This Day in Quiztory

#OTD Oscar and Grammy Award winning singer and actress Irene Cara was born in Bronx, NY.

#OTD Educator William Stuart Nelson became president of Dillard University, the institution's first black leader. Author Melvin Bray narrates.

#OTD Hall of fame basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, the first coach to take three different schools to the Final Four, was born in Edenborn, PA.

#OTD Author Harriet E. Wilson, the first African American to have a novel published in the U.S., was born in Milford, New Hampshire. Actor Malik Yoba narrates.

Happy 89th birthday, Quincy Jones! The legendary producer was born #OTD in Chicago, IL. Actress DeWanda Wise celebrates him.

#OTD Playwright Vinnette Carroll, the first African American female to direct on Broadway, was born in New York, NY.

#OTD The film Georgia, Georgia was released making Maya Angelou the first black female screenwriter to have a film produced. Recording artist Money B narrates.

#OTD It's the 25th anniversary of a giant loss in hip hop. The Notorious B.I.G. was killed in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 24.

#OTD Surgeon Alexander Thomas Augusta, the first black professor of medicine in the U.S., was born in Norfolk, VA.

#OTD Mezzo-soprano singer Denyce Graves was born in Washington, DC.