For Immediate Release From New Birth Cathedral Missionary Baptist Church in ATL, GA!
We pray that your faith grows as we share the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ with you. Pastored by HIS ROYAL MAJESTY BRETHERN GENERAL BISHOP DR. JAMAL H. ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2023 at 9:23AM
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Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2023 at 8:47AM
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Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The alb ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2023 at 7:42AM
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Mr. Robert Powell
Then Mr. Robert Powell, if that is what you believe, then help make BLACK IN AMERICA a place for learning by posting what you believe might help another Black American, why is this something you have not done in quite sometime, W ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 5:16PM
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Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. As a leader of the civil rights movement, he was a close friend and mentor of Ma ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 12:05PM
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Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor, rapper, singer, and producer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television a ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 10:27AM
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This Day in Black History: May 11, 1968
The Poor People's Campaign arrives in Washington, D.C.
"This is a highly significant event, the beginning of a new cooperation, understanding and a determination by poor people of all colors and backgrounds ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 9:54AM
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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 7:49AM
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Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn[ (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song "Got to Be Real".
Early life and working on ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2023 at 6:55AM
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College removes partial Malcolm X quote that sparked protest
KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island has removed a partial Malcolm X quote from the facade of its main library 30 years after members of the school's Black Student Leader ...
Posted Friday, March 10th 2023 at 3:49PM
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Hallie Quinn Brown
Hallie Quinn Brown was an African American born free on March 10, 1845, according to some sources1. She became an acclaimed elocutionist, educator, author and political activist who lived an extraordinary life of service and com ...
Posted Friday, March 10th 2023 at 1:23PM
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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive convicted for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After this, Ray was on the run and was captured in the UK. Ray ...
Posted Friday, March 10th 2023 at 8:27AM
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