William Anthony "Tony" Brown (born April 11, 1933) is an American journalist, academic and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show Tony Brown's Journal.
Personal life
William Anthony "Tony ...
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Jane Matilda Bolin (April 11, 1908 – January 8, 2007) was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City La ...
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Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the twentieth century on April 10, 1947. Robinson who signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers played his first game on April 15, 1947 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn against ...
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics invites you to join us for our next Conversaciones con Líderes zoom: A Deep Dive into President Bide ...
Posted Monday, April 10th 2023 at 2:03PM
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For Immediate Release From Health and Human Services!
The Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign (formerly known as Act Against AIDS) includes resources and partnerships aimed at stopping HIV stigma and promoting HIV testing, prevention, and tre ...
Posted Monday, April 10th 2023 at 12:05PM
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This Day in Black History: April 10, 1972
On April 10, 1972, Sammy Davis Jr. became the first African-American to host the Academy Awards ceremony. Isaac Hayes became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song with ...
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Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, director, singer and dancer. She is known for her role as Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which origi ...
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Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. ...
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Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history ...
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Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946) is American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor. He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001. He is also the founder of RLJ Companies which is a holding ...
Posted Saturday, April 8th 2023 at 11:43AM
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First African American on a Postage Stamp: Booker T. Washington
On April 7, 1940 the United States released the 10-cent Booker T. Washington stamp as part of the 1940 Famous Americans Issue. This was the first time that an African American was com ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 11:05AM
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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 10:57AM
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She Got Me In the Dog House!
Most men know what it means when they mess up and have to go to the Dog House, the Man Cave or for a long walk. Maybe to the bar or their boys house etc... I wrote a song about it. Do you want to hear it? Well, here we ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 6:50AM
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For Immediate Release From OSEP!
New OSEP Funding Opportunities
Below is a listing of new OSEP discretionary funding opportunities in chronological order. Information included is:
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for ...
Posted Thursday, April 6th 2023 at 12:35PM
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This Day in Black History: April 6, 1909
Matthew Henson was the first African-American to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909, along with explorer Robert Peary.
Matthew Henson was the first African-American to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1 ...
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This Day in Black History: April 6, 1931
The arrest, trials and conviction of the Scottsboro Boys became one of the most notable events highlighting racism and the impact of all-white juries in cases involving Black defendants.
It was one of th ...
Posted Thursday, April 6th 2023 at 10:16AM
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Finally, Truth Is Emerging
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“In August 2021 Science Magazine, a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted groundbreaking research out of Israel that upended the ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 7:16PM
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Pharrell Williams
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.), American musician who was involved in a number of pop hits as part of the producing team the Neptunes, as a songwriter, and as a solo performer.
Williams was a percussionist in his school band ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 6:29PM
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Massey, Walter E. (1938 - )
Apr 5, 1938
Prominent educator Walter Eugene Massey was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on April 5, 1938. His father, Almar, was a steelworker and his mother, Essie, a teacher. Massey had an exceptional mind, even ...
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Christopher Reid (born April 5, 1964), formerly known as Kid (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout), is an American rapper, actor and comedian. During the peak of his career with the rap duo Kid 'n Play (with Christopher Martin), Reid was ...
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Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secr ...
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