Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on Ma ...
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Entertainment Journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant meets with up actor Khris Davis to discuss his role in " BIG GEORGE FOREMAN. "
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Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 3:35PM
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For Immediate Release From The Hill!
A PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, 2023
During National Mental Health Awareness Month, we honor the absolute courage of the tens of millions of Americans living with mental health ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 3:21PM
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For Immediate Release From Kingdom-Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
Table of Contents
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: EARTH DAY; MBK SCHOLARSHIPS!
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Korea President Yoon Visit White House; Bring-Your-Child-
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Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. (May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988) was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983. Robinson is noted as ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 8:23AM
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Former Charleston, South Carolina Slaves Begin The First Memorial Day
On May 1, 1865 over 10,000 former slaves marched onto the former Washington Race Course which had been turned into a prison camp for Union Soldiers to commemorate the hundreds ...
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This Day in Black History: April 30, 1992
The last episode of The Cosby Show airs on April 30, 1992.
The largely successful NBC sitcom The Cosby Show ran for eight successful seasons before the final show aired on April 30, 1992. The groundbreaki ...
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‘SPRING BREAKTHROUGH
A NEW ORIGINAL PREMIERING APRIL 30 ON HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES
STUDIO CITY, CA – Keesha Sharp (“Lethal Weapon,” “Girlfriends”), Demetrius Grosse (“Lovecraft Country,” Rampage), Rhyon Nicole Brown (“Our Kind of Love,” ...
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Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961), also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for NBA TV. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as well a ...
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Robert C. Maynard, the first African American editor and owner of a major daily newspaper in the United States, was known as a trailblazing journalist who led efforts to desegregate newsrooms and educate minority students to pursue careers in journal ...
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in ...
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For Immediate Release From Black Catholic Messenger!
On Saturday evening, the Lincoln Academy of Illinois will award Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington the Order of Lincoln, the highest civilian award given by the State of Illinois.
The 75 ...
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Tammi Terrell is best known as one of Motown’s great talents although her short life was full of tragedy. Romantic and physically abusive relationships with James Brown and David Ruffin may have cut short a career that included many classic duets w ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2023 at 2:21PM
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Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On the 25th anniversary of the infamous Los Angeles riots, we reflect on how America has resisted police brutality.
Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On April 29, 1992 ...
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This Day in Black History: April 28, 1941
Congressman Arthur Mitchell (D-Illinois) successfully argues to the U.S. Supreme Court that African-Americans were entitled to interstate railroad accommodations equal to white passengers.
Congressman ...
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Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, ...
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This Day in Black History: April 28, 1967
Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing championship after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army.
On this day in 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight champio ...
Posted Friday, April 28th 2023 at 2:24PM
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We Are Being Desensitized
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“Long-term socialization effects of the mass media are also quite likely increased by the way the mass media and video games affect emotions. Repeated exposures to emotionally activating ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2023 at 11:39AM
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In Bipartisan Bill, Senators Urge Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code
Senators Angus King and Lisa Murkowski introduced the bill after recent revelations about Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.
WASHINGTON — Two senators introduced a bipartisan bill on ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 9:54PM
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Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer and actress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Watkins rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the girl-group TLC. She has won four Grammy Awards ...
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WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1886-1970)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folk music. He was born on September 26, 1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Daw ...
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R&B SINGER AVANT BORN
April 26, 1978 (45)
Myron Lavell Avant (born April 26, 1978), mononymously known as Avant, is an American R&B singer. He is known for his songs "Separated", "Read Your Mind", and "Makin' Good Love". He has produced three Pla ...
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