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Jekalyn Carr Joins Atlanta’s Praise 102.5 As New Midday Personality

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Radio One Atlanta announced that Grammy Award nominated, Stellar Award and Dove Award-winning recording artist Jekalyn Carr, will join the country’s top Inspiration Station Praise 102.5 as the host of Middays starting June 1st

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Black Economist and Dean
Death of Brailsford Reese Brazeal (76), economist and former dean of Morehouse College, in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Apr
22
1981
Walter F. White honored by NAACP
Walter F. White, an Atlanta-born writer and civil rights leader, was honored by the NAACP in New York City for his work as the organizations Executive Secretary, his investigations of lynchings, and his lobbying for a federal anti-lynching law.
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Jul
2
1937
Morehouse Predecessor Founded
An institution was founded at Augusta, Georgia which was later to become Morehouse College, following its relocation to Atlanta. Morehouse College is one of the most prestigious black colleges in the nation.
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Feb
18
1867
U.S. Government grants Atlanta $1 million
U.S. government granted Atlanta some $1 million to finance mental health and social programs in the wake of a mysterious series of abductions and slayings involving at least twenty two Black youths.
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Mar
5
1981
Historian and Political Scientist
Death of Dr. Clarence A. Bacote (75), historian and political scientist, in Atlanta.
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May
1
1981
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte is an eminent African-American figure in the American entertainment industry. He is a notable singer, lyricist, actor and social activist. Belafonte came to international stardom as “King of Calypso” for his popular Caribbean musical style. He is famous for his
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Source: Black History Resources
Mar
1
1927
Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed - The Sacramento Observer
ATLANTA (AP) — The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed. Garrett Rolfe was fired in […] The post Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed appeared first on The Sacramen
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Spingarn Metal: John Hope
Spingarn Medal presented to John Hope posthumously for his achievement as president of Morehouse College and for his creative leadership in the founding of the Atlanta University Center.
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Dec
8
1936
Twenty Million Dollar Gift to Spelman College
Bill and Camille Cosby gave an unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Nov
4
1988
Will Smith
Will Smith (born Willard Carroll Smith, Jr.) is a Hollywood actor, producer and musician. He was born and raised in Philadelphia in a Baptist household. His father owned a refrigeration company and his mother was a Philadelphia school board administrator. He attended Overbrook High School where his
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Source: Black History Resources
Mya
Mya Marie Harrison, or simply Mya, is a Grammy award winning singer, actress and dancer who has appeared in a variety of roles over the years. Named after acclaimed poet Maya Angelou, Mya was born on October 10, 1979 in Washington D.C. Her father Sherman is an African American while her mother
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Source: Black History Resources
Oct
10
1979
Young, Andrew (1932 - )
Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States.  Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the
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Source: Black Past
Mar
12
1932
Atlanta Exposition Address
Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Exposition Address at a business convention. Due to his view points, many dubbed his address the Atlanta Compromise.
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Sep
18
1895
Pearman, Raven-Symoné Christina (1985- )
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman, better known as “Raven-Symoné,” is an American actress and recording artist.  Her entertainment career began when she starred in advertisements for well-known brands such as Jell-O and Cool Whip and as a young model for the Ford Modeling
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Dec
10
1985
Andrew Young elected to Congress
On this date in 1972, Barbara Jordan of Houston and Andrew Young of Atlanta, become the first African Americans from the south elected to Congress since Reconstruction.
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Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Nov
17
1972
Knight, Gladys (1944– )
Gladys Maria Knight is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and humanitarian. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 28, 1944, to Sarah and Merald Knight Sr. and began singing in church as a child. At age seven, she gained minor fame after winning a performance contest on
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
May
28
1944
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia
Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
1
1893
'What Happens When People Try and Kick In the Doors at the Wrong House?': Chance the Rapper Shares That He Wants to Develop a 'Hood' 'Home Alone' Reboot
If you've ever wondered how the events of "Home Alone" would have played out had the hilarious series of events happened in the 'hood, you may get that
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Death of Horace Mann Bond
Death of Horace Mann Bond (70), former president of Lincoln University (Pa.), in Atlanta.
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
Dec
21
1972
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter, and the son
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Source: Black Past
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in and ordered to serve four months in the Georgia State Prison for violating a probated traffic sentence.
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Oct
19
1960
George Benson, Grammy award winning singer, born
George Benson, Grammy award winning singer, born
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Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Mar
22
1943
Indictment in Atlanta Murders
Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.
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Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
17
1981
Sullivan, Louis Wade (1933- )
After witnessing poverty and discrimination in Depression-era Georgia, Louis Wade Sullivan committed his career to education and public service, rising to become Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush.  He also was the founder and long-time president of Morehouse
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Sponsored by Pride Academy
First Congregational Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1867- )
The First Congregational Church of Atlanta, Georgia, the largest Congregational church in the South, began as a “gathered church” on May 26, 1867. After being baptized, local formerly enslaved African Americans joined members of the mostly white congregation that met at the Storrs
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Source: Black Past
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
May
26
1867
Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson was an American Comedian and Actor who was extremely famous due to his own weekly series, “The Flip Wilson Show”. Wilson was one of the first African-Americans to not only have a title show of his own, but one that primarily had a white audience. Wilson was featured on Time
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Dec
8
1933
Herndon, Norris Bumstead (1897–1977)
Norris Bumstead Herndon was the second president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, founded by his father, Alonzo Herndon, in 1905. Herndon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 15, 1897, the only child of Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil, a graduate and teacher at Atlanta University, and Alonzo
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Jun
7
1977
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
Pharrell wants federal probe into police shooting of cousin - TheGrio
Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of his cousin along... View Article The post Pharrell wants federal probe into police shooting of cousin appeared first on TheGrio.
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Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood (better known as Brandy) is a Grammy award winning singer, actress and model. She was born in McComb, Mississippi, in 1979 and was the eldest child of a church pastor named William Ray Norwood Sr. and his wife Sonja Norwood. Her younger brother Ray J is also a singer and
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