Kenneth Allen Gibson was elected the first African-American mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a major eastern city […]
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Chokwe Lumumba: A Civil Rights Attorney And The Former Mayor Of Jackson, Mississippi
Chokwe Lumumba was a civil rights lawyer who served as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from July 2013 […]
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Robert Knight: American Singer Best Known For His 1967 Hit Song “Everlasting Love”
Robert Knight was born on April 24, 1945 in Franklin, Tennessee as Robert Henry Peebles. During the […]
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Facts About Alice Ruth Clark Brown, Dancer And Aerial Acrobat
Alice Ruth Clark Brown, a dancer and aerial acrobat, was born on August 22, 1952, in Chicago, […]
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All About Ella Ruth Lee Biography: Career, Family, Songs, and Death
Spinto Soprano International Ella Ruth Lee was born on June 10, 1933, in Tyler, Texas, to Winston […]
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Get To Know Positive K, An American MC and Songwriter
Positive K, a rapper and emcee, was born Darryl Gibson on August 9, 1967, in the Bronx, […]
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Get To Know American Former Rhythm & Blues Singer, Jimmy J. Hughes
Jimmy J. Hughes, an R&B tenor singer, was born on February 3, 1938, in Leighton, Alabama. He […]
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Remembering Robert Parker, Singer Of 1966 Hit “Barefootin”
Robert Parker, Jr., a Rhythm & Blues musician, was born on October 14, 1930, in Mobile, Alabama, […]
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Get To Know Anita Ward: Family, Songs And Albums
Anita Ward, a rhythm and blues singer, was born on December 20, 1956, in Memphis, Tennessee, […]
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Profiling Rhythm and Blues Singer, Eddie Holman
Eddie Holman, a Rhythm and Blues singer, was born on June 3, 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia, and […]
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Remembering Chris Dickerson: The First African American To Become Mr. America
Chris Dickerson, born Henri Christophe Dickerson, became Mr. America for the first time. He was born on […]
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Remembering Van McCoy, An American Musician And Orchestra Conductor
Van Allen Clinton McCoy, composer, conductor, and lyricist, was born on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., […]
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Jaime R. Harrison: The First African American Elected to Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party
Jaime R. Harrison is the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the South Carolina Democratic […]
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Profiling Nina Mitchell Wells, An American Attorney And Politician
Nina Mitchell Wells is a Democrat who served as the 32nd Secretary of State of New Jersey. […]
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Hayden Swank Biography: Inside The Life Of The African American Race Car Driver
Hayden Swank is an African American race car driver who aspires to compete in NASCAR. On July […]
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Gregory L. Robinson: Former Director of the James Webb Space Telescope Program at NASA
Gregory Robinson, NASA’s Program Director for the James Webb Space Telescope project, was present at the historic […]
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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Biography: Inside The Life Of The Haitian American Politician
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is a Haitian-American businesswoman, attorney, and politician who currently represents Florida’s 20th congressional district in […]
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Myra Atwell McDaniel: The First African American In Texas History To Serve As The Secretary Of State
Myra Atwell McDaniel was the first African American in Texas history to serve as Secretary of State, […]
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Biography Of Betty Davis: Career, Albums, Awards, and Death
Betty Mabry Davis, dubbed the Queen of Funk, was born on July 16, 1945, in Durham, North […]
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Fat Joe Biography: Inside The Life Of American Rapper
Joseph Antonio “Fat Joe” Cartagena is a rapper from the United States. Ernesto Delgado and Marie Cartagena […]
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Willow Smith Biography: What You Need To Know About Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Daughter
Willow Camille Reign Smith, better known by her stage name WILLOW, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, […]