The Center for the Church and the Black Experience celebrates Black History Month 2013

1954 – STOCKBROKER CHRIS GARDNER BORN
February 9, 1954 (58) 

Stockbroker Chris Gardner born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gardner is a self-made millionaire, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his young son.

His story is portrayed in the 2006 motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness, starring actor Will Smith.

1995 – BERNARD HARRIS, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE

Bernard Harris becomes the first African-American to walk in space

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Throughout the month of February, Garrett-Evangelical's Center for the Church and the Black Experience will be providing Daily Knowledge Nuggets in honor of Black History Month. Content provided by: blackhistorydaily.com, aetnaafricanamericancalendar.com/2013, and theblackmarket.com/February.