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April

Samuel R. Delany, Alberta Hunter

Born: Samuel R. Delany (1942), Alberta Hunter (1895)

Born on this day

01AprBorn 194284th birthday

Samuel R. Delany

A Black gay writer who transformed science fiction – and wrote frankly about sex, race and New York’s Times Square.

01AprBorn 1895131st birthday

Alberta Hunter

A blues star of the 1920s, she spent two decades as a nurse before returning to the stage at 82.