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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE

      "When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first." — Josiah Quincy

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS    

       July 24: Jazz pianist Billy Taylor is 88. Actor Kadeem Hardison is 44. Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is 40. Basketball player-turned-actor Rick Fox is 40.

       July 25: Bassist Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 58. Supermodel Iman is 54. Actor D.B. Woodside ("24") is 40. Actress Miriam Shor ("Swingtown," "Hedwig and the Angry Inch") is 38. Actor James Lafferty ("One Tree Hill") is 24.      

       July 26: Singer Darlene Love is 68. Singer Wayne Wonder is 43.

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK     

     The What About Our Daughters blog is considered by some as the quintessential Web site for activism. Definitely worth a visit and your support: www.WhatAboutOurDaughters.com

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BLACK HISTORY           

      July 24, 1651: Anthony Johnson, a free black man who was probably one of the first 20 settlers, received a grant of 250 acres of land in Northampton County, Va., for importing five persons. Johnson established a settlement on the banks of the Pungo Teague River.

       July 25, 1943: First warship named for a black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon, was launched in Quincy, MA.

       July 26, 1948: President Truman issued Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in the armed forces. (Source: www.BlackFacts.com)