William James "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first r ...
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Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), wa ...
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Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people, m ...
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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Maui Wildfires
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Biden Celebrates His Climate Law’s First Anniversary
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Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
He graduated from the United States Naval Acad ...
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Benjamin Banneker was an African American astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor who published his first almanac in 17921. The almanac was published every year for close to a decade and was famous for providing a host of useful information at the ...
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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Maui Wildfires
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Biden Celebrates His Climate Law’s First Anniversary
COLLEGE PROMISE NEWS: College Prom ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 1:20PM
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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Maui Wildfires
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Biden Celebrates His Climate Law’s First Anniversary
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What the Bible Says About Reparations for Slavery
Opinion by Gerard Leval
The case for paying reparations to descendants of slaves has been gaining momentum nationwide. In 2019, Evanston, Ill., became the first municipality to adopt such a progra ...
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Freeman calls for people to ’embrace’ black history and ‘move on’
Story by Hannah Roberts
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has said that black history needs to be embraced so that people can “move on”.
The 86-year-old is part of a new documentar ...
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Bill Barr rejects Trump's plea that it's unfair to try him while he's running: 'You don't get immunity' by being a presidential candidate.
Bill Barr said Trump shouldn't get avoid trials simply because he's running for president.
Trump and his de ...
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Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969), also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La Soul. Throu ...
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