On This Day In Black History Oct 27 - ACTRESS RUBY DEE BORN October 27, 1924
Ruby Dee October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of ...
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On This Day In Black History Oct 26 - Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump, AG offer contrasting takes on Cohen testimony
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and ...
Posted Thursday, October 26th 2023 at 10:35AM
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On This Day In Black History Oct 26 - Muhammad Ali
American boxer Muhammad Ali returns to the ring, defeating Jerry Quarry; Ali had been barred from fighting after he refused to be inducted into the US Army during the Vietnam War.
Muhammad A ...
Posted Thursday, October 26th 2023 at 10:20AM
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Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union. In the ear ...
Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 8:04PM
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Lillian Irene Hayman (July 17, 1922 – October 25, 1994) was an American actress and singer.
Career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hayman graduated from Wilberforce University with a BA before she began her career in the Broadway theatre.
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Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 5:59PM
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Ciara Princess Wilson (Born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, dancer, model, and actress. She rose to prominence with her debut studio album Goodies (2004). The album spawned the single of the same name which toppe ...
Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 4:01PM
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Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. became the first African American General in the United States Army on October 25, 1940.
General Davis was born in Washington, DC on July 1, 1877. Davis attended Howard University and later after the beginning of the S ...
Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 12:59PM
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On This Day In Black History Oct 25 - Jada Pinkett Smith Clarifies Her Separation from Will Smith Ended Oscars Night “That’s still my man,” she
Jada Pinkett Smith wants to set the record straight about one of the shocking revelations she s ...
Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 12:46PM
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On This Day In Black History - Philadelphia hosted the Million Woman March on Oct. 25, 1997.
Between 300,000 and 500,000 women convened in Philadelphia on Oct. 25, 1997, to participate in the Million Woman March. Modeled on the Million Man March t ...
Posted Wednesday, October 25th 2023 at 12:33PM
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On This Day In Black History October 24 - Monica (singer)
Monica Denise Arnold (formerly Brown; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, rapper and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and becam ...
Posted Tuesday, October 24th 2023 at 10:52AM
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Kweisi Mfume (Born Frizzell Gerald Gray; October 24, 1948) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
Posted Tuesday, October 24th 2023 at 10:39AM
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady ...
Posted Tuesday, October 24th 2023 at 10:30AM
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On This Day In Black History October 23 Multi Grammy Award winning jazz singer Dianne Reeves born (1956)
Biography
Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is ba ...
Posted Monday, October 23rd 2023 at 5:58PM
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On This Day In Black History Oct 23 - The NAACP petitions the United Nations to redress racial discrimination in the U.S. on Oct. 23, 1947.
In the 1940s, African-Americans, or coloreds, as they were then known, were repeatedly victims of myriad k ...
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On This Day In Black History Oct 23 - R&B SINGER BARBARA ANN HAWKINS (THE DIXIE CUPS) BORN October 23, 1940
The Dixie Cups (formerly known as The Meltones) are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits ...
Posted Monday, October 23rd 2023 at 5:24PM
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Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American actress and singer. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recor ...
Posted Thursday, October 19th 2023 at 4:08PM
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LaWanda Page (born Alberta Richmond; October 19, 1920 – September 14, 2002) was an American actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, s ...
Posted Thursday, October 19th 2023 at 3:55PM
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On This This Day In Black History Oct. 18, 1944
Actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson was awarded NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his achievements.
On Oct. 18, 1944, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson was awarded the Spingarn Me ...
Posted Wednesday, October 18th 2023 at 1:16PM
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On This This Day In Black History Oct 18 - Phillis Wheatley Freed From Slavery
On October 18, 1775, Phillis Wheatley, the country's first African American poet to publish a book was freed from slavery. Wheatley was born in West Africa and sold ...
Posted Wednesday, October 18th 2023 at 1:01PM
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This Day in Black History: Oct. 17, 1888
Capital Savings Bank, the first bank organized and operated by African-Americans, was organized in Washington, D.C, on Oct. 17, 1888.
On Oct. 17, 1888, Capital Savings Bank, the first bank organized an ...
Posted Tuesday, October 17th 2023 at 12:20PM
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Black Poetry Day is celebrated every year on October 17 to honor all the talented African American poets, both past and present. If you’re a literature enthusiast, poet, or writer — no matter your race — you’ll absolutely love Black Poetry ...
Posted Tuesday, October 17th 2023 at 11:57AM
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On This Day in Black History: Oct. 16 -1859 Abolitionist John Brown overtakes arsenal in Harper's, Virginia
On the night of Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a revolt of 21 men — including three free Blacks, one freed slave and one fugi ...
Posted Monday, October 16th 2023 at 1:28PM
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During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banne ...
Posted Monday, October 16th 2023 at 12:57PM
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On October 16, 1901, shortly after moving into the White House, President Theodore Roosevelt invited his adviser, the African American spokesman Booker T. Washington, to dine with him and his family. The event provoked an outpouring of condemnation ...
Posted Monday, October 16th 2023 at 12:28PM
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On This Day In Black History Oct 15 - Nelson Mandela Receives The Nobel Peace Prize
On October 15, 1993, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela and South African President F.W de Klerk received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to ...
Posted Sunday, October 15th 2023 at 5:07PM
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