, “Salt”, “Imagine That”, “Butter”, “Unthinkable”

TV: “The First Family”, “In The Motherhood”, “Family Guy”, “Lie to Me”, “Wizards of Waverly Place”, “Entourage”, “Cold Case”
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