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Chadwick Boseman Is Now In The Running To Win Posthumous Best Actor Oscar - The New York Beacon

While many questions linger about what a pandemic-era Oscars ceremony will look like, this is now certain:Chadwick Bosemanwill get major consideration for awards. The “Black Panther” star, who died in August at age 43 after a private battle with cancer, will be in the running […]

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Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)

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Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring composer, he moved (1936) to New York City, where he met Langston Hughes , who became his mentor, and became friends

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James Baskett Wins Academy Award

In 1947 James Baskett(1904-1948)was given a Special Academy Award for his part in Disneys Song Of The South. He was the second American of African decent to recieve an Academy Award. Baskett was also the first American of African decent hired by Disney. Unfortunately Baskett was unable to attend

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21

1947

Taharka is probably one of the most famous rulers of Napatan

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On October 2, 1937,Johnny L. Cochran, Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He

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1937

Asa Philip Randolph issued a call for 100,000

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1

1941

Ex-slave Oscar J. Dunn

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(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at its 35th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

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1949

Brown, Wesley (1927-2012)

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13

1946

Black Slaves Welcomed Into Amer. Army

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Evelyn Bundy Band (c. 1926)

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7

1930

Lloyd Richards wins a Tony

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3

1947

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1944

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21

1941

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1936

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