Riots break out in Los Angeles after four police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.
This Day in Black History: April 29, 1992
After a jury acquitted four police officers in the 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black m ...
Posted Friday, April 29th 2022 at 10:41AM
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Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
4 June 1922 – 22 October 2004
Naval officer
Gravely, Samuel L., photograph. Getty Images.
At the peak of his career, Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. was the highest-ranking African American officer in the U.S. Navy, a three-s ...
Posted Thursday, April 28th 2022 at 6:10PM
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Alice Walker Biography (1944–)
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African American novelist and poet most famous for authoring 'The Color Purple.'
Who Is Alice Walker?
Born to sharecropper parents, Alice Walker grew up to become a h ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 12:30PM
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Maggie Lena Walker Biography (1864–1934)
Maggie Lena Walker was grand secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an organization dedicated to the social and financial advancement of African Americans.
Who Was Maggie Lena Walker?
Maggi ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 12:21PM
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1945.
On April 27, 1945, celebrated playwright August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Studying African-American writers like Ralph E ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 11:57AM
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Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born in Marion, Alabama.
This Day in Black History: April 27, 1927
Coretta Scott was born in Marion, Alabama. She would marry civil rights leader Dr. Martin Lut ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 11:35AM
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40 Years a Slave: The Extraordinary Tale of an African Prince Stolen from His Kingdom
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was West African royalty before he was enslaved on a Mississippi plantation.
By ABIGAIL HIGGINS
After a shackled journey across ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 11:06AM
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The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to 'Pass' in 1930s Hollywood
Fredi Washington embraced her race at the height of Jim Crow.
By ERIN BLAKEMORE
When Duke Ellington and his band toured the segregated South in the early 1930s, they enc ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 10:55AM
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Nelson Mandela: His Written Legacy
Read excerpts from letters, speeches and memoirs reflecting on each stage of his life—from the innocence of a tribal village boy to the triumphs and pressures of being South Africa's first black president.
By ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 10:34AM
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‘Boilerplate Doesn’t Cut It’: Judge Finds Donald Trump in Contempt of Court for Flouting an Order to Comply with Letitia James’ Subpoena
Adam Klasfeld
Former President Donald Trump is in civil contempt of court for flouting an order to ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 5:12PM
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WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1898-1990)
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CHAIR A COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS BORN
April 26, 1883 - November 9, 1970 (87)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 1:23PM
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Pittsburgher Who Broke The NBA Color Barrier To Be Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
90.5 WESA | By Katie Blackley
In 1950, Charles “Chuck” Cooper became the first African-American player drafted by an NBA team when he was selected for a spot on the ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 1:03PM
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Biography'
Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.
Her voice was flex ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 11:57AM
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James Joseph Richardson is exonerated after 21 years in prison.
If not for injustice, James Richardson would likely not be a figure in history. But after being wrongfully convicted of killing his seven children and spending 21 years in prison, the ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 11:44AM
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Baltimore protests after Freddie Gray dies in police custody
The death of a man in Baltimore who was in police custody has sparked a series of protests, violence and calls for change to the Baltimore Police Department.
25-year-old Freddie Gray ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 11:33AM
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Pamela Moses Freed From Six-Year Conviction For Trying To Register To Vote
She reportedly was still on probation while trying to register.
By Paul Meara
Pamela Moses, the Tennessee woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to r ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2022 at 7:33PM
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Fred Hampton's Illinois Childhood Home Designated Historical Landmark
The iconic Black Panther Party Chicago leader was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Maywood home.
By Paul Meara
Iconic civil rights and Black Panther Party le ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2022 at 7:27PM
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This Day in Black History: April 24, 1944
The United Negro College Fund was established on this day.
It is one of the most important philanthropic organizations in the country, one that provides scholarships for Black students to attend private h ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2022 at 7:18PM
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Cedric The Entertainer
Biography
Actor and comedian Cedric “The Entertainer” Kyles was born on April 24, 1964 in Jefferson City, Missouri to Kittrell Kyles and Rosetta Boyce Kyles. After junior high school, Kyles and his family moved to Ber ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2022 at 5:50PM
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Charlotte E. Ray became the first African-American woman admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1872.
Early Life and Education
Charlotte E. Ray was born on January 13, 1850, in New York City, New York. Charlotte and her fa ...
Posted Saturday, April 23rd 2022 at 9:55PM
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Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Whitney M. Young, Jr. was head of the National Urban League (NUL) during its most progressive period (1961-1971). Born in 1921, Young graduated from the Lincoln institute in 1937 and Kentucky State in 1941, earning a Master's ...
Posted Saturday, April 23rd 2022 at 1:08PM
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