Meagan Good On Skin Changes, False Bleaching Rumors: “That Was Probably The Most Shame I Had Felt In A Long Time”

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Meagan Good On Skin Changes, False Bleaching Rumors: “That Was Probably The Most Shame I Had Felt In A Long Time”

It was an experience that Meagan Good admitted in a new interview was "traumatic" and that she's still trying to move past.

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1961

(1830) Rev. Peter Williams, Jr. “This is Our Country”

Fourteen years after its founding the American Colonization Society remained controversial among African Americans. By 1830 many of them opposed it and more generally the idea of forced or voluntary repatriation of blacks to Africa. One of these opponents, Rev. Peter Williams, Jr., the minister

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1830

James, G. Winston (1967- )

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The Black National Anthem

Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Poet Jupiter Hammon born

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Oct

17

1720

Bellegarde, Dantès (1877-1966)

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1966

Born: 5/13/1914 La Fayette, AlabamaDied: 4/12/1981 Paradise, NevadaJoseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all timeAwards

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A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives

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Oct

1

1940

The Brooklyn Excelsiors is the first black baseballteam to tour the United Sta

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Jan

0

1860

Wash., D.C. Slave Emancipation and Reparations

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Apr

16

1862

First black CPA

Jesse B. Blayton became the first black certified public accountant in the United States.

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2000

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Jan

30

1800

Phillis Wheatley freed

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Jan

21

1773

Congress cracks down on civil rights for blacks

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Jun

25

1868

Japanese Prime Minister Insults Blacks

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24

1986

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

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Jan

9

1989

Julia premieres on NBC with Diahann Carroll in the title role. It is the first

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17

1968

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Jan

0

1746

Third Enforcement Act

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Apr

20

1871

Roy Jones Jr. is an American boxer, born on the 16th of January, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. While also developing sequential interests in music and acting, Jones is most notably known as an all-time American boxer, winning a host of trophies to his name in an exciting career. What has

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Denzel Washington Born

Actor Denzel Washington was born on this day in Mount Vernon, NY. Washington will star in such films as Malcolm X, Glory, Much Ado about Nothing, and A Soldiers Story. He will have a start in television in his role on popular show St. Elsewhere. He will win an Academy Award for best supporting

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Dec

28

1954

Katherine Dunham, dancer/anthropologist born

Katherine Dunham

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Jun

22

1912

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz musician who is widely credited as being one of the creators of modern day jazz. He was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Thelonious and Barbara Monk. He had an older sister named Marion and a younger brother named Thomas. When

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Oct

10

1917

Ernest Everett Just

Born: 8/14/1883 Charleston, South CarolinaDied: 10/27/1941 Washington, D.C., United StatesErnest Everett Just was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer. Justs primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of

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Black Paul Revere

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Jan

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1781

Saint Francis Xavier Church

The first exclusively Black parish in the United States was Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland. It was purchased on this day and dedicated months later.

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Oct

10

1863

James Cameron, Founder Black Holocaust Musem born

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1930

Foster, Abigail Kelley

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Minister Lott Cary left the United States leading a group of freed slaves, most of whom were members of the American Colonization Society, to colonize a small portion of West Africa. This area became known as the Republic of Liberia in 1847.

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Jan

23

1821

James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP

James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City.

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1926

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