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Derrick Adams’ artworks showcase ‘Black Joy’ at the MFA 

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‘Ebony’ magazine’s 1967 article entitled “MLK Tropic Interlude,” showing Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King vacationing in Jamaica is the inspiration behind the Derrick Adams exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts. By J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – During this challenging time and climate, the Museum of Fine Art (MFA) is […]

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Actor/Comedian Godfrey Cambridge born
Godfrey Cambridge, actor and comedian born in New York.
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Feb
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1933
Africana Studies Cornell University
Panel on Food Justice - Duration: 1 hour, 29
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DeLarge, Robert Carlos (1842-1874)
Robert Carlos DeLarge was born a slave in Aiken, South Carolina on March 15, 1842.  Rare for that period, DeLarge graduated from Wood High school in Charleston and worked as a tailor and farmer before becoming involved in politics.  He served as an agent for the Freedman’s Bureau and helped
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Alex Haley
Alex Haley wrote Roots, one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard (1939-59) then began a second career as a writer, working for magazines ranging from Readers Digest to Playboy. Haley was a ghostwriter on his first major book: The Autobiography of
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Shirley, George Irving (1934- )
George Shirley is an educator, lecturer, and internationally acclaimed tenor whose leading roles in 28 operas with the Metropolitan Opera (“Met”) for 11 seasons helped push open doors on operatic stages for many African American tenors. In 1956 Shirley became the first African American
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Jun
24
1956
Boutelle, Frazier Augustus (1840-1924)
FrazierAugustus Boutelle, army officer and conservationist, was born onSeptember 12, 1840 in Troy, New York.  No significant informationexists regarding his childhood, though it is known that his fatherJames Augustus Boutelle of Fitchburg, Massachusetts was a descendent ofRevolutionary War soldier
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Wiley College (1873- )
Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, is the first African-American college established in the Lone Star State.  The institution was founded in 1873 by Bishop Isaac Wiley of Methodist Episcopal Church and chartered by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1882. Isaac Wiley grew up with dreams of becoming
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Saint Peter Claver Church, San Antonio, Texas (1888- )
Saint Peter Claver (Mission) Church was the first AfricanAmerican Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas. The church was built by Irish-born Margaret Mary Healy Murphy, the widowof John Bernard Murphy, who was the mayor of Corpus Christi from 1889 to1884.  Margaret Mary Healy Murphy movedfrom Corpus
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Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA.
Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA.
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Jan
13
1999
Walker, Madam C. J.
Walker, Madam C. J., 1867–1919, African-American entrepeneur, b. Delta, La., as Sarah Breedlove. Thought to be Americas first black female millionaire, this daughter of ex-slaves was orphaned at 7, working at 10, married at 14, and a widow with an infant daughter at 20. She worked as a domestic
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Benjamin Banneker
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Wilt Chamberlain
Born: 8/2/936 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied: 0/2/999 Los Angeles, CaliforniaWilt Chamberlain was an American basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA); he played for the
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Eminem
Name at birth: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
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Aug
14
2009
Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe, nicknamed Gabby, is an Academy Award nominated actress who made her acting debut in 2009. She was born on May 6, 1983 in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is a special education teacher turned R&B singer who performed on the television show “America’s Got
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May
6
1983
African American History: Bibliography
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Lane, William Henry/Master Juba (1825-c. 1852)
William Henry Lane is credited as one of the most influential figures in the creation of American tap dance. Lane developed a unique style of using his body as a musical instrument, blending African-derived syncopated rhythms with movements of the Irish jig and reel. Lane’s melding of these
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Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson
Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York
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2
1961
LeMelle, Wilbert J., Sr. (1931-2003)
Wilbert J. LeMelle, Sr., was a scholar, development specialist, and ambassador to Kenya and the Republic of Seychelles between 1977 and 1980.  In both his academic and diplomatic work, LeMelle urged the United States to become more engaged in Africa, focusing on economic development and human
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1780 - Two blacks aid in the capture of British spy, Major John Andre, in New York.
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Jan
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1780
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
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Queen Latifah
The word Latifah means “very kind” or “delicate” in Arabic. Queen Latifah is a New-Jersey born African-American whose real name is Dana Elaine Owens. Born on March 18, 1970, she witnessed her parents’ divorce at the tender age of ten and when she was twenty-two her elder
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Mar
18
1970
Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown is an African American rap musician, model and actress. Her birth name is Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand. She was born on September 6, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York. As a teenager, she won a talent contest, where she was discovered by the rapper LL Cool J’s production team. They were so
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Sep
6
1978
Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925)
Born in the pre-Civil War South to a mother who was free and a father who was enslaved, George Edwin Taylor would become the first African American selected by a political party to be its candidate for the presidency of the United
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Nov
20
1904
Zhou Enlai's African "Safari" (1963-1964)
Zhou Enlai’s first tour of Africa, popularly known as Zhou’s “Safari,” was a series of state visits to ten independent African countries, undertaken between December 1963 and February 1964 by the Chinese Premier. These visits, which occurred during a period when many countries were
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Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938)
James Weldon Johnson, composer, diplomat, social critic, and civil rights activist, was born of Bahamian immigrant parents in Jacksonville, Florida on June 17, 1871.   Instilled with the value of education by his father, James, a waiter, and teacher-mother, Helen, Johnson excelled at the Stanton
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Jun
17
1871
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson is a retired professional basketball player. He was born on November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee. He lived in a segregated housing project and attended a segregated high school called Crispus Attucks High School. He learned to play basketball at a very young age. His
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Nov
24
1938
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan (21 Feb 1936 – 17 Jan 1996) was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and an American politician. She was not just a democrat but the first African-American, man or woman, to be elected post Reconstruction to the Texas Senate. On her death, Jordan became the first African-American
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Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on
Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on daytime television as Carla on One Life to Live.
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Jun
15
1968
Mabley, Jackie “Moms” (1894–1975)
Jackie “Moms” Mabley found fame and fortune as a stand-up comedian during the twentieth century. Beginning as a staple on the chitlin’ circuit and late night talk show favorite, she went on to become an internationally known entertainer whose career spanned five
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23
1975
The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)
The Sierra Leone Civil War was an armed conflict in the West African country of Sierra Leone from 1991–2002. The war began on March 23, 1991, when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) under Foday Sankoh, with support of Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor and his group, the National Patriotic
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Arts Facts

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New York City Facts

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  • Fair Employment Practices Commission.
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Spirituality Facts

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African American Facts

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  • Clayton, Eva (1934- )
  • Flipper, Henry Ossian (1856-1940)
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  • John B. McLendon
  • Rhythm and blues
  • Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington (1890- )
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Southern United States Facts

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  • The Power of the Press: African-American News Publications in the Jim Crow Era
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