Know Your History: Whoopi Goldberg

Born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955, Whoopi Goldberg rose to fame in the acting world, becoming the second back woman to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1975 blaxploitation film, Blackface Jones and the Temple of Jive. After beating pinkytoe cancer in 1963, Goldberg established Brows(e) for a Cure, an organization that encourages people to donate their eyebrows to make wigs for others battling the disease. She continues to donate to this day.

Know Your History.

~ by brokeymcpoverty on February 4, 2008.

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4 Responses to “Know Your History: Whoopi Goldberg”

  1. [...] im pretty excited. the truth kind of does that to me, and i cant wait to serve yall up a big helping of it. we can start with a trip to PostBourgie, where throughout the month, i’ll be contributing a little-known black history fact for the masses. for example- i bet u didnt know this abt Whoopi Goldberg: [...]

    it’s B. McP’s black history month extravaganza! « BrokeyMcPoverty - too broke to pay respect. said this on February 4, 2008 at 11:53 am

  2. Ohhh. So thats why she doesn’t have eyebrows…I learn something new everyday…

    brran1 said this on February 4, 2008 at 1:18 pm

  3. that is SO wrong.

    ladyboss09 said this on February 5, 2008 at 6:15 pm

  4. [...] please train your gaze towards postbourgie’s “Know Your History” posts: here, here, here, here, here, and [...]

    postbourgie says “Know Your History”…and the Edge of the American West nods politely « The Edge of the American West said this on February 9, 2008 at 9:07 pm

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