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Sojourner Truth, born November 26, 1797 was an African American abolitionist and women’s right activist. She was born as Isabella to James who was an African captured from the Gold Coast and Elizabeth Baumfree. James and Elizabeth were bought by Colonel Hardenbergh from slave
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26
1797
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Bessie Emery Head
Bessie Emery Head , (born July 6, 1937, Pietermaritzburg, S.Af.—died April 17, 1986, Serowe, Botswana), African writer who described the contradictions and shortcomings of pre- and postcolonial African society in morally didactic novels and
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17
1986
Dorothy A. Terrell
Dorothy A. Terrell is Founder and Managing Partner of FirstCap Advisors, a venture capital and advisory services firm that helps innovative technology companies successfully navigate the critical early stages of product and business
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Jones, Anthony “Van” (1968- )
Van Jones is a social-environmental activist and the Obama administration’s former “Green Czar.” He was born in 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee. His mother and father were a high school teacher and junior-high principal respectively. While growing up, Jones was a stereotypical
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Left of Black with Bettina Love
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Bettina Love to talk hip hop civics education. Love is an Associate Professor of Education Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia and a 2016 Nasir Jones Fellow at the Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard
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Allan Rohan Crite
Allan Rohan Crite (1910 - ) is Boston's most distinguished Black artist and art historian, noted for an eclectic range of subjects - from religious themes to neighborhood scenes. His religious artwork can be seen in the Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin on Lenox Street in lower Roxbury. His
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Ralph Ellison
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the year 1914, Ralph Ellison was a celebrated National Book Award winner for his novel “Invisible Man”. He was awarded this this title in the year 1953. Even though he was best known for this novel, that is not all Ralph Ellison was. Ralph
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16
1994
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way
Dont Leave Me This Way, Pts. 1 & 2 (feat. Teddy Pendergrass) by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Listen ad-free with YouTube Red
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Steve Biko
Steve Biko , in full Bantu Stephen Biko (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria), founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him an international martyr for South
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1977
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The music video for Lionel Richies Hello directed by Bob Giraldi, attracts attention as it tells the story of a music teacher (played by Lionel Richie) who falls in love with his blind
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Pickett, Wilson (1941-2006)
Soul Singer Wilson Pickett was born on March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, as the fourth of eleven children. Throughout his childhood, he sang in Baptist church choirs and was trained as a gospel singer. During this period, he began to develop a soulful tone and style that would eventually
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16
2006
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22
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On October 1, 1945, noted R&B singer and songwriter, Donny Hathaway was born in Chicago, Illinois. Before his death, he often teamed up with songstress, Roberta Flack, on songs such as Where Is the Love.
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Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life
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A List of the Most Powerful Civil Rights Songs
Equal civil rights in America would have been pursued and strides would have been made without the participation of blues, gospel and folk singers and songwriters. But the presence of these artists and their remarkable contributions to the long struggle for equal civil rights in the U.S., plus the
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Walker, Alice M. (1944- )
The first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker was born the eighth child of sharecroppers Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker, on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker became the valedictorian of her segregated high school class, despite an accident at
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Beyonce Publishes Poem for Blue Ivy
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'Beans Is Literally You': Tamar Braxton Reveals Her Son's Birthday Demands, Laughing Fans Say He Acts Like the Singer
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles , original name Ray Charles Robinson (born September 23, 1930, Albany, Georgia, U.S.—died June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, California), American pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader, a leading black entertainer billed as “the Genius.” Charles was credited with the early
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Tina Turner
Born: 11/26/1939 Nutbush, TennesseeAnna Mae Bullock, better known by her stage name Tina Turner, is a singer, dancer, actress, and author, whose career has spanned more than half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards.Awards / Achievements:
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Beyonce and JAY Z to Create A Joint Album?
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Lloyd M. Yates
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Leidesdorff, William Alexander (1810-1848)
Although little remembered today, Leidesdorff was a social, economic and political force in pre-gold rush San Francisco, California with a number of “firsts” credited to his name. When he was named the U.S. Vice Consul to Mexico in 1845, he became the nation’s first African American
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Murray, George Washington (1853–1926)
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Roy Jones Jr.
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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