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Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup a Violinist, married Anne Hampton on Christmas Day in 1828. In January of 1841 he was offered a job as a part-time violinist with a traveling band. This offer turned out to be a trick, where Solomon was sold into
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Kylian Mbappé appelle à voter contre le Rassemblement national, sans le citer - Haiti24
Kylian Mbappé pendant le match France-Belgique en huitièmes de finale de l’Euro 2024 de football, à Düsseldorf, en Allemagne, le 1ᵉʳ juillet 2024. MARIUS BECKER / AP Kylian Mbappé a repris la parole au sujet des législatives, après avoir estimé le 16 juin qu’il s’agissait de « faire le bon choix
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Hustler’s Ambition: 50 Cent’s ‘Power’ Hand Sanitizer Is Now Available For Purchase
50 Cent is making lemons out lemonade by officially getting in the hand sanitizer
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Lorraine Hansberry
The granddaughter of a freed slave, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, to a successful real estate broker and a school teacher who resided in Chicago, Illinois. In 1938, the family moved to a white neighborhood and was violently attacked by its inhabitants but the former refused to
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Hollywood’s Movie Review: Miss Juneteenth
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Young Buck Released From Prison, Claims He Does Not Owe Fofty Any Cashville Coins
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Terrence Howard
Thanks to the buzz over his films Crash and Hustle & Flow, Terrence Howard had a career breakthrough in 2005 after more than a decade of stand-out performances in television and feature films. Howard began getting small roles in TV shows in the early 1990s. His appearances in feature films such
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Gordon Parks
Belonging to Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912 to a family whose head was a vegetable farmer. Being black, Parks faced extreme forms of discrimination as a child and was forced to attend a segregated elementary school. His race also prohibited him from active
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Citywide celebration set to take place on HISD campuses to honor high school graduates
Houston Independent School District graduating seniors will gather outdoors on their high school campuses in their caps and gowns on Friday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate during a citywide event spearheaded by Mayor Sylvester Turner in collaboration with HISD Interim Superintendent Grenita
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50 Cent Tells Story of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Once Giving Him the Cold Shoulder
50 Cent once approached Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in an airport, and the meeting left the rapper feeling far less than happy about
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Bhagwat brace guides Naps to SSFL U14 title with 2-0 win over Signal Hill - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
NAPARIMA College striker Avi Bhagwat scored once in each half to trump Signal Hill Secondary 2-0 in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) National U14 final at Lewis Street in San Fernando on Wednesday. Good communication from the Naparima front line of Bhagwat, Donovan Drayton and Adas
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Dr. Dre
Name at birth: Andre Romelle Young
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Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre is an American rap singer and producer who is sometimes referred to as the most influential rap producer of all time. Dre was born Andre Romelle Young on February 18, 1965 in Compton, California to Theodore and Verna Young, who were both singers. His parents separated when Dre was 3 years
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50 Cent
50 Cent is often called by his nickname, “Fiddy”… 50 Cent says in his autobiography that he borrowed his name from a local robber, a “stickup kid from Brooklyn”… The rapper announced in March of 2003 that he’d had a special bullet-proof jacket made for his six-year-old
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Booker Washington in Seattle, 1913
An unusual incidence of interracial solidarity between blacks and Asian Americans occurred during Booker T. Washington’s visit to Seattle. In March 1913, Washington embarked on a national speaking tour in order to raise money for Tuskegee Institute, the chronically underfunded “Normal and
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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)
WilliamMonroe Trotter was a major early twentieth century civil rights activist knownprimarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance ofTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and as an inspiration for the formation of theNational Association for the Advancement
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Black Music Appreciation Month: Russell Simmons | Afro
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicks off Black Music Appreciation Month with an exclusive interview with Def Jam founder Russell
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Ludacris
Name at birth: Christopher Bridges
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JO 2024 : Florent Manaudou décroche le bronze pour ses 4es Jeux sur sa distance fétiche - Haiti24
Une semaine après avoir porté le drapeau de la France au cours de la cérémonie d'ouverture et pour ses 4e JO, Florent Manaudou a décroché une cinquième médaille olympique en remportant le bronze dans la finale du 50 m nage
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RLJ Entertainment Announces Launch Of UMC - Urban Movie Channel
RLJ Entertainment, Inc., created by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and The RLJ Companies and Chairman of RLJ Entertainment, today announced the launch of UMC – Urban Movie Channel (“UMC”), RLJE’s proprietary digital channel. UMC will feature
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'Look at That Glow': Ciara Stuns Fans with Her Growing Baby Bump and Radiant Looks
According to her legion of followers, soon-to-be mommy of three Ciara has an undeniable pregnancy glow that is even brighter when the sun is shining its rays upon
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Starz Extends Overall Deal with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
Starz today announced it has extended Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s exclusive premium overall deal. Starz and Jackson, an Executive Producer for the hit series “Power,” are also developing “Tomorrow, Today,” based on a screenplay penned by Jackson, on which he will
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'Let It Go Curtis': Fans Aren't Here for 50 Cent's Response to Ja Rule's Greek Restaurant Commercial
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Ghana- Reparations Summit Proposes Global Fund to Compensate for Slavery
At a reparations conference in Ghana, delegates decided to create a Global Reparation Fund to advocate for the long-overdue payment of reparations to the millions of Africans who were held as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade centuries ago. Over 12 million Africans were forcibly abducted
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Tamla Horsford's Case To Be Reopened After Significant Outcry
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