5 ex-cops charged over Tyre Nichols’ death plead not guilty
Story by Jacob Knutson •
Five former Memphis Police Department officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died days after he was fatally beaten by ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2023 at 5:02PM
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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson gave her date of birth throughout her life as February 17, 1902. Following her death it was reported that her actual birth may have been February 27, 1897. Although there may be some confusion on her actual date of ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2023 at 7:47AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 17, 1942
Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is born in Monroe, Louisiana.
Civil rights activist Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana on this day. Newton would go on to become a co-founde ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2023 at 7:04AM
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Frederick Douglass
This Day in Black History: Feb. 16, 1874 Frederick Douglass was elected president of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company was established as a secure banking institution where Black ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 5:37PM
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BLACK EQUITY: ROBERT L. JOHNSON CREATED THE MOST BLACK MILLIONAIRES IN US HISTORY AFTER SELLING BET
Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder and former Charlotte Bobcats owner Robert L. Johnson discussed the network’s creation and how its sale ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2023 at 5:13PM
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Claudia Jones
This Day In Black American History
Claudia Vera Jones (née Cumberbatch; 21 February 1915 – 24 December 1964) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born journalist and activist. As a child, she migrated with her family to the US, where she becam ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 11:47AM
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THE TRAGIC DEATH OF NAT KING COLE EXPLAINED
Jazz singer Nat King Cole was best known for songs like "The Christmas Song" and "Ramblin' Rose" (via Billboard). He became a popular crooner in the 1950s, and made history when he became the first Black ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 11:29AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 15, 1968
Henry Lewis became the first Black to lead a major American orchestra on Feb. 15, 1968.
Henry Lewis broke racial barriers on Feb. 15, 1968, when he was named director of the New Jersey Symphony, becoming t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2023 at 11:15AM
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Gregory Hines
American dancer, actor, and choreographer
Gregory Hines, in full Gregory Oliver Hines, (born February 14, 1946, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 9, 2003, Los Angeles, California), American tap dancer, actor, and choreographer wh ...
Posted Tuesday, February 14th 2023 at 4:25PM
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Black History Month: Celebrating Jerry Lawson, The Man Who Invented Video Games
Story by Stacey Henley •
It's Black History Month, and that means we're going to see a celebration of iconic Black figures like Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Jackie ...
Posted Tuesday, February 14th 2023 at 2:19PM
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Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Frederick Douglass, original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, (born February 1818, Talbot county, Maryland, U.S.—died February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.), African American abolitio ...
Posted Tuesday, February 14th 2023 at 10:00AM
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Richard Allen
Born into slavery in 1760, Richard Allen later bought his freedom and went on to found the first national Black church in the United States, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816.
Who Was Richard Allen?
Minister, educ ...
Posted Tuesday, February 14th 2023 at 9:21AM
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