This Day in Black History: March 20, 1957
Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 20, 1957.
Vanessa Bell Calloway has performed in numerous television programs and films, but began her career as a dancer in the origina ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2023 at 5:54PM
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Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.
One of America's most successful African American politicians, former Speaker of the California State Assembly and mayor of San Francisco, Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. was born on March 20, 1934 in Mineola, Texas. Brown would mo ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2023 at 12:15PM
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The ICC Warrant Against Putin
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“The International Criminal Court allegedly issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on Friday, supposedly for trafficking children from Ukraine to Russia. However, since neither Ukraine ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2023 at 10:43AM
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Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. Lee's work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other po ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2023 at 7:39AM
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and el ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2023 at 7:32AM
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SYNOPSIS:
Inspired by Tracy McMillan’s life, UnPrisoned is a half-hour comedy about a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves in with her and he ...
Posted Sunday, March 19th 2023 at 9:59PM
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Jan Matzeliger
Jan Matzeliger was an inventor of Surinamese and Dutch descent best known for patenting the shoe lasting machine, which made footwear more affordable.
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Who Was Jan Matzeliger?
Jan Matzeliger settled in the ...
Posted Sunday, March 19th 2023 at 8:45AM
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Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Ch ...
Posted Sunday, March 19th 2023 at 7:53AM
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HBCU this is your hour of support to create a better community across our nation. Let your compassion be felt by the communities touch the hearts of our young people one by one that their gift not be lost by senseless blood shed on our community str ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 3:07PM
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HBCU this is your hour of support to create a better community across our nation. Let your compassion be felt by the communities touch the hearts of our young people one by one that their gift not be lost by senseless blood shed on our community str ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 3:06PM
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Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard H ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 12:09PM
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Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 11:56AM
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Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent C ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 11:43AM
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*****Hint. Most me like natural looking women like the 'Sade" look or India Arie, Lauren Hill, not too much make up. We want a natural woman. We want you to have a similar look when you wake up in the morning!
I am a teacher and the way the young ...
Posted Saturday, March 18th 2023 at 9:02AM
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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 member on WE TV's Braxton Family Values, a realit ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 8:52PM
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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 the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 8:33PM
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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 Weldon, North Carolina. He was raised as a slave and ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 12:18PM
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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Meet T ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 7:08AM
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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 reasons. Charlotta Bass took over control of The Cali ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 6:59PM
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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 the United States, and was established the same year ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 6:00PM
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