Millicent Shelton Millicent Shelton Millicent B. Shelton is an American music video, television and film director. Shelton began her career as a wardrobe production assistant on the Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing" (1989). She went on to direct music videos for artists such as Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, CeCe Peniston and Salt-n-Pepa. Her other directing credits include the motion picture "Ride" (1998) and episodes of "Everybody Hates Chris", "The Bernie Mac Show", "Girlfriends", "Castle", "Californication", "My Name Is Earl", "90210", "Men of a Certain Age", "Pan Am", "Leverage", and "30 Rock", for which she became the first African-American
Lee–Jackson Day Lee–Jackson Day Lee–Jackson Day is a legal holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the U.S., for the birthdays of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The original holiday, created in 1889, celebrated Lee's birthday on January 19th. Jackson's name was added to the holiday in 1904; his birthday was January 21st. In 1983, the holiday was merged with the new Federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as Lee–Jackson–King Day in Virginia. This merger was reversed in 2000. Lee–Jackson Day is currently observed on the second Friday in January, which precedes Martin Luther King,