In Bipartisan Bill, Senators Urge Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code
Senators Angus King and Lisa Murkowski introduced the bill after recent revelations about Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.
WASHINGTON — Two senators introduced a bipartisan bill o ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 9:54PM
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Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer and actress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Watkins rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the girl-group TLC. She has won four Grammy Awards ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 5:08PM
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WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1886-1970)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folk music. He was born on September 26, 1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Daw ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 4:25PM
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R&B SINGER AVANT BORN
April 26, 1978 (45)
Myron Lavell Avant (born April 26, 1978), mononymously known as Avant, is an American R&B singer. He is known for his songs "Separated", "Read Your Mind", and "Makin' Good Love". He has produced three Pla ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2023 at 3:28PM
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'An Activist Who Became an Artist': Reflecting on Harry Belafonte 'In His Own Words'
The pioneering singer, actor, and activist passed away on Tuesday, April 25. He was 96.
Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, songwriter, actor, and acti ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 9:54PM
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, into ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 4:54PM
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Derek Nathanial Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance as the titular character in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.q Luke ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 6:16PM
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Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known fo ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 6:09PM
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James “Jay” Marshall Rogers Jr. was the first Black teacher to win the Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher Of The Year award back on this day in 1972. Rogers went on to have a stellar career as a college professor and facul ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 12:00PM
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Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He hosted BET's Comic View during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known for c ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 11:10AM
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The One Love Concert (OLPC) was a large concert held on 22 April 1978 at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
BOB MATLEY
This concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the ...
Posted Saturday, April 22nd 2023 at 9:59AM
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Charles Mingus was a jazz composer, bassist, pianist, and bandleader who was born in 1922 and died in 1979. He played with many jazz legends, such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis, and influenced many future jazz luminaries, such a ...
Posted Saturday, April 22nd 2023 at 9:49AM
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This Day in Black History: April 21, 2003
Nina Simone, the internationally acclaimed singer, pianist and composer, died on April 21, 2003.
A highly versatile musician known for her distinctive deep singing voice, her piano virtuosity and her begu ...
Posted Friday, April 21st 2023 at 7:07PM
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Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams (born April 21, 1982) is an American football coach and former running back in the National Football League (NFL). Williams was the interim head coach of the Auburn Tigers, the first African American to hold the posi ...
Posted Friday, April 21st 2023 at 11:28AM
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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, ...
Posted Friday, April 21st 2023 at 10:48AM
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Today in sports history: April 20
In 1986, Michael Jordan sets an NBA single-game playoff scoring record with 63 points in a 135-131 double overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. See more sports moments from this date:
1986: Michael Jordan sets N ...
Posted Friday, April 21st 2023 at 10:39AM
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Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor. His notable roles include Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless (1994–2005), Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds (2005–2016), and the lead role of Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Har ...
Posted Thursday, April 20th 2023 at 12:06PM
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Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive Plat ...
Posted Thursday, April 20th 2023 at 11:51AM
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On April 20, 1853 Harriet Tubman began her work on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad’s “conductors.” During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted o ...
Posted Thursday, April 20th 2023 at 11:37AM
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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 t ...
Posted Wednesday, April 19th 2023 at 11:24PM
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This Day in Black History: April 19, 1837
Cheyney University, one of the oldest Black colleges, was founded on April 19, 1837.
It was originally founded as the African Institute in 1837, an era when few, if any, African-American young people went ...
Posted Wednesday, April 19th 2023 at 11:04PM
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Wallace Triplett was born on April 18, 1926.
Triplett was the first African American drafted in the National Football League. Triplett was one of the first African American players for Penn State while in college. He was drafted in the 19t ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 12:32PM
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BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO PERFORM AND RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM ZIMBABWEANS FOR CELEBRATING THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH IMPERIAL RULE.
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BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO ZIMBABWE BECAUSE THE SONG “ ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 12:04PM
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This Day in Black History: April 18, 1977
Alex Haley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his groundbreaking novel "Roots."
Author and historian Alex Haley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his groundbreaking novel Root ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 8:13AM
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Dominion and Donald Trump put Fox News between a rock and a dumb place
With Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News set to begin, my friends at the network, of whom I have none, find themselves in a bind.
They’re wedged be ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 7:52AM
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