BY WALTER OPINDE On this day, May 23, 1975, the first African-American standup comedian, Jackie Moms Mabley, dies. She achieved a great professional and commercial success during the age in which there were very few African-American females on the comedy platforms. Famous with her stage name, Jackie Moms Mabley; Loretta Mary Aiken was born on […]
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