Duckie Simpson Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most su ...
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Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured her elde ...
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Harry Belafonte became the first Black person to win an Emmy at the 1960 awards ceremony, for his performance in “The Revlon Revue: Tonight With Belafonte.” The hourlong CBS variety special showcased historical and contemporary musical styles of ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2023 at 8:53PM
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This Day in Black History: June 19, 1865
The first Juneteenth celebration was held on June 19, 1865.
Juneteenth marks the day on which slaves in Texas first learned that slavery had been abolished. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been ...
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Juneteenth became a federal holiday two years ago. What does the day commemorate?
By Eric Lagatta
In terms of federal holidays, Juneteenth may seem young. But the national day of observance has been commemorated for more than 160 years, its adh ...
Posted Monday, June 19th 2023 at 11:43AM
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Slavery Didn't End On Juneteenth. What You Should Know About This Important Day
June 17, 2021 By Sharon Pruitt-Young
It goes by many names. Whether you call it Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or the country's second Independence Day, Juneteenth i ...
Posted Saturday, June 17th 2023 at 11:26AM
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Representative Jasmine Crockett makes sports history as the first Black woman to play for the Democrats in the Congressional Baseball Game. Speaking to NBC News, Crockett said she was excited to participate in the game on June 14.
“We’ve got ...
Posted Friday, June 16th 2023 at 8:39PM
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Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license. She earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Interna ...
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First African American to graduate from West Point (1877)
Lt. Henry O. Flipper
Born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, Henry Ossian Flipper was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1873. Over ...
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This Day in Black History: June 14, 1921
Georgiana R. Simpson earned a Ph.D. in German literature from the University of Chicago, becoming one of the first Black women to earn a doctorate in the United States.
Georgiana R. Simpson became one of ...
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This Day in Black History: June 14, 1998
On June 14, 1998, the U.S. government designated influential blues musician B.B. King as the official Ambassador of Music to represent America at the World Expo 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Legendary blues mu ...
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Cheryl Adrienne Browne Hollingsworth, Miss Iowa 1970, is a former ballet dancer who was the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant (Miss America 1971) following the abolition of the pageant's rule number seven, ...
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Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer and television producer whose career spans seven decades. Gibbs is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, in the CBS sitc ...
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John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on t ...
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North Carolina high school gets its first Black valedictorian in 100 years
Francis Akhalbey
Alecia Washington’s mother praised Gwendolyn Bailey, the first Black student to attend R.J. Reynolds High School post-segregation, for laying the founda ...
Posted Tuesday, June 13th 2023 at 6:38PM
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For Black Americans, Trump’s claim of unjust indictment is ‘insulting’
By Gerren Keith Gaynor
The GOP’s claim that Trump is a victim of a “two-tiered” justice system could be seen as ironic when considering the wrongs Black people fa ...
Posted Tuesday, June 13th 2023 at 6:03PM
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This Day in Black History: June 13, 2005
Michael Jackson was acquitted of 10 counts of child molestation on June 13, 2005.
Michael Jackson was exonerated of child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges by a California jury on June 13, 2005. ...
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De'Mario Monte Thornton (born June 13, 1985), known as Raz-B, is an American singer and actor, who was a founding member of R&B boy band B2K.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Raz B was a creator and member of the group B2K as a teen. During his time in th ...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated the first Black American, then-Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall, to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it was “the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place.”
But his ...
Posted Tuesday, June 13th 2023 at 9:45AM
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Oscar Dunn, America’s Forgotten First Black Lieutenant Governor
The New Orleans pioneer’s legacy has been overshadowed, and an intended monument never built.
BY CHELSEA ADAMS
THERE ARE STATUES OF MANY people in the city of New Orleans. But O ...
Posted Tuesday, June 13th 2023 at 9:36AM
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Loving v. Virginia United States law case
Loving v. Virginia, legal case, decided on June 12, 1967, in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously (9–0) struck down state antimiscegenation statutes in Virginia as unconstitutional under the equal pr ...
Posted Monday, June 12th 2023 at 4:44PM
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Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman Were Murdered 25 Years Ago Today: 'The Pain Is Always There'
On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were found brutally murdered in front of her condo
By KC Baker
Twenty-five years ago to ...
Posted Monday, June 12th 2023 at 4:27PM
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60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement
By Julian Ring
Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963 — 60 years ago today — civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Miss.
He stepped ...
Posted Monday, June 12th 2023 at 3:37PM
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On this date in history, Black students Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes at The University of Alabama despite then-Gov. George C. Wallace’s unsuccessful attempt to block their enrollment. That day changed Alabama and the nation ...
Posted Sunday, June 11th 2023 at 3:34PM
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Charles Bernard Rangel born June 11, 1930) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative for districts in New York from 1971 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Rep ...
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