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Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and

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(1963) Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots”

On December 10, 1963, while still the leading spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X gave a speech at a rally in Detroit, Michigan. That speech outlined his basic black nationalist philosophy and established him as a major critic of the civil rights movement. The speech appears

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1963

Orson Welles

Welles was born to a mother, Beatrice Ives, who was a concert pianist and a crack rifle shot and a father, Richard Welles, who was an inventor and a businessman. Welles was a child prodigy, adept at the piano and violin, acting, drawing, painting, and writing verse; he also entertained his friends

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Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (1969- )

Writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somaliaon November 13, 1969. Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a prominent Somali intellectual andrevolutionary leader. As a child, Alihad to move with her family to Saudi Arabia,Ethiopia, and Kenya, due topolitical turmoil in her own

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Nov

1969

Zephaniah, Benjamin (1958 - )

Benjamin Zephaniah, poet, playwright, novelist and activist, was born on April 15, 1958, the first of eight children, in Birmingham, England. Zephaniah grew up in Wandsworth until the age of nine when his mother, a Jamaican nurse, fled his father, a postman from Barbados. Leaving behind his twin

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1958

Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420

Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million, to a group led by J. Bruce Llewellyn, the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American

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Jan

1989

civil rights: Bibliography

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(1987) Clarence Thomas, “Why Black Americans Should Look to Conservative Politics”

Much has been said about blacks and conservatism. Those on the Left smugly assume blacks are monolithic and will by force of circumstances always huddle to the left of the political spectrum. The political Right watches this herd mentality in action, concedes that blacks are monolithic, picks up

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali won his three titles by defeating Sonny Liston (1964), George Foreman (1974) and Leon Spinks (1978)… Muhammad Ali’s managers sometimes referred to him as GOAT — the Greatest Of All Time… Sprinter Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the same games at which

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Deep Soul The Up Rising Of Otis Redding Part 3.

Deep Soul The Up Rising Of Otis Redding Part 2. - Duration: 8:45. Mark Antony 66,658 views

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Tracy Chapman - Talkin bout a revolution

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Dec

1988

Davy, Gloria (1931-2012)

Gloria Davy, a rich-voiced (lirico-spinto) soprano who “sang for the sheer joy of singing” had a four decade career as a concert singer. Early in her career she replaced Leontyne Price as Bess in the 1954 international tour of Porgy and Bess. In 1958 she broke color barriers when she

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is a hip hop and R&B singer, songwriter and actress who is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the music industry. She was born in Houston, Texas to Tina and Mathew Knowles on September 4, 1981. She was interested in music from a very young

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1981

Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.[1] It is used by African Americans in the United States.[2] It was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the

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Alice Walker

Born in Eatonton, Georgia, on February 9, 1944, Alice Walker partly spent her life working as a teacher, lecturer and social worker but is primarily known as a writer today. Daughter to a maid and sister to 7 siblings, Walker spent her childhood with little money. She suffered a serious eye injury

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1944

Chamillionaire

Name at birth: Hakeem Seriki

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Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer , (born November 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa—died July 13, 2014, Johannesburg), South African novelist and short-story writer whose major theme was exile and alienation. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in

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2014

Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, poet and film producer from Chicago, Illinois. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant

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1972

Alex La Guma

Alex La Guma , (born Feb. 20, 1925, Cape Town, S.Af.—died Oct. 11, 1985, Havana, Cuba), black novelist of South Africa in the 1960s whose characteristically brief works (e.g., A Walk in the Night [1962], The Stone-Country [1965], and In the Fog of the Season’s End [1972]) gain power through his

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Missy Elliott

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Common Stereotypes About Africa

In the 21st century, there’s never been more focus on Africa than now. Thanks to the revolutions sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East, Africa has the world’s attention. But just because all eyes happen to be on Africa at the moment doesn’t mean myths about this part of the world have

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Ngugi wa Thiong’o , original name James Thiong’o Ngugi (born January 5, 1938, Limuru, Kenya), East Africa’s leading novelist, whose popular Weep Not, Child (1964) was the first major novel in English by an East African. As he became sensitized to the effects of colonialism in Africa, he adopted

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1938

Quincy Jones

Born: 3/14/1933 Chicago, IllinoisQuincy Delight Jones, Jr. is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, musician, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, entertainment company executive, and humanitarianAwards / Achievements:

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These Arms Of Mine Otis Redding (***Lyrics Included***) .:oldies:.

***Lyrics*** These arms of mine They are lonely, lonely and feeling blue These arms of mine They are yearning, yearning from wanting you And if you would let them hold you Oh, how grateful I will be These arms of mine They are burning, burning from wanting you These arms of mine They are wa

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Danny Glover

Daniel Lebern Glover, or more commonly known as Danny Glover, is an American actor who has starred in over 70 Hollywood films. Born in San Francisco, California on July 22, 1946, the 68 year old actor officially started a career in acting in 1979. Glover also occasionally enjoys the role of

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1946

Walker, Darren (1959– )

Philanthropist Darren Walker is the tenth president of the seventy-seven-year-old Ford Foundation, the second largest philanthropy in the world. Walker was born August 28, 1959, at a charity hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana, to a single mother and was raised in East Texas. He received two degrees

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1959

Chain Gang-Sam Cooke

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Diana Ross

Diana Ross is an American singer and actress, who is one of the most successful recording artists with record sales exceeding 100 million copies. She was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. She began singing in high school and formed a band with her friends Mary Wilson, Florence

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1944

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