Charlotta Amanda Bass (1874-1969)
Newspaper publisher-editor, civil rights activist
Bass was born in Sumter, South Carolina on February 14, 1874. She relocated to California in 1910 for health reasons. Charlotta Bass took over control of The Cali ...
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Editors- Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm
Founded on March 16, 1827 as a four-page, four-column standard-sized weekly, Freedom's Journal was the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, and was established the same year ...
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Rodney Peete (born March 16, 1966) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and Carolina Panthers. He played coll ...
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This Day in Black History: March 16, 1846
Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S., was born in Philadelphia.
Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree, was born i ...
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This Day in Black History: March 16, 1948
Singer Billie Holiday is released from prison on March 16, 1948.
Famed jazz singer Billie Holiday rose to fame in the 1930s and became one of the most iconic vocalists in music. But she also had several r ...
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where ...
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14 People Who Broke Barriers to Make Black History
They broke color barriers to make history in politics, academics, aviation, entertainment and more.
By Alamin Yohannes
In honor of Black History Month, here's a look at 14 people who broke c ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 10:30AM
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Maurice Ashley (born 1966) is a Jamaican-born American chess player, author, and commentator. In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM), making him the first Black person to do so.
Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-prof ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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