David Khari Webber Chappelle ( born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006), which he starred in until quitting in the middle of production du ...
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On This Day In Black History Aug 24th - Edith S. Sampson
Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901 – October 8, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She concede ...
Posted Thursday, August 24th 2023 at 2:51PM
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Trump's potential DISQUALIFICATION from running in 2024 SURGES into national spotlight
The Legal Breakdown episode 109: @GlennKirschner2 discusses the possibility that Trump will be disqualified from running for office because of the 14th amendmen ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 12:00PM
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National Negro Business League Founded By Booker T. Washington
On August 23, 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business League (NNBL) in Boston, Massachusetts. The organization received support from Andrew Carnegie. Washing ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 10:51AM
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UNESCO has chosen Aug. 23 to commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, but the historical significance of that day may escape many. On the night that spanned August 22 and 23, 1791, slave rebels in ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 10:30AM
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Kobe Bean Bryant ( August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as ...
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Regina Annette Taylor (born August 22, 1960) is an American actress and playwright. She has won several awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award. In July 2017, Taylor was announced as the new Denzel Washing ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 9:43AM
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Dr. Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American revolutionary and political activist. Newton was most notable for being founder of the Black Panther Party where he operated the organization as the leader. Newton ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 9:14AM
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On This Day In Black History "John Lee Hooker"
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-styl ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 8:25AM
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August 21: #Black August Day of Black Power
August 21, 2021
Black August honors Black freedom fighters — past and present — many of whom were killed by the state or imprisoned for defending Black lives.
August 21st itself marks three key mom ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 9:30PM
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William James "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first r ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 11:55AM
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Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), wa ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 11:47AM
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Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people, m ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 11:24AM
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Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
He graduated from the United States Naval Acad ...
Posted Saturday, August 19th 2023 at 8:55AM
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Benjamin Banneker was an African American astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor who published his first almanac in 17921. The almanac was published every year for close to a decade and was famous for providing a host of useful information at the ...
Posted Saturday, August 19th 2023 at 8:45AM
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What the Bible Says About Reparations for Slavery
Opinion by Gerard Leval
The case for paying reparations to descendants of slaves has been gaining momentum nationwide. In 2019, Evanston, Ill., became the first municipality to adopt such a progra ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:39AM
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Freeman calls for people to ’embrace’ black history and ‘move on’
Story by Hannah Roberts
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has said that black history needs to be embraced so that people can “move on”.
The 86-year-old is part of a new documentar ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:32AM
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Bill Barr rejects Trump's plea that it's unfair to try him while he's running: 'You don't get immunity' by being a presidential candidate.
Bill Barr said Trump shouldn't get avoid trials simply because he's running for president.
Trump and his de ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:17AM
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Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969), also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La Soul. Throu ...
Posted Thursday, August 17th 2023 at 5:55PM
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known a ...
Posted Thursday, August 17th 2023 at 5:48PM
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James "J.T." Warren Taylor (born August 16, 1953) is an American singer and actor who achieved worldwide fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988.
Taylor joined Kool & the Gang in 1979, and remained with the group for 9 y ...
Posted Wednesday, August 16th 2023 at 9:09PM
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Meet America's First Ever Black Female Senator
Carol Moseley Braun was born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. From an early age she showed a great interest in political and social issues. This interest resulted in her becoming the first ...
Posted Wednesday, August 16th 2023 at 8:59PM
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On This Day in Black History: Aug. 15, 1938
California Rep. Maxine Waters was born in Kinloch, Missouri, on Aug. 15, 1938.
On Aug. 15, 1938, United States House Representative Maxine Waters was born in Kinloch, Missouri. She represents Californ ...
Posted Tuesday, August 15th 2023 at 2:42PM
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This Day in Black History: April 14, 1955
Elston Howard became the first Black man to play for the New York Yankees baseball team on April 14, 1955.
Elston Howard joined the New York Yankees on April 14, 1955, and made history as the first Afri ...
Posted Monday, August 14th 2023 at 7:23PM
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time. Johnson played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association ( ...
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