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Shirley Goodman Biography, Husband, Career, and Death

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Remembering Charles Brown: Family, Career, Albums, Awards, and Death

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  Albertina Walker, contralto gospel singer and conductor, was born on August 29, 1929, as the…

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Richard Lamar Hawk Biography: Inside The Life Of Black American Rapper

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Profiling Maybelle Louis Smith: Black American R&B Singer Known As “Big Maybelle”

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Remembering American R&B/Soul Vocal Group, Detroit Emeralds

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Billy Paul Biography: Inside The Life Of Grammy Award-winning American Soul Singer

  Billy Paul, a major artist of the Philadelphia Soul Sound, was born Paul Williams in…

Betty Everett Biography: Education, Career, Songs, Awards, and Death

  Betty Everett, a pianist and R&B singer, was born on November 23, 1939, in Greenwood,…

Montell Jordan Biography: Family, Career, Songs, Albums, and Awards

  New Jack-Swing R&B singer Montell Du’Sean Barnett Jordan was born on December 3, 1968, in…

Ivory Joe Hunter: Inside The Life Of An American Rhythm-and-Blues Singer

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What Is Morgan Freeman’s Net Worth? Family, Career, and Awards

  Morgan Freeman, an American actor, made international headlines on Sunday by hosting the opening ceremony…

Get To Know Jean Knight: Family, Career, Songs, Albums, and Awards

    Jean Caliste, an R&B/funk singer, was born on January 26, 1943, in New Orleans,…

Margaret Abner Dixon: The First African American President of the American Association of Retired Persons

  Margaret Abner Dixon, the first African American president of the American Association of Retired Persons…

Remembering Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, First African American President Of NEA

  Elizabeth Duncan Koontz was the first African American president of the National Education Association (NEA),…

Meet The First Black Players In The NBA

  The National Basketball Association’s first African American players in the twentieth century all joined the…

All About Ralph Edward Tresvant Biography: Family, Songs, and Albums

  Ralph Edward Tresvant, a new Jack Swing R&B singer, was born on May 16, 1968,…

Johnny Gill Jr. Biography: Family, Career and Awards

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