Did You Know a Black Woman Invented the Home Security System? | WATCH
Story by Ny MaGee
Marie Van Brittan Brown was an American nurse who, in 1966, invented a video home security system to see who was at her front door.
She was able to comm ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 8:29PM
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Keke Palmer Has Welcomed Her First Child: "Born During Black History Month, With a Name to Match"
Story by Monica Sisavat
Keke Palmer is a mom! The 29-year-old actor gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named Leodis Andrellton Jackson, wit ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 7:45PM
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 3:00PM
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Debi Thomas
Debra Janine Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American former figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. Her rivalry with East Germany's Kata ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 11:12AM
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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throug ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 10:58AM
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CULVER CITY, California From trophy to tyrant, outcast to outlaw, loner to leader, mayor to mutineer how will The Power transform you? Today, Prime Video debuted the electrifying official trailer and key art for the global thriller The Power. The ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2023 at 2:08AM
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Congressman James E O'Hara
James Edward O'Hara (February 26, 1844 September 15, 1905) was an American politician and attorney who in 1882, after Reconstruction, was the second African American to be elected to Congress from North Carolina. He w ...
Posted Sunday, February 26th 2023 at 9:36PM
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Wallace Fard Muhammad
Feb 26, 1877
Wallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad /f ə . ˈ r ɑː d/ (born February 26, 1877) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and s ...
Posted Sunday, February 26th 2023 at 7:17PM
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Camp Atwater (1921 )
Camp Atwater is a cultural, educational, and recreational camp designed for the children of African American professionals. The camp, founded in 1921 by Dr. William De Berry, was located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. I ...
Posted Sunday, February 26th 2023 at 6:53PM
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Muhammad Ali Becomes World Heavyweight Champion
On February 25, 1964, underdog Cassius Clay, better known as Muhammad Ali, fought defending champion Charles "Sonny" Liston for the world heavyweight title in Miami Beach, Florida. Although it was ne ...
Posted Sunday, February 26th 2023 at 9:07AM
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