For Immediate Release From The Hill!
A PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, 2023
During National Mental Health Awareness Month, we honor the absolute courage of the tens of millions of Americans living with mental health ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 3:21PM
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For Immediate Release From Kingdom-Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: EARTH DAY; MBK SCHOLARSHIPS!
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Korea President Yoon Visit White House; Bring-Your-Child-
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Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 11:36AM
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Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. (May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988) was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983. Robinson is noted as ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 8:23AM
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Former Charleston, South Carolina Slaves Begin The First Memorial Day
On May 1, 1865 over 10,000 former slaves marched onto the former Washington Race Course which had been turned into a prison camp for Union Soldiers to commemorate the hundreds ...
Posted Monday, May 1st 2023 at 8:11AM
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This Day in Black History: April 30, 1992
The last episode of The Cosby Show airs on April 30, 1992.
The largely successful NBC sitcom The Cosby Show ran for eight successful seasons before the final show aired on April 30, 1992. The groundbreaki ...
Posted Sunday, April 30th 2023 at 6:20PM
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‘SPRING BREAKTHROUGH
A NEW ORIGINAL PREMIERING APRIL 30 ON HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES
STUDIO CITY, CA – Keesha Sharp (“Lethal Weapon,” “Girlfriends”), Demetrius Grosse (“Lovecraft Country,” Rampage), Rhyon Nicole Brown (“Our Kind of Love,” ...
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Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961), also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for NBA TV. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as well a ...
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Robert C. Maynard, the first African American editor and owner of a major daily newspaper in the United States, was known as a trailblazing journalist who led efforts to desegregate newsrooms and educate minority students to pursue careers in journal ...
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in ...
Posted Saturday, April 29th 2023 at 8:16PM
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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 w ...
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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