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Audre Geraldine Lorde, writer, poet, feminist, womanist, librarian, activist, was born on this day in 1934 in Harlem, New York.

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Andre Romelle Young, aka Dr. Dre, is a rap star, record producer, actor, and businessman, was born on this day in 1965 in Compton, California.

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Chloe Anthony Wofford ‘Toni’ Morrison, novelist, editor, essayist, and professor was born on this day in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.