Sasha Obama: 22 Facts About The Former First Daughter & What She's Doing Now
Ever since her father took office in 2009, Sasha Obama has been known almost solely as a president's daughter. Growing up both in the public eye, but also under extreme p ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 12:54PM
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This Day in Black History: March 14, 1977
Voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer died on March 14, 1977, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist who spent her career encouraging African-Americans to register to vote and to fig ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 7:33AM
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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years, with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Gram ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 7:25AM
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Angela Bassett’s Initial Reaction After Not Winning The Oscar For Best Supporting Actress Strikes A Chord With Twitter
Angela Bassett’s initial reaction to not winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 6:47PM
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This Day in Black History: March 13, 1932
The Atlanta Daily World newspaper begins running as a daily publication.
On this day in 1932, the Atlanta Daily World newspaper began running as a daily publication. Founded by William A. Scott III in Au ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 5:03PM
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This Day in Black History: March 13, 1962
Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard was born in New Orleans, on March 13, 1962.
He got his first taste of music young, learning to play piano at age 5 and taking up the trumpet at age 8. While s ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 1:34PM
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For Immediate Release From ODEP!
Judy Heumann: The Legacy of Leadership
Last Saturday, March 4, the world lost a leading light of the disability rights movement, Judy Heumann. In a tribute published on DOL’s blog this week, ODEP Assistant Sec ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 11:00AM
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Byrd Villain Dancehall Recording artiste
Byrd Villain - Born on March 13 1990 in May pen Hospital, Fanseco Alphanso Byrd Junior’s future was already being carved out as a creative, multi-talented and athletic prodigy.
His mother, Shernette, b ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 9:02AM
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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, Pointe du Sable; before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Indigenous settler of what would later become Chicago, Illi ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 8:16AM
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Hattie McDaniel made history as the first Black person to win an Oscar. But she was racially typecast her entire career, playing a maid 74 times.
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and co ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2023 at 8:11PM
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