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This Day in Black History: March 17, 1977 Tamar Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland, on March 17, 1977. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and television host Tamar Braxton rose to fame as a cast

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in

BENJAMIN STERLING TURNER (1825-1894) Benjamin Sterling Turner, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama during the Reconstruction period, was born on March 17, 1825 in We

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Charlotta Amanda Bass (1874-1969) Newspaper publisher-editor, civil rights activist Bass was born in Sumter, South Carolina on February 14, 1874. She relocated to California in 1910 for health rea

Editors- Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm Founded on March 16, 1827 as a four-page, four-column standard-sized weekly, Freedom's Journal was the first black-owned and operated newspaper in th

Rodney Peete (born March 16, 1966) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Oakl

This Day in Black History: March 16, 1846 Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S., was born in Philadelphia. Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman in the

This Day in Black History: March 16, 1948 Singer Billie Holiday is released from prison on March 16, 1948. Famed jazz singer Billie Holiday rose to fame in the 1930s and became one of the most ico

Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North C