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Born on June 19, 1948, Rashad’s family background was one of achievement and resilience. Her father, Dr. Andrew Allen, was a dentist, and her mother, Vivian Allen, is an award-winning poet and arts activist. Allen’s poetry, particularly her 1957 publication “Hawk,” has a unique connection to space flight history, and is displayed at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
“When I was 11 years old, beauty meant so much to young girls as my mother was very beautiful and my father very handsome, and my sister was cute as a button,” Rashad explained during an interview at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s studios in Washington.
“I wanted to be like my mother because she was so beautiful, but I had a voice, and my mother insisted on good speech, and my teachers appreciated it, so when I was 11 years old, I was selected for a musical program that involved all the schools in our community,” she recounted. “The teachers rehearsed me early in the morning and after school so when the time came for the program, I knew it by heart. I stood there in the largest hall in Houston at that time in the spotlight for the first time.
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