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Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother. According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he was the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the first African American
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Birthday backlash! - McLean under fire in CMU probe
Strenuous attempts by Dr Grace McLean to justify the spending of more than $400,000 in 2018 to stage a surprise birthday party for Fritz Pinnock, the former president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), were rejected on Tuesday by the hard-...
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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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Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone
ABC News and Good Morning America correspondent Adrienne Bankert is celebrating the release of her debut book, “Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With
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Showtime partners with BET to launch SHOxBET Channel
Showtime has partnered with BET to launch a co-branded channel titled, SHOxBET. The new channel will feature programming from the two parent channels. The post Showtime partners with BET to launch SHOxBET Channel appeared first on TheGrio.
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LeBron James And Maverick Carter Raised $100 Million For New Media Company
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Kerry Washington
Actress Kerry Washington is probably best known for her Emmy-nominated role in the cable TV series Scandal -- she plays Olivia Pope, a business fixer in Washington, D.C. politics. A native of New York, she studied liberal arts at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and graduated in
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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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4
1981
Robert Selby and Glen Henry help highlight the many faces of fatherhood
Featuring six extraordinary fathers from across the globe, this film offers a firsthand glimpse into the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting through revealing interviews, rare home-movie footage, viral videos, and hilarious and thoughtful testimonials from some of Hollywood’s funniest
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Sigh: Kanye West Is Still Running For President, Officially On Presidential Ballot In Oklahoma
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Review: ‘Fatal Attraction’ in 2020 is called ‘Fatal Affair’ - TSDMemphis.com
by Mark Kennedy - If you’re of a certain age, much of the new Netflix thriller “Fatal Affair” will be very familiar. That’s because it’s really just a diluted retelling of another, similarly named film — 1987′s “Fatal Attraction.” Weirdly, that doesn’t mean this one — reuniting Omar Epps and Nia
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Caldwell, Harrison L. (1909-1964)
Harrison Laverne Caldwell, the first African American principal in the Seattle Public Schools District, was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1909. Very little is known about his personal life. By the time of his death, he had become one of the most important educational leaders in the states of Kansas and
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Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American singer and actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1981 to Darnell Donnerson and Samuel Simpson. She started singing in her church choir as a child and also performed in community theatre. She graduated from high school in 1999 and enrolled at
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Larenz Tate Talks Never Adjusting To Fame And Being With His Wife For 20 Years: ‘A Lot Of Egos Have To Be Checked At The Door’
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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson is a famous American singer and songwriter, who had a successful career both as part of the group “The Miracles” and as a solo artist. He was born as William  Robinson, Jr. on February 19, 1940 to a poor family in Detroit. His mother died when he was very young so he was
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19
1940
Jimmy Fallon Responds to Blackface 'SNL' Skit Backlash, Jamie Foxx and Marlon Wayans Defend Comedian
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Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback shine in Netflix thriller 'Project Power' : TheGrio
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Hakeem Olajuwon
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Tyler Perry Set to Pay for the Funeral of Rayshard Brooks – Free Press of Jacksonville
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SoCal's 11 pro sports team form The Alliance to aid Black, Latinx children
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Rick Ross and Lira Mercer Channel Modern Royalty for Paper Magazine
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington was a popular singer from the 1950s who sang jazz, blues, R&B and pop. Her birth name was Ruth Lee Jones. She was born on August 29, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and moved to Chicago at a very young age. Her first exposure to music stemmed from the church, where she learned to
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