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Richard Pryor was an American comedian, actor, film director,  social critic , satirist, writer, and  MC . Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities and profanity, as well as  racial epithets . He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and story telling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time:  Jerry Seinfeld  called Pryor "The  Picasso  of our profession", and  Bob Newhart  has called Pryor "the seminal comedian of the last 50 years". This legacy can be attributed, in part, to the unusual degree of intimacy Pryor brought to bear on his comedy. As  Bill Cosby  reportedly once said, "Richard Pryor drew the line between comedy and tragedy as thin as one could possibly paint it." Pryor's body of work includes the concert movies and recordings:...

Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first black military combat pilot in World War I, was born Eugene James Bullard.  He led a colorful life, albeit much of it happened in Europe where his life has been surrounded by many legends.  He was known as the “black swallow of death” for his courage during missions. Bullard was born on October 9, 1895, in Columbus, Georgia, one of 10 children of William O. Bullard, and his wife, Josephine Thomas, a Creek Indian. He was a student at Twenty-eighth Street School in 1901-1906, where he learned to read and write. As a teenager, Eugene Bullard stowed away on a ship bound for Scotland, seeking to escape racial discrimination (he later claimed to have witnessed his father's narrow escape from lynching). Bullard arrived at Aberdeen, Scotland before making his way south to Glasgow. He finally arrived in Paris, France where worked as a boxer and did odd jobs in a music hall. In 1914 at the age of 20, Bullard enlisted in the French Foreign Legio...