Remembering Vernon E. Jordan on One-Year Anniversary of His Passing
By National Urban League
"Black people today, for all our righteous anger and forceful dissent, still believe in the American Dream. And we must, in this year of doubt and confus ...
Posted Saturday, April 23rd 2022 at 1:03PM
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The National Urban League, the renowned civil rights organization, was founded on this day April 23, 1913
It was initially known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes when it was founded on April 23, 1913. It became one of the m ...
Posted Saturday, April 23rd 2022 at 12:51PM
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‘Democracy will wither’: Barack Obama outlines perils of unregulated big tech in sweeping speech
In a keynote address at Stanford University, the former president made his most extensive remarks yet about the tech landscape
Technology companies ...
Posted Friday, April 22nd 2022 at 7:08PM
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At Funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton Demands Grand Rapids, Mich. Police Identify Officer Who Fatally Shot Patrick Lyoya
The civil rights leader warns that withholding the name can set a dangerous precedent.
The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday (April 2 ...
Posted Friday, April 22nd 2022 at 6:31PM
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Charles Hamilton Houston, Lawyer, Architect of the Civil Rights legal strategy : 1895 - 1950
Law suits mean little unless supported by public opinion. Nobody needs to explain to a Negro the difference between the law in the books and the law in acti ...
Posted Friday, April 22nd 2022 at 6:22PM
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Charles Mingus, renowned bassist, composer and bandleader, was born on April 22, 1922.
Charles Mingus was an internationally acclaimed jazz bassist and composer who was known for his soulful jazz performances. His music was highly influenced by Af ...
Posted Friday, April 22nd 2022 at 6:06PM
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Autographed Michael Jordan Card Sets Record With $2.7M Sale
A New Jersey auction house announced this week that a signed basketball card that included a piece of a game-worn jersey from the former Chicago Bulls star fetched a cool $2.7 million. Th ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2022 at 8:16PM
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Carnell ‘Cadillac’ Williams, a former all-American at Auburn, Williams is in his third season as the Tigers’ running backs coach.
Under Williams’ tutelage in 2020, freshman running back Tank Bigsby was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and Ass ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2022 at 7:58PM
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Porter, Benjamin F. (born: 1845 - died: 1911)
Dr. B. F. Porter was the 3rd Assistant Physician at the Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum in Louisville, KY, in 1896; he was the first African American doctor at the facility. Porter was born in Willi ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2022 at 7:43PM
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Marian Anderson Biography 1897–1993)
Deemed one of the finest contraltos of her time, Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955.
Who Was Marian Anderson?
Singer Marian Anderson ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2022 at 8:00AM
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Bessie Coleman Biography (1892–1926)
In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public flight in America. Her high-flying skills always wowed her audience.
Who Was Bessie Coleman?
Bessie Coleman was an ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2022 at 7:46AM
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Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor, fashion model, and television host. His notable roles include Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless (1994–2005), Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds (2005–2016), and the lead role ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 5:41PM
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Luther Vandross
Born April 20, 1951 in Kips Bay, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died July 1, 2005 in Edison, New Jersey, USA (complications from a stroke)
Birth Name Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.
Nickname Ronnie
Height 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 8:57AM
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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 ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 8:46AM
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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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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 ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 9:44AM
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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 ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2022 at 9:32AM
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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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