Hank Aaron still holds the real home run record
Hank Aaron, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, died Friday at age 86. The Hall of Famer holds a host of records, from the most runs batted in (2,297), the most seasons as an all-star ( ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 4:39PM
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James Alan McPherson
Savannah-born James Alan McPherson won literary fame for his short stories in the 1960s and 1970s. Winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for his second volume of stories, McPherson then built a reputation as a distinguished editor ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 4:30PM
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ABC7 celebrates legacy of Chicago's 1st African-American mayor, Harold Washington
ABC7 Chicago remembers and celebrates Chicago's native son and first African American mayor, the late Harold Washington, prior to the anniversary of his 100th birthd ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 4:21PM
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On This Day: Jackie Robinson makes debut in MLB exhibition game
On April 11, 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to take the field for a Major League Baseball team, playing in an exhibition game against the Ne ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 4:08PM
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Herbie Hancock was born on April 12, 1940, in Chicago Illinois into a musical family. His father was a government meat inspector and mother was a secretary. Herbie began studying piano at the age of 7, he started his education with classical music. O ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 10:12AM
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April 12 The Fort Pillow Massacre
Over 300 African American Union Soldiers were massacred after they surrendered to troops of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forest on April 12, 1864. Although there were some white troops killed, the maj ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 9:47AM
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On April 12, 1963, civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, was arrested in Birmingham,
Alabama.
He was asked by an affiliate of his organization to partake in a nonviolent program. He was arrested during a non violent protest. Police Commission ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2022 at 9:35AM
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This Day in Black History: April 11, 1881
Spelman College, the premiere university for Black women in the United States, opened on this day.
Classes at what would eventually become Spelman College were first held in the basement of a church in ...
Posted Monday, April 11th 2022 at 6:31PM
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Herbie Hancock born on April 12, 1940, Chicago, IL
Hancock, (born April 12, 1940, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American keyboard player, songwriter, and bandleader, a prolific recording artist who achieved success as an incisive, harmonically provoca ...
Posted Monday, April 11th 2022 at 6:24PM
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Jane Bolin Biography (1908–2007)
Jane Bolin was a trailblazing attorney who became the first African American female judge in the United States, serving on New York's Family Court for four decades.
Who Was Jane Bolin?
Jane Bolin graduated ...
Posted Monday, April 11th 2022 at 6:04PM
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Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. ...
Posted Sunday, April 10th 2022 at 8:10PM
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America's First Black War Correspondent Reported from the Civil War's Front Lines
Thomas Morris Chester, whose mother had escaped slavery, covered the final year of the war for a white-owned newspaper.
During the Civil War, hundreds of reporter ...
Posted Sunday, April 10th 2022 at 6:58PM
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Neville O'Riley Livingston OM OJ (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A ...
Posted Sunday, April 10th 2022 at 6:25PM
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Arthur Ashe Biography (1943–1993)
Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win the men's singles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and the first African American man to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
Who Was Arthur Ashe?
Arthur Ashe ...
Posted Sunday, April 10th 2022 at 9:45AM
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Paule Marshall (April 9, 1929 – August 12, 2019) was an American writer, best known for her 1959 debut novel Brown Girl, Brownstones. In 1992, at the age of 63, Marshall was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant.
Life and career
Marshall was b ...
Posted Saturday, April 9th 2022 at 11:31PM
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Paul Robeson Biography (1898–1976)
Paul Robeson was an acclaimed 20th-century performer known for productions like 'The Emperor Jones' and 'Othello.' He was also an international activist.
Who Was Paul Robeson?
Paul Robeson was a stellar a ...
Posted Saturday, April 9th 2022 at 11:02PM
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Biden Celebrates Ketanji Brown Jackson's Historic Confirmation To Supreme Court
"I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution," Jackson said.
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Posted Friday, April 8th 2022 at 5:02PM
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Opinion: KBJ's confirmation is one of the beautiful moments MLK described
Opinion by Opinion by Peniel Joseph
The historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first African American woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice will ...
Posted Thursday, April 7th 2022 at 10:25PM
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