Radio Diaries: Harry Pace And The Rise And Fall Of Black Swan Records

June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers Was Assassinated

In the early morning, just hours after President John F. Kennedy’s speech on national television in support of civil rights, Evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with NAACP

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Source: Black Then

LIVESTREAM - Black music appreciation month: Russell Simmons

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicks off Black Music Appreciation Month with an exclusive interview with Def Jam founder Russell

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Sudan

After more than a year of no oil, Sudan and South Sudan reached an agreement in March 2013, brokered by the African Union, to resume oil production within the month. South Sudan gets 98% of its revenue from oil. The agreement established a timeline for resumption of oil production, and addressed

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

St. Philips Moravian Church [Winston-Salem, North Carolina] (1822- )

St. Philips Moravian Church is the oldest continuously operating black church in North Carolina. St. Philips is also the only historically black Moravian church in the United

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Source: Black Past

Pro-Trump Republican Candidate Kimberly Klacik Wins Primary, Will Run Against Democratic Rep. Kweisi Mfume

Congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, who describes herself as pro-Trump, has won the Republican primary in a bid to represent the Maryland district that was once held by the late Elijah Cummings according to The Washington

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Banda, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu (c. 1896-1997)

HastingsBanda, the first president of Malawi, was initially presented to the Malawipeople by British Colonial officials as the best person who could lead them intoindependence. Later as the country’s self-declared “life president,” Banda transformedthis African democracy into

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Source: Black Past

Jul

6

1964

The coronavirus' staggering toll in the US

Here, in dollars, percentages and — most tragically — lives, is the devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Baltimore City Comptroller: Henry Upsets Pratt | Afro

Baltimore City Comptroller Joan Pratt has held the office as the City’s independent fiscal executive since

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

How African-Americans Came About Supporting the Democratic Party

The events of the Civil Rights movement were a catalyst for blacks to leave the Republican Party in

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Source: Black Then

Fire Station 30, Los Angeles Fire Department (1924-1955)

Fire station #30, the first fire station manned by African Americans in the West, was established in 1924. Although the station was created in 1924, African Americans had been serving as firefighters in Los Angeles, California for decades, with Sam Haskins becoming the first Los Angeles fireman of

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Source: Black Past

Africa: Knowing Our Past to Inform a Better Future

This window of opportunity, if managed the right way, will enable Africa to transform its economies, set itself on a path toward sustainable and inclusive growth, and realize the potential that has eluded it for so

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Teddy Pendergrass

Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, or Teddy Pendergrass, was an American R&B musician, born on 26 March 1950, in Kingstree, South Carolina. In a career that lasted for over 4 decades, Pendergrass became enthralled with the R&B scene of the 1970s and 1980s. In this period, he would learn the

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

13

2010

Happy 50th Birthday, Naomi! 50 Beauty Shots That Prove You're The GOAT

VITTORIO ZUNINO CELOTTO/GETTY it to a true MVP like Naomi Campbell to photograph herself for ESSENCE’s anniversary cover and rival the work of some of the greatest photographers ever to shoot

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Lil' Romeo

Percy Romeo Miller Jr, or more commonly referred to as Lil’ Romeo, is a celebrated American personality. Born on August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Miller is the son of Hip Hop star Master P. He is not only an outstanding singer and rapper, but has become a successful actor, basketball

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Aug

19

1989

abolitionists

abolitionists, in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the slaves. Abolitionists are distinguished from free-soilers, who opposed the further extension of slavery, but the groups came to act

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye , byname of Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (born April 2, 1939, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died April 1, 1984, Los Angeles, Calif.), American soul singer-songwriter-producer who, to a large extent, ushered in the era of artist-controlled popular music of the 1970s. Gaye’s father was a storefront

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Union Bethel AME Church, Great Falls, Montana (1890- )

The Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Great Falls, Montana, is one of the state’s oldest active

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Sterling Brown

Sterling Brown , in full Sterling Allen Brown (born May 1, 1901, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died Jan. 13, 1989, Takoma Park, Md.), influential African-American teacher, literary critic, and poet whose poetry was rooted in folklore sources and black

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May

1

1901

Trinidad and tobago

Prime Minister Manning called early elections in 2010 to prevent a no-confidence vote against him, and the Peoples Partnership coalition won 29 of 41 seats in the May vote. The ruling Peoples National Movement took 12 seats, bringing to an end four decades in power. Kamla Persad-Bissessar became

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A Place All Our Own: The Highland Beach Resort, The First Black Owned Beach Resort Town In The United States

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Diaspora: Jamaica needs soul-searching, too - Countrymen overseas condemn US racism, call for greater protection of vulnerable back home

Black people in America have been behind the social, economic and political eight ball ever since the first set of slaves were forcibly transported there from Africa four centuries ago, and a significant portion of them are of Jamaican and Caribbean

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Brown, Ruth (1928-2006)

Known as the Queen of R&B, Ruth Brown was a rhythm and blues singer and actress who crusaded for musicians’ rights. Brown was born Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 12, 1928. After a string of unfortunate events, Brown ended up in Washington, D.C. There, important people backed her such as

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Source: Black Past

Nov

17

2006

George Washington Carver

Born in Missouri around 1864 during the years of Civil War (the exact date and year in which he was born not being known), George Washington Carver was a son of an enslaved couple, Mary and Giles. Only a week after his birth, invaders from Arkansas, a neighboring state, kidnapped him along with his

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

5

1943

Rwanda: France Agrees to Extradite Rwanda Genocide Suspect Kabuga to UN Court

A French court has ordered Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga be handed over to a United Nations tribunal to face genocide charges for bankrolling and arming ethnic Hutu militias that killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Why Was Africa Called the Dark Continent?

The most common answer to the question, “Why was Africa called the Dark Continent?” is that Europe did not know much about Africa until the 19th century, but that answer is misleading. Europeans had known quite a lot, but they began ignoring earlier sources of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Feb

27

2008

Definition of Secession

Secession was the act by which a state left the Union. The Secession Crisis of late 1860 and early 1861 led to the Civil War when southern states seceded from the Union and declared themselves a separate nation, the Confederate States of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Dec

20

1860

Eddie Robinson

Eddie Robinson , byname of Edward Gay Robinson (born Feb. 13, 1919, Jackson, La., U.S.—died April 3, 2007, Ruston, La.), American collegiate gridiron football coach, who set a record (later surpassed) for most career wins (408). He spent his entire head-coach career at Grambling State University

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Apr

3

2007

Jamaican media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75

(Jamaica Gleaner) Oliver Frederick Clarke, the media mogul who stood at the helm of The Gleaner as chairman and managing director for more than four decades, has

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy Jr. is the founder of Motown Records, the first black owned music label in the U.S. He was born on November 28, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy. He had seven other siblings and was the seventh of his eight siblings. He is a descendent of a white

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

28

1929

Biography of Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe

Who is

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