For Immediate Release From Black Catholic Messenger!
On Saturday evening, the Lincoln Academy of Illinois will award Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington the Order of Lincoln, the highest civilian award given by the State of Illinois.
The 75 ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2023 at 4:05PM
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Tammi Terrell is best known as one of Motown’s great talents although her short life was full of tragedy. Romantic and physically abusive relationships with James Brown and David Ruffin may have cut short a career that included many classic duets ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2023 at 2:21PM
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Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On the 25th anniversary of the infamous Los Angeles riots, we reflect on how America has resisted police brutality.
Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On April 29, 1992 ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2023 at 1:13PM
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This Day in Black History: April 28, 1941
Congressman Arthur Mitchell (D-Illinois) successfully argues to the U.S. Supreme Court that African-Americans were entitled to interstate railroad accommodations equal to white passengers.
Congressman ...
Posted Friday, April 28th 2023 at 2:41PM
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Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander ...
Posted Friday, April 28th 2023 at 2:32PM
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This Day in Black History: April 28, 1967
Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing championship after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army.
On this day in 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight champio ...
Posted Friday, April 28th 2023 at 2:24PM
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We Are Being Desensitized
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“Long-term socialization effects of the mass media are also quite likely increased by the way the mass media and video games affect emotions. Repeated exposures to emotionally activatin ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2023 at 11:39AM
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In Bipartisan Bill, Senators Urge Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code
Senators Angus King and Lisa Murkowski introduced the bill after recent revelations about Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.
WASHINGTON — Two senators introduced a bipartisan bill o ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 9:54PM
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Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer and actress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Watkins rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the girl-group TLC. She has won four Grammy Awards ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 5:08PM
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WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1886-1970)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folk music. He was born on September 26, 1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Daw ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 4:25PM
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R&B SINGER AVANT BORN
April 26, 1978 (45)
Myron Lavell Avant (born April 26, 1978), mononymously known as Avant, is an American R&B singer. He is known for his songs "Separated", "Read Your Mind", and "Makin' Good Love". He has produced three Pla ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 3:28PM
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Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 11:55PM
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'An Activist Who Became an Artist': Reflecting on Harry Belafonte 'In His Own Words'
The pioneering singer, actor, and activist passed away on Tuesday, April 25. He was 96.
Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, songwriter, actor, and acti ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 9:54PM
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For Immediate Release From Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC!
Mass for Persons Living with Mental Health Challenges
WHAT: Join us as we celebrate the Feast of St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental
illness ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 5:14PM
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, into ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 4:54PM
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For Immediate Release From Obama Foundation!
FREEDOM SUMMER
Keeping youth enriched and empowered this summer!
Freedom Summer 2023 is an initiative of the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. The $1 million grant program aim ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 3:11PM
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For Immediate Release From Obama Foundation!
FREEDOM SUMMER
Keeping youth enriched and empowered this summer!
Freedom Summer 2023 is an initiative of the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. The $1 million grant program aim ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 3:11PM
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For Immediate Release From Obama Foundation!
FREEDOM SUMMER
Keeping youth enriched and empowered this summer!
Freedom Summer 2023 is an initiative of the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. The $1 million grant program aim ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 3:11PM
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Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance as the titular character in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.q Luke ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 6:16PM
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