Jan 3, 2021

The $62 Million Dollar Dumpster Baby

By Jim Stroud • Issue #81 • View online

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WHAT IS HIS NAME?

(Picture from 2017)

This 30 year old entrepreneur was abandoned in a dumpster at birth and was adopted when he was just two days old by two loving parents. He is now the founder and CEO of a telecommunications firm valued at over $62.3 million dollars. What is his name?

PUZZLE TIME

Can you find all the words related to this millionaire in the puzzle below?

dumpster

telecom

founder

alzheimer

GPS Tracker

wireless

cell phone

BLACK HISTORY TODAY

Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college - ABC News

The first Black president of an American college is being honored with a sculpture in the Vermont city where he was born

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U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell ’86 becomes first African American woman to receive Whig-Clio’s James Madison Award - The Princetonian

On Friday, Dec. 18, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society (Whig-Clio) presented U.S. Representative Terri Sewell ’86 (D-Ala.) with its highest honor, the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service (JMA). Sewell is the first female African American recipient in the honor’s 60-year history.

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Bernette Johnson, Louisiana's first Black chief justice, leaves office speaking her mind | Courts | nola.com

As she winds down a legal career spanning half a century – the last 26 years of it as the only Black jurist on the Louisiana Supreme Court – Chief

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LAST WEEK'S BHQ PUZZLE TIME ANSWER

Josephine Baker was featured in 9 films.

Siren of the Tropics
The Woman from the Folies Bergères
Parisian Pleasures
Zouzou
Princesse Tam Tam
Fausse Alerte
Moulin Rouge
An Jedem Finger Zehn
Carosello del Varietà

Secret message answer: On 8 April 1975, Josephine Baker starred in a retrospective revue at the Bobino in Paris, “Joséphine à Bobino 1975,” celebrating her 50 years in show business. Diana Ross was the Motown celebrity who attended her event. (FYI: Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, Sophia Loren, Shirley Bassey and Liza Minnelli were also in attendance.)

This Week's Black History Quiz Answer

Freddie Figgers

Abandoned in a Dumpster At Birth, This 29-Year Old Black Entrepreneur Now Owns a $62 Million Telecommunications Firm

Later as a child, after learning that his Dad had Alzheimer’s, he invented a shoe for him that had a GPS tracker and a two-way communicator that he sold for millions.

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Baby Found in Dumpster Grows up to Be Tech CEO Worth $62 Million

Only a few days old, Freddie Figgers was left next to a dumpster in rural Florida. A passerby noticed him in distress and called the police. Freddie was checked into a hospital where he stayed for 2 days to recover from his minor injuries.

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By Jim Stroud

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