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The Bernie Mac Show (often shortened to Bernie Mac in syndication) is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001, to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sisters three kids: Jordan, Vanessa, and
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The Mo'ne Davis brand
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Despite feud, Obaseki praises Shaibu at 54
Mr Obaseki described his deputy as "my brother". The post Despite feud, Obaseki praises Shaibu at 54 appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Timbaland Says These 4 Verzuz Battles Created Pivotal Moments In Music And The World At AFROTECH - Blavity
Timbaland chose Michael Jackson and Prince for his ultimate Verzuz battle and confessed that none are his favorite — yet.
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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)
WilliamMonroe Trotter was a major early twentieth century civil rights activist knownprimarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance ofTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and as an inspiration for the formation of theNational Association for the Advancement
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DOJ Unsure If Jacksonville's Brutal Beating Of Cuffed Black Man Caught On Video Merits Criminal Charges
DOJ says they are monitoring the JSO after officers’ brutal September beating of 24-year-old Black man Le’Keian Woods. The post DOJ Unsure If Jacksonville's Brutal Beating Of Cuffed Black Man Caught On Video Merits Criminal Charges appeared first on NewsOne.
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Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes is an American actor, producer, martial artist and entrepreneur. He was born on July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida to Wesley and Maryann Snipes, and grew up in the Bronx, New York. He was inclined towards becoming a dancer at first but later changed his mind when he took acting classes
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Black ThenMurray Henderson: Philanthropist & Funeral Home Operator
Murray Henderson was a philanthropist who started and operated his own funeral home. Henderson was born January 2, 1883 in Algiers. He attended McDonogh No. 5 Elementary School. He later studied as an apprentice at the John A. Barrett Funeral Home. Henderson started his funeral home business in
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13-Year-Old Black Teen Solves 34 Math Problems in 172 Seconds, Earns Full Scholarship
Nationwide -- Meet Nasara James Dabo, a 13-year-old girl from Nigeria who has caught attention with her incredible feat. At the International Mathematical Olympiad, she solved 34 math problems in just 172 seconds, winning a gold medal in the junior category.Nasara, who is a student at Ideal College
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Ghana- Reparations Summit Proposes Global Fund to Compensate for Slavery
At a reparations conference in Ghana, delegates decided to create a Global Reparation Fund to advocate for the long-overdue payment of reparations to the millions of Africans who were held as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade centuries ago. Over 12 million Africans were forcibly abducted
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Josephine Baker
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Screenwriter With a Black Animation Screenplay That Rivals the Movie "Sing" is Seeking Representation
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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the
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Lincoln Motion Picture Company
African American audiences were generally ignored by the major motion picture studios in the first two decades of the 20th Century. Nonetheless, demand for films aimed at black theaters in both the South and larger Northern cities prompted the formation of several “black” motion picture
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The Power of the Press: African-American News Publications in the Jim Crow Era
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JO 2024 : Florent Manaudou décroche le bronze pour ses 4es Jeux sur sa distance fétiche - Haiti24
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Wesley Snipes had a small role as a bad guy in the Michael Jackson video for the song “Bad” (1987, directed by Martin Scorsese).
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Lorraine Hansberry
The granddaughter of a freed slave, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, to a successful real estate broker and a school teacher who resided in Chicago, Illinois. In 1938, the family moved to a white neighborhood and was violently attacked by its inhabitants but the former refused to
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19
1930
African American History and Women Timeline 1980-1989
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Long, Nate (1930-2002)
Nate Long was a filmmaker, television producer, director, stuntman, actor and teacher who worked both in Hollywood and the Pacific Northwest. Long was born in Philadelphia in 1930.  He joined the Air Force, became a military policeman and completed his service at Paine Field near
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