Lionel Hampton, in full Lionel Leo Hampton, byname Hamp, (born April 20, 1908, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.—died August 31, 2002, New York, New York), American jazz musician and bandleader, known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing and his showman ...
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Harriet Tubman ca. 1820-1913
Edited by Debra Michals, PhD | 2015
Known as the “Moses of her people,” Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 8:38AM
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How Trump Spent Easter: 'He Is No Longer President, So He Doesn't Have to Go to Church'
By Aaron Parsley
Donald Trump spent the Easter weekend enjoying two of his favorite activities, sources say: golf and greeting adoring guests at his Mar-a-La ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 10:33PM
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Friends, the Hardcover version of Killer Kudzu is now available on Amazon:
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Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 1:23PM
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Friends, the Hardcover version of Killer Kudzu is now available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XZRHR9S ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 1:23PM
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Death of Freddie Gray: 5 Things You Didn’t Know
Hosts of ‘Undisclosed’ podcast discuss the death, investigation and trials that shocked Baltimore
By AMELIA MCDONELL-PARRY & JUSTINE BARRON
On April 12th, 2015, a 25-year-old black man from the w ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 10:08AM
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JAMES MCCUNE SMITH (1813-1865)
Although many twenty-first century readers are aware of his work only through his introduction to Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, Dr. James McCune Smith was one of the most broadly accomplished black ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 9:54AM
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Elijah McCoy Biography (1844–1929)
Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African American inventor best known for inventing lubrication devices used to make train travel more efficient.
Who Was Elijah McCoy?
Elijah McCoy was born in Canada, to par ...
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This Day in Black History: April 19, 1989
The Central Park Five were falsely accused of rape and attempted murder.
A Central Park jogger's brutal rape and attack left New York stunned on April 19, 1989. Trisha Meili, 28, an investment banker, was ...
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Duke Ellington, byname of Edward Kennedy Ellington, (born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1974, New York, N.Y.), American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band ja ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2022 at 6:12PM
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Alice Walker, in full Alice Malsenior Walker, (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.), American writer whose novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture. Her novels, most notably The ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2022 at 1:22PM
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Aldwyn Roberts (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians.
Roberts was born in Arima, Trinidad, the son of a blacksmith, Stephen, and hous ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2022 at 1:11PM
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