Talk:Chris Rock
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Profile photo change
editThe current profile photo should be updated. Rock's facial expression in the photo is rebarbative. The photo I updated it to, reverted by FlightTime, is a much more suitable profile photo:
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Cerebrality (talk) 20:07, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
- I'm more of a man of the people rather than a man of letters, I had to look up "rebarbative." But, yes, I think the new image looks better. Zaathras (talk) 20:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
- I will update the photo. Cerebrality (talk) 13:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 2 July 2024
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In the section Early life, please change
- Rock's great-great-grandfather, Julius Caesar Tingman, was enslaved for 21 years before serving in the American Civil War as part of the United States Colored Troops.
to
- Rock's great-great-grandfather, Julius Caesar Tingman, was enslaved for 21 years before serving in the American Civil War as part of the United States Colored Troops, then later was elected to two terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Here is a reference for the foregoing: [1]
Thank you! 142.47.70.62 (talk) 17:43, 2 July 2024 (UTC) 142.47.70.62 (talk) 17:43, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2009). "Chapter 17: Chris Rock". In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-40973-7.